I wasn't mentally tough before I met Coach Lombardi

 I wasn't mentally tough before I met Coach Lombardi. I hadn't reached the point where I refused to accept second best he taught me that you must have a flaming desire to win. It's got to dominate all your working hours. It can't ever wane. It's got to glow in you all the time.

Brat Starr(green bay Quarterback)

Pg 235 When Men think Silent thoughts.

Natural Selection Herbert Spencer

Progress is not an accident But a necessity. Surely must evil and immorality disappear sure must man become perfect.

 Herbert Spencer

-Natural Selection, evolution, Naturalism,

Seven from Steve Camps

August 11th 2005 - which one are we known for in America today?

Taking some license with Stephen Covey's best selling tome, "Seven Habits of Highly Effective People", here are three very different, but apt descriptions of church models that exist today. These lists are not exhaustive... and they were written with a broad brush strokes, intentionally, to include a wide variety of church "experiences" in each category. In fact, I would like to know what would your lists comprise of? Read Ephesians 4:11-16 to get a glimpse into the church that glorifies God.

Seven highly effective habits of the Contemporary Church that almost always guarantee church growth with very little spiritual impact:
1. Go political, not biblical
2. Go pragmatic, not theological
3. Go psychological, not discipleship
4. Go anthropocentric, not Christocentric
5. Go postmodern, not transcendent
6. Go “share your story”, not “all for His glory”
7. Go sickness, not sin; go disease not, disobedience

Seven highly effective habits of the Traditional Church that almost always guarantee church stagnation with very little spiritual impact:
1. Go traditional, not spiritual
2. Go legalistic, not grace
3. Go corporate, not community
4. Go “count converts”, not “make disciples”
5. Go pastoral/elder ruler, not shepherd/servant leader
6. Go more information, not Christlikeness
7. Go programs, not prayer

Seven highly effective habits of the Biblical Church that almost always guarantee God’s blessing and spiritual impact:
1. Go supremacy of God and His glory in worship
2. Go sola fide, sola scriptura, sola gratia, solus Christus, Soli Deo Gloria
3. Go The Great Commission and the Two Great Commandments
4. Go take care of the poor, the widow and the orphan
5. Go discipline of sin
6. Go pray without ceasing
7. Go equip the saints for the work of the ministry 

Author: St Patrick- Source: St Patricks Breastplate 3rd to 4th Century

Christ Be with Me,

Christ within me,

Christ behind me,

Christ before me,

Christ besides me

Christ to win me,

Christ to comfort and restore me,

Christ beneath me,

Christ above me,

Christ in Quiet,

Christ in danger,

Christ in hearts of all that love me,

Christ in mouth of friend and stranger.

St Patricks Breast Plate

Finishing Strong - Farrar

"If we leave the devil with even one small peg in our life, he will return to hang his rotting garbage on it."  (Haitian pastor, 49)

As quoted in

      FINISHING STRONG

      Finding the Power to Go the Distance            Steve Farrar

      Multnomah Books, 1995, ISBN 1576730239       FarFini

- Purity, Life, Hope, Living,

Finding the Power to go the distance

"Moses was wounded, Churchill was wounded, and perhaps you are wounded." "The God who oversees and controls the events of history is overseeing your life as well. And He knows exactly what He is doing. You may have lost control of your circumstances, but He has not. He has enrolled you in a course you didn't sign up for. And if you remain teachable, He'll make sure you finish strong."(1623)

"God was far from finished with Moses. Although Moses felt God had removed His hand from him, nothing was further from the truth. God's hand was as firmly on Moses in the desert as it had been when he was a babe in the bulrushes. God was signing Moses up for a master's degree with a major in character development. While he was in the desert over the next forty years, Moses took four core courses: unemployment 101, advanced obscurity, remedial waiting, and intermediate loneliness." (163)

FINISHING STRONG 

Finding the Power to Go the Distance Steve Farrar

Multnomah Books, 1995, ISBN 1576730239

Die Daily by Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Ah, Darinka, to die would be a simple thing." He opened the curtains and the window. "But to die daily this is another thing."

                Tell Me who? Bonhoeffer?

Mens Rules

• Men are not mind readers.
• Learn to Work the toilet seat. You’re a big girl. If it’s up, put it down. we need it up. You need it down. You don’t hear us complain when you leave it down.
• Crying is blackmail
• As for what you want. Let us be clear on this on.  
• Subtle hints do not work!
• Strong Hints do not work!
• Obvious hinds to do not work!

Rain Poem

Rain Poem

Dirty days have september
     April June and november
From January up to may,
     the rain it raineth every day
From may again up to july,
     there’s not a dry cloud in the sky
All the rest have thirty one,
     without a blessed ray of sun
And if any of them had two and thirty
they would be just as wet and twice as dirty

Rosemary Parks
Found in album dated Aug 1871
 - Broadcasting House with Paddy O'Connell 16 Feb 2014

- Weather, Poem, Poetry, Year,

Four types of Retirees

There are Four Types of Retirees Ageless Explorers Make up 27% of the older adult population Described as youthful, working, and happy, this group loves freedom, seeks personal growth and are often active volunteers. Of the four groups, they spent preparing for their retirement, maxed out their 401(k)'s, had financial planners and have the highest net worth. When asked, "When will you feel elderly inside?" they responded, "Never".

ADVISE ABOUT SEXUAL TEMPTATIONS - Facts of the matter

The FACTS OF THE MATTER May 28 , 2002

ADVISE ABOUT SEXUAL TEMPTATIONS

Dear Andy,  

I don't know how I could be more proud of you.  You really have your act together.  You know where you are going career-wise, have a quality marriage, and are growing spiritually.  But here is a sobering fact: Better men than you, certainly better men than me, today are living diminished lives of grave disappointment.  In my wildest imagination I would not have guessed that they would have fallen.  I am talking here about sexual temptation.  I pray for myself - and for you that this will never happen; that we will remain pure.  Not a common feat in today's unimaginably permissive and undisciplined society.

I would like to make a few observations and comments to you - and reminders to myself on this subject:

#1  Women love powerful, successful men who know where they are going.  They are also attracted to gentle, sensitive, and caring men.  Because you possess these qualities, you can be sure you will encounter attractive women who will want intimacy with you.  (See Gen. 39:5-7; Pro. 7:13-18)

Song For Josiah - Keith Green

Song for Josiah

Oh my son, you were born in a world that hates you,

And I swear I will never forsake you.

But there was a father centuries ago,

Who watched his beloved son die. Oh, die.

Oh my son, I am weak and I'm trembling,

For the Lord I am always remembering.

Oh what a strong shepherd holds you in His arms.

He'll break you and make you His own.

And then take you home.

Well if I could I would protect you from what you will see.

This world will promise love and beauty, but it lied to me.

And I will show you, if you will listen.

And I will promise, to listen too.

Imhoff''s law

Imhoff's Law

The Organization Of Any Bureaucracy May Be Likened To A Septic Tank; The Biggest Pieces Always Rise To The Top.

"Imhoff's Law"

- Honesty, Republicans, Democrats, Government, Politics, Integrity,