Here are some links to some great posts from the week.  I hope you find them helpful!

• Perry Noble gives us “11 Signs You May Be Experiencing Ministry Burnout.” If you are in ministry, you need to read this.  You also need to take care of yourself to guard against becoming burnt out!
• Mark Beeson tells us that “Good Times Don’t Always Require Alot Of Money.”  For someone on a budget, or who just lost there job, Mark has some great words on how to make the most with what we do have to make memories this summer with your family.  I plan on taking some of his advice.  I think I will start with the one about choosing a good attitude!
• Donald Miller brings up a statement that hit me over the head a year ago in his post “Healthy Friends Are Responsible To, Not For Each Other.”  I wrote about it not too long ago after attending a workshop at Granger Community Church.
• Pete Wilson asks “What’s The Point” in reference to what the goal of the message that is preached.  Some good food for thought in that post and in the comments.

May you all have a blessed weekend!

Here are some links to posts that I thought were worth your while to take a look at!  I hope you enjoy not only the links, but the holiday weekend!

• Some great insight from Scott Williams in his post “Diversity Drives Innovation.”
• Tony Morgan, in his post “Are You A Christian Atheist,” had the chance to interview Craig Groeschel about his newest book, The Christian Atheist: Believing in God but Living As If He Doesn’t Exist. It takes about ten minutes to listen to, but it is good stuff!
• “You Can See The Determination In His Eyes” was a great post by Seth Godin.  I have met Christ followers that have this sense of direction and a “you can’t stop me” attitude about reaching people for Jesus that is just contagious.  I want to be one of those people that has that determination and drive!
• Being a leader in the church means you will be faced with tough decisions.  Making those decisions can be hard, but it is necessary for the longevity growth of the church.  Perry Noble talks about that is his post “Leaders Make Tough Decisions.”  Great read!

I hope you all enjoy your weekend!  Be safe!

It seems my day got away from me again on Friday this last week.  I left the house at 6:30am and did not get home until after 10pm, so I did not get to post.  I know, a good blogger would have had it set up so that my blog would have automatically posted something when i could not be there to do it.  I usually will do that, but just never got around to writing it up before it was too late.  Anyways, here it is.  A bit late, but still helpful and insightful stuff from some great leaders…

• Jonathan Acuff had a great post on Being Lazy For The Lord.  Love that post!
• There are a lot of churches that do a lot of good things, but very few churches do great things. I think that is partly due to not paying attention to the last ten percent.  What do i mean by that?  Well, read this article by Seth Godin titled,  Hardly Worth The Effort, and you will be able to make the application pretty easily I think.  Churches have to stop sacrificing great on the altar of good.  Good enough is not what you want to hear anyone say when they are doing something for Jesus!
• Loved this one called “Empire of Entitlement” by Pete Wilson.  Good stuff!
• Love the posts Craig Groeschel is writing about Honor.  Read them here, here, here, and here!
• Finally “Having Right Theology Does Not Mean You Know God” by Donald Miller will get you thinking and asking questions!

I hope you all have a great day in God’s house this weekend!