Are you teachable?

27Jul07

The best place to be is the place where you realize how much you don’t know.  I thought this entry by Brian Russell was an especially good collection of quotes on teachability.
It seems that all good leaders have a healthy appetite for new learning.  The one quote about being green and being ripe was very good.

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Lion, Croc and Buff

27Jul07

Check out this amazing footage. There’s a lesson about sticking together in there.

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Are you Rich?

25Jul07

 Find Out

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Time will Tell

25Jul07

I ran across this article in Time Magazine (thanks Peter White via the ATS blog), which happens to have a quote by Lawson Stone, a seminary prof. of mine.  Biblical archeology is not something I am an expert in, but it is so fascinating all the discoveries that are being made that seem to add credibility to the biblical [...]

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The Mission Field

19Jul07

I thought it interesting that the following article ran in the Houston Chronicle today:
Bridgeland development may have 21,000 homes
Project includes town center with offices, retail space
By HELEN ERIKSEN
Chronicle Correspondent A new master-planned community in the west Houston area called Bridgeland aims to provide   …Read the rest of this article here.

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People, Place, Purpose

19Jul07

We had our first small gathering of people for the new Fry Road Campus.  What a fun night and what a great bunch of people.  I know I keep saying that, but I just can’t get over how many great people God is bringing together.  He is giving us all such a vision to reach this [...]

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Nickelback Video

17Jul07

How would you treat people differently?  How would you live differently?

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B-ball Video

15Jul07

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Good People

11Jul07

What gets me most excited about planting the new campus here at Foundry is all the great people that I am meeting.  I am overwhelmed with what a great community is living here.  Everyday I meet new people who tell me how excited they are about our plans to reach the Fry Rd. area of Northwest Houston [...]

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Can prayer change God’s mind?

02Jul07

I was reading in the book of 2 Kings this morning about Hezekiah.  Hezekiah was king of the southern kingdom of Judah around 715 BC, soon after the northern kingdom was taken into exile.  He was king during the time Isaiah was prophet in Israel.  I was especially moved by what the writer of 2 [...]

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