Monday – A New Idea – Resurrection
Can we trust the story of the resurrection, or is Jesus rising from the dead a fiction? We explore some fascinating details in the story that lend it credibility. Read the Bible in Sync Today [permalink append=”#comments”]Discuss the Challenge[/permalink]
Monday – A New Idea – Structured Rest
How do you rest? We all know we need rest, but that it can be hard to find, schedule, enjoy and protect. Resting doesn’t always come naturally, even though it should. That’s what we’ll look at this week, because our strategies for rest don’t always work. How many times have you said “I need a […]
Monday – A New Idea – Inner Rest
Are you on vacation? If not, picture yourself there. If it helps, picture some vacation advertisements – a family walking on the beach hand in hand. A hammock and cold drink. A mountain, or a city, or whatever means rest to you! It feels good, doesn’t it? It’s proven: in a study published in Journal […]
Monday – A New Idea – Finding Rest
It can be very hard to find rest in our world. Between a Blackberry, kids, the home phone and social media, it can be hard to focus on anything, much less rest. One study found that people who are interrupted by technology score 20 percent lower on a standard cognition test. A second demonstrated that […]
Monday – A New Idea – We Need Rest
Years ago, I started my own business in web hosting, when that was a newish industry. I was studying in university at the same time, and had always been able to do both, until a server crashed during midterms. I didn’t let either midterms or my clients drop, I simply gave up sleep. It finally […]
Monday – A New Idea – Working Well
There has been a lot written recently about the Millennials – those born after about 1982. They have a particular approach to work that really values work/life balance. One company’s survey found 28% of Millennial employees said that the work/life balance was worse than they had expected before joining the company. 71% of the Millennials […]
Monday – A New Idea – Working Badly
What looks like bad work to you? It can be a very personal thing – I was surprised when I told people about leading Redeem the Commute, and they said, “I’m glad someone is doing it, but especially glad it’s not me.” I watched a TV show lately about a tow truck driver – it […]
Monday – A New Idea – We Need Work
What’s your dream job? Years ago, I remember I would have said I wanted to own a tall ship, run it as a school. It would be the perfect balance of work and leisure. Sail the world in a majestic ship, introduce others to the world, education and the art of sailing. Hard work, but […]
Monday – A New Idea – Foundation
In 2009, an entire 13 storey building toppled over in China, killing a construction worker, and leaving homeless hundreds of new tenants who thought they were about to move in to a brand new building. What’s striking about the images is that the building looks modern. It’s not visibly dilapidated. The contractors did all the […]
Monday – A New Idea – Forgiver
I remember a month where I’d made a number of purchases on my credit card. I had the cash to pay it off – I was just using the credit card to earn points. But I went and paid the wrong credit card, and didn’t notice until it was too late. The entire amount was […]
Monday – A New Idea – Teacher
A friend of mine went to a seminary on the west coast to become a minister, and was thrilled to have studied under a really well known professor. He’d written books of all kinds, edited magazines, pastored churches, taught classes. One of the best known Christians in the world. I honestly didn’t know that much about him before […]
Monday – A New Idea – Revolutionary
We’re continuing our new series today, called Jesus: The Most Interesting Man in the World. What kind of man can be a shepherd, a revolutionary, a prophet, a king, a teacher, and more? We’ll be studying 14 characteristics of Jesus, far more than most people could ever possess. We’ll be building up to the last […]
Monday – A New Idea – Shepherd
We’re starting a new series today, called Jesus: The Most Interesting Man in the World. Jesus has been called all kinds of things, and has done all kinds of things. They are not coincidental, nor disconnected. They’re all part of one person. What kind of man can be a shepherd, a revolutionary, a prophet, a […]
Monday – A New Idea – Pioneer Potential
I had a friend in university who dove right into student politics. He was elected first to the faculty society, then a university-wide position. He gained a wide-ranging education in three separate disciplines. On Facebook, he posts fascinating insights into world issues, and isn’t afraid to support his favourite political party. A few years ago, […]
Monday – A New Idea – Pioneers and Power
I’ve been following the story of Christian persecution in Iraq for weeks. A violent extremist group has been terrorizing Christians and other religious minorities, despite them having coexisted peacefully for centuries. Most of this news I’ve seen on social media, and a lot of it has been attached to comments where people wondered why isn’t […]