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Why Lincoln?

Why Lincoln?...

At first glance, Lincoln might not appear to be the kind of community that would naturally draw young church planters and launch new and exciting expressions of church. But with the University of Nebraska and nearby schools representing nearly 30,000 college students, and in a city...
Stop Making Excuses

Stop Making Excuses...

Excuses. I can’t… I won’t… It’s too… We all make excuses, for thousands of different reasons. From the big questions in life to the risky choices we have to make everyday. Excuses are a cop out. They are our chance to shrink away in ego, pride,...
The Top 5 Qualities of Productive Creatives

The Top 5 Qualities ...

I love these thoughts on creatives from The 99% blog in response to this Business Week Article. Here are five key qualities of particularly productive creatives… 1. Communication skills. As Albert Einstein said, “If you can’t explain it simply, you don’t understand...
Fear and My Response

Fear and My Response...

Fear. If you type “fear” into Google you’ll come up with about 190,000,000 pages/blogs/sites/videos and social media in 0.26 seconds (see fear). Wikipedia describes it this way…”Fear is an emotional response to a perceived threat.” Fear tends...