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Friday, March 02, 2007
Muddy Terrain Well, I've not been committed to writing as frequently as I would prefer. It's just that I always want to "out do" myself. I set the sights high and typically wait for inspiration that breathes through legendary writing. Maybe it's time to bounce away from that standard and write more frequently. Maybe this will bring a new sense of inspiration. Lately, one thing that has been hitting my mind is marketing. I'm back reading another book by Seth Godin and he never disappoints. One thing that I despise is "marketing Jesus" yet it seems that lately all of my "marketing" thinking pertains to spreading the Gospel in this post-Christian culture. None of my ideas are for advertising Jesus and never will be...yet, it's difficult for me to explain this fully. More to come on this, soon. In the meantime (do you remember that song by Spacehog? - yeah, I owned the album at one point)... Check out Rocketboom.com (I encountered this new wave of journalism while briefly watching a special on TV the other night). An interesting new form of reporting and I'm intrigued by it. Two quotes to consider: "Give sacrificially until is simplifies your lifestyle." "The medium doesn't matter, the message does." Comments willkommen.
Wednesday, January 10, 2007
It's 2007 Over recent months, I really have started reading more and taking time to finish up some books that I wanted to read while turning off the tube. In fact, one of my goals in 2007 is to read a minimum of one book per month. A daunting task but it can be accomplished, if I could just finish the four books I currently have going! Here they are: Sidewalks in the Kingdom Foolishness to the Greeks The Divine Conspiracy Real Money Maybe if I commit to reading one chapter in each book, every day, then I can catch up. See you on the flip side. Oh, and if you had not yet heard... Apple released the iPhone. It's spectacular.
Monday, December 25, 2006
Advent 1955 by John Betjeman The Advent wind begins to stir With sea-like sounds in our Scotch fir, It's dark at breakfast, dark at tea, And in between we only see Clouds hurrying across the sky And rain-wet roads the wind blows dry And branches bending to the gale Against great skies all silver pale The world seems travelling into space, And travelling at a faster pace Than in the leisured summer weather When we and it sit out together, For now we feel the world spin round On some momentous journey bound - Journey to what? to whom? to where? The Advent bells call out 'Prepare, Your world is journeying to the birth Of God made Man for us on earth.' And how, in fact, do we prepare The great day that waits us there - For the twenty-fifth day of December, The birth of Christ? For some it means An interchange of hunting scenes On coloured cards, And I remember Last year I sent out twenty yards, Laid end to end, of Christmas cards To people that I scarcely know - They'd sent a card to me, and so I had to send one back. Oh dear! Is this a form of Christmas cheer? Or is it, which is less surprising, My pride gone in for advertising? The only cards that really count Are that extremely small amount From real friends who keep in touch And are not rich but love us much Some ways indeed are very odd By which we hail the birth of God. We raise the price of things in shops, We give plain boxes fancy tops And lines which traders cannot sell Thus parcell'd go extremely well We dole out bribes we call a present To those to whom we must be pleasant For business reasons. Our defence is These bribes are charged against expenses And bring relief in Income Tax Enough of these unworthy cracks! 'The time draws near the birth of Christ'. A present that cannot be priced Given two thousand years ago Yet if God had not given so He still would be a distant stranger And not the Baby in the manger. |
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