Tweet I have lots of Twitter followers. I love the connections I’ve made on Twitter and always open to new connections. I decided early in my Tweeting days to follow…
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I believe physical health is important for the leader. I have written about this before HERE. I know there are times a leader can’t do anything about his or her health, but if there is an option, the leader should strive to be healthy. It makes me more productive when I feel better physically.
Recently I lost 10 pounds to get in even better shape.
A short history:
I’m 47…I feel good…and I’m in good shape physically. I run almost everyday. I monitor my weight and I eat semi-healthy. In my mid thirties I got slightly overweight, about 15 pounds, and decided to do something about it. I worked hard to reach my ideal weight and stay there consistently for almost 10 years. In the last 18 months, due to stressful, fast-paced living, and lots of traveling, I added back another 10 pounds. I tried what had worked before to lose the weight, but nothing seemed to work.
Some call it a middle-aged spread.
The story:
On March 30th of this year, I had lunch with my friend Michael Hyatt. I hadn’t seen Michael in a couple months and instantly recognized how well he looked. He had obviously lost weight. He is slightly older than me, so I knew he would probably struggle as I had, so I asked him for his secret. Always a teacher, Michael shared with me that he had been closely monitoring what he eats using the LoseIt application.
I had tried this application, but never disciplined myself to actually use it. This time I was determined. It worked!
Here’s how the LoseIt application worked for me:
This is a random Sunday afternoon post…
I want to encourage us to have a great week this next week…
I believe and strive for continual improvement…
In my experience, this happens best when we make intentional changes…
That’s the point of this post…
This next week, I want to encourage…challenge…even dare you to make an intentional change to improve something in your life…
I’ll go first…
Let’s write a story together!
We did this last year and it was a lot of fun. You can read our finished story HERE. Several asked if we could repeat it. I’ve picked up a few readers since then, so this is new for some of you.
Here is how this works: (Please read carefully)
- I will write an opening set up sentence.
- You add the next line.
- You can only add one line until someone else adds a line.
- Please don’t try to write one long sentence that really is a paragraph. The fun is getting the different inputs and imagination to work together.
- You can add as many lines as you want, but only one at a time, and only with someone else having a line between yours.
- Please try to keep the story flowing. Your sentence can be light-hearted, funny, or even tragic, but please DO NOT add a sentence that stops the story or takes it in a bizarre direction in an effort to disrupt the story serious that commenters are writing or take it in an awkward direction. (There’s always one like this and I reserve the right to delete the comment if it appears that’s what is happening with the comment.)
- I will not be able to use crude or vulgar comments. (I realize that will limit some of you from participating, but…)
- Please add your sentence here on the post as a comment, not on Facebook and Twitter. This is the only way it will be added to the final story.
The goal here is to be creative and see where our imagination and the story takes us, yet write a credible, interesting story. After comments seem to be slowing, I’ll post the entire story in a separate post. If you leave your full name, I’ll give you credit in the excerpts. If you have a blog link when you add your comment, I’ll link to you also.
Have fun!
Here is the first sentence:
Tweet I read recently that the creators of Google weren’t looking to create Google when they discovered the complex way of indexing pages. They were working on a research project…
My friend Casey Graham is a game changer. When he passionate about something, he doesn’t just talk about it, he does something. This past week, Casey’s home state of Alabama was devastated by one of the worst tornado disasters in history. Knowing that in any disaster, the greatest need is always money. Money allows the team on the ground to do what is necessary to address the greatest needs. In just 24 hours, this effort has raised over $75,000. You can read more about it HERE. Casey is working through Cross Point Church in Decatur, Alabama.
Casey has set up a leadership team to oversee this process. He’s asked me to be a part of that team. You can read about that HERE.
He’s challenging churches and others to be a part. Read the latest challenge HERE.
There are many great efforts out there. Americans show their generosity during times like this. Casey is attempting to assist people without insurance or under insured. If you’d like to help, click HERE.
What other ways are people helping? Feel free to point people to those ways to support by leaving a comment.
There’s a consistent debate about the role of social media in our lives today.
There’s no doubt that I’ve embraced the cultural shift of socail media, but because of it, I received criticism for not doing other things. I’ve been online doing ministry for over 16 years and have developed good systems that allow me to do much online efficiently, but I knew it was “catching on” when my mother got on Facebook. Still, it does take time and, with limited time for all of us, that time has to take away from something else.
I’ve heard people say it would have been better for the family had the television never been invented. I’ve heard the debates on social media also. Some feel we shouldn’t be doing it all at all. I wonder wgat the same people would say of social media.
More importantly, I’m wondering today what you will say.
Let’s discuss the role of social media. Consider these questions, then add your thoughts in a comment.
Should the church be involved in social media?
Does social media help or hurt a relationship?
Are Facebook or Twitter beneficial to a relationship or is a distraction in building true friendships?
In a perfect world, would we have social media?
Does it add to or take away from the quality of our lives?
Is it an unavoidable evil or a blessing for us all?
Be honest!
I wonder how many times this is our picture when trying to attain victory…
The current thought process for most of us these days is about what’s new…
It’s important to be current…which means often we are making decisions quicker…
It makes the word “moment” more important than ever…
We all want to live in the moment as much as possible, and culture is demanding it these days…
I want to join the party, but I’m reminded of an important principle…
Living in the moment can be dangerous…
It’s great in theory, but some moments can get you off track…
Unless…
We are all different. Yesterday I posted about whether a pastor could serve in political office…as expected…I got different opinions. (Read them HERE…and add your own.)
I’m learning to embrace diversity…not to run from it…
Throughout the year I’m going to ask some questions to see a difference of opinion. Here are this week’s questions: