Avoiding Hackneyed...Making Sense
Because 2012 The Movie
The movie was good in many ways and a bit over the top in some. The suspense started at the beginning and didn’t stop till the end. I guess the breath holding and nervous jumps fit the tenor of the film but 2 hours and 37 minutes is a long time to hold ones breath. [Read more…] about “2012” – A Review With A Twist
And behold, a Canaanite woman from that region came out and was crying, “Have mercy on me, O Lord, Son of David, my daughter is severely oppressed by a demon.
Jesus often responded to people and circumstances in ways that surprise us. He didn’t follow popular thinking or preferred ideas. “Normal and Usual” never figured prominently in His methodology.
He was setting a new standard not validating an existing one and He never explained Himself. He said what He said, did what He did and expected us to figure it out.
For example:
Jesus seemed to overreact in some instances (the leper) but gave the appearance of being unmoved in others (believers in Jerusalem).
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All of these responses are baffling and people ask for explanations frequently. On the surface, these things don’t seem to add up.
But, be sure about this. Jesus wasn’t deviating from His purpose. He came to help people, give solid instruction, be a good example, save souls and change lives and all of His responses, whatever they were, served these purposes. It is our responsibility to study each incident carefully and isolate principles we can also employ in our methods of ministry.
Walking away scratching your head or throwing your hands up in exasperation are not acceptable responses. [Read more…] about Jesus Did Strange Things – Taught Important Lessons
John chapter two actually records two events which, on the surface, don’t seem to connect. It starts with a wedding in Cana of Galilee and ends with Jesus causing a fracas in Jerusalem. Weddings do take place in churches today but in Bible times that wasn’t the case and the way Jesus responded in these two settings makes us wonder.
One place, Cana, was insignificant, the other was the centre of religious and political life for all Jews. If Jesus had not attended a wedding in Cana we probably would never have heard of it but Jerusalem was the spiritual hot spot of the world, then and now.
But the question is, “why a wedding”? We can easily understand Jesus being involved in major religious festivals (the Passover) but why a wedding in Cana? And, why was He so agreeable at the wedding and so reactive in Jerusalem? [Read more…] about 5 Observations About Jesus And Religion
Anger was one topic Jesus mentioned in the Sermon on the Mount and the interesting thing is, He associated it with murder.
Before He made His famous remarks, a long history of anger-fueled violence had riddled the pages of holy writ going all the way back to the first family. It occurred often even in those early years and frequently resulted in the death of another person. It wasn’t peculiar to the so-called bad guys either. Some of the people who committed murder surprise us.
Normally, “management” wouldn’t be listed as one of the top ten most exciting topics to discuss on a blog but it deserves a hearing here because Gary Hamel does something revolutionary with the subject. He dismantles everything we have been taught on the issue and begins building again from the ground up (a perspective that really comes alive in the text).
The Future of Management is not about best business practices or the best use of traditional management styles – booooring. It is about being innovative and adaptable, instead of traditional, to keep pace with new technology and meet the changing demands of market morphings.
Gary’s writing is aimed mostly at commercial organizations but the principles are universal. They can be applied to any group of organized individuals: schools, government or even church, and the truth is, they all need to rethink how they operate.
Today’s world will be obsolete in a couple of years, at most, and for businesses to successfully survive the change – or anyone else for that matter – they will need to develop processes that are highly tuned to grass roots developments, in real time, and have the agility to respond as required. If these ideas leave you incredulous watch the video. [Read more…] about “The Future of Management” by Gary Hamel
