January, 2008 Archives

Republicans Behaving Badly

January 31st, 2008 · Posted in Current Affairs, Politics · 0 Comments

Last night was the Republican’s turn to debate. The race for the Republican nomination now seems to focus on front runners Mitt Romney and John McCain — Rudy Giuliani got out of the race yesterday and Mike Huckabee is running a distant 3rd. Romney and McCain didn’t behave much better than Hillary Clinton and Barrack [...]

Satisfied With 80%?

January 28th, 2008 · Posted in Practical Christianity, Practical Ministry · 0 Comments

Speaking of Todd Rhoades — I ran across something else he wrote that is very thoughtful and thought provoking — and hit me “right between the eyes”. It seems he had gone to his neighborhood McDonalds and had seen the results of their latest Customer Satisfaction Survey. It read: Store cleanliness–85% Employee friendliness–82% Speed of [...]

Confront A Critic Or Have A Root Canal?

January 28th, 2008 · Posted in Church Humor, Humor, Practical Ministry · 1 Comment

Todd Rhoades over at Monday Morning Insight has started a new feature — “Would You Rather?”where he poses 2 alternatives and you choose which one you would prefer. Today’s question: Would you rather confront your harshest critc or have a root canal? Most ministers are choosing to have a root canal — while some are [...]