Earthquake

Last night, around 8:00, I was sitting on our couch-recliner, and it started vibrating.  It felt so eerie, I actually got up to see if there was someone behind the couch.  This was an irrational act since I was the only one at home at the time.  The movement lasted long enough for me to wonder [...]

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Pigeon Point

Last week I accompanied Bev to Sunnyvale where she was going to attend a workshop for speech-language pathologists.  The workshop was on Friday, so we went a couple of days early to have some much needed time off.  The time away was valuable and restful.
We arrived on Wednesday afternoon.  Because of Hotwire we were able [...]

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Pancake Breakfast

Sunday is the date of our annual Kiwanis pancake breakfast.  It occurs on Sunday, so I’m unable to participate in the event.
So, the way I contribute is by helping with the setup on Saturday morning.  The event is held at Merced High School in the cafeteria.  A group of Kiwanians and Kiwins (the local Kiwanis high [...]

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Marketing

Marketing is a huge puzzle to me.  Classic church planting models often employ heavy use of direct mail and other forms of mass advertising.  But LifeSpring didn’t have anywhere close to the amount of money that approach would take.  Later we got a one time infusion of $4000 cash that was earmarked specifically for marketing.  We gave direct mail [...]

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Serendipity

On Monday my Friday was wide open.  The only thing I had scheduled was a hair cutting appointment at 11 AM.  But that was five days ago.
But lots can change in five days, and they did.  At 7:15 am I called to set up the first meeting of the day.  I had my first appointment at [...]

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BNI

Yesterday our new BNI leadership team got its official training for the new BNI year that begins on Thursday.  The Director of BNI Central Valley came down for the 3 hour training, and we met at a local business’ conference room.
I have to say that I am really impressed with the quality of BNI ideas [...]

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Monday

It’s Monday morning, and I’m planning my day.
Pastor’s often take Monday as their day off because they feel so toasted after a full day of Sunday preaching and activities.  It has been documented that the adrenaline rush that comes with preaching results in a “crash” after the adrenaline subsides.
I can testify that the adrenaline crash [...]

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