Hit the Back Button to Move Fwd by Gavin Richardson

what is this?

any ideas of what this is? admittedly I was confused when I first saw it.

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@predfans Brooks is geared up for the game tonight

brooks is geared up and ready for tonights predators playoff game. i'm pretty stoked as well.

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adventures in golf : when not to trust the on course gps

went out today to play a fundraising golf tourney, at hermitage golf club, for conference camping scholarships. had an eventful day with my team, the highlight being that a drone the 18th green (no small feat, almost pee'd my shorts I was so surprised). sadly this par 5 was out of my reach.

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in case you missed your weekly pbs tour : ginghamsburg work with darfur

if you involved in the united methodist church at any church geek level, as i am, then you no doubt know that ginghamsburg united methodist church does a lot of work with darfur. they were recently profiled on public broadcasting's show "religion and ethics weekly."

what you think you have right about your communication is wrong : saying and communicating is different

i know when we meet as a staff we talk a lot about the need for better communication. it is a huge pain in our b'hinds. so i'm totally spinning in thoughts stemmed from rev. dan dick's latest posting on communication misconceptions of our 'good' communication that undermine actual good communications.

here's his three hit points.

I believe there are three main problems we encounter that prevent or undermine good communication: 1) confusing “transmitting” with communication, 2) over-reliance on information as the most important part of communication, and 3) making assumptions about what people “know.”

currently i'm wondering what push of information i do and how different that is from actually communicating to folks? in the size ministry i have, its impossible to pick up the phone and call everyone, not to mention many folks would rather not have a phone call (or they will tell me so). i might have become so conditioned to this that it is my norm. i actively use twitter cause i can spew out information, but if no one communicates back i just move on. did i ever really convey an idea? does that mean i should start blogging regularly again since its more of communicating an idea/plan/dream/rant/etc.?

what can i do better to help with communicating to you? my church peeps? my family? my internet networkings?

in the meantime, go check out the rest of dan's thoughts on communications.

Jesus is the shirtless guy : following is the new leading

i'm pondering this quick little ted talk by derek sivers this morning. i caught this idea to be quite radical in shift in the way we look at leadership.

"it was the first follower that transformed the lone nut, into a leader... if you really care about starting a movement, have the courage to follow and show others how to follow."

as with most things it has me pondering of faith.. wondering if Jesus is the nut, then who is the follower who showed us how to follow? Saint Paul? some of the Disciples?

where am i in this? am i the guy that's trying to get attention by some silly song and dance or do i need to figure out how i show to follow better?

i think if we asked Christ about the idea of following to lead he'd be pretty stoked by it.