Archive for July, 2009
Success, Failure and Courage
Posted on 27. Jul, 2009 by Kenny.
My friend and co-worker Michael Warden wrote a post last week interacting with this quote from Winston Churchill. What a great quote that’s been stirring me up lately.
“Success is never final. Failure is never fatal. It is courage that counts.” — Winston Churchill
It’s prompted me to aks a lot of questions of myslef:
- What old successes have I been living off of?
- When was the last time I failed? Am I not taking big enough risks?
- What have I done lately that required courage on my part?
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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-07-26
Posted on 26. Jul, 2009 by Kenny.
- CMO: #kidmin Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-07-19 http://bit.ly/11ogOi #
- Just turned 8 and I've already mowed and edged and got car tires rotated and balanced. Dang I'm productive. #
- @PastorJoe yeah, I have my eye-fi set up with flickr and Twitter so it notifies uploads. Cool feature! in reply to PastorJoe #
- @jarrodbeckman no, what is that, in reply to jarrodbeckman #
- CMO: #kidmin Creative marketing http://bit.ly/96W3Y #
- At chilies with the fam! Titus is a quesadilla lover now! http://twitpic.com/b21af #
- good morning! Slept in today. My mom and dad got in late last night. Heading out for BBQ for lunch. #
- For lunch we're going to Louie Mueller BBQ… another top 5 Texas BBQ joint. Look for the blog post later.
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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-07-26
Posted on 26. Jul, 2009 by Kenny.
- CMO: #kidmin Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-07-19 http://bit.ly/11ogOi #
- Just turned 8 and I've already mowed and edged and got car tires rotated and balanced. Dang I'm productive. #
- @PastorJoe yeah, I have my eye-fi set up with flickr and Twitter so it notifies uploads. Cool feature! in reply to PastorJoe #
- @jarrodbeckman no, what is that, in reply to jarrodbeckman #
- CMO: #kidmin Creative marketing http://bit.ly/96W3Y #
- At chilies with the fam! Titus is a quesadilla lover now! http://twitpic.com/b21af #
- good morning! Slept in today. My mom and dad got in late last night. Heading out for BBQ for lunch. #
- For lunch we're going to Louie Mueller BBQ… another top 5 Texas BBQ joint. Look for the blog post later.
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What’s your promotion strategy?
Posted on 26. Jul, 2009 by Kenny.
Promotion Sunday is almost upon us. When do you promote? How do you promote? How do you communicate promotions to your parents?
John Saddington works at North Point, but he wrote about his experience as a dad. Click here to see the card he got in the mail.
They get a an A+ on communication.
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Long term strategy
Posted on 23. Jul, 2009 by Kenny.
Kent Shaffer from over at Chruch Relevance posted this a few weeks ago. The post interacts with some data from a new book called, “Already Gone.” The data shows how children’s ministry and Sunday School is and has been failing. Kent asked some good questions about how these trends might be changed. However, Kent said one thing in a comment that I’ve been thinking about for the last several days.
Bottom line is most children’s ministries are aiming at bringing kids to Christ and discipling them. If they are significantly failing at producing long term disciples, I see nothing wrong in identifying that failure and exploring how to improve the results.
Long term disciples. I started thinking about long term strategy.… Read the rest
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Creative marketing
Posted on 20. Jul, 2009 by Kenny.
Peter Jackson has a new movie coming out next month called Sector 9. Being a fan of the SciFi genre, I’ll be seeing this one. It’s about aliens who come to earth seemingly accidentally and just want to leave. We humans; however, trap them here and segregate them off to their own isolated area. It looks to have lot of past and present social issues tied into this SciFi movie.
Last weekend I went to see a movie and saw this sign on the bathroom door.
Humans only allowed in this bathroom.
If you hadn’t seen the preview of this movie, you’d probably wonder what this sign is all about. There is a web address at the bottom that one could look up for more information.… Read the rest
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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-07-19
Posted on 19. Jul, 2009 by Kenny.
- CMO: #kidmin Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-07-12 http://tinyurl.com/l7oq9q #
- Hello Monday. Ready to get your butt kicked? #
- @jamie_doyle dont' think Carman sang bout kicking Monday's butt. @jonathancliff would know, hes a big Carman fan.. hes got a pic to prove it in reply to jamie_doyle #
- CMO: #kidmin Don’t be stupid http://tinyurl.com/lbspdf #
- CMO: #kidmin Dont’ be stupid #2 http://tinyurl.com/mrywbk #
- @samluce didn't you see my 911 score last week. You're so behind.
in reply to samluce # - @samluce Congrats, you beat me. I haven't played it since last week. #
- @jabberfrog Can I get that number… Ha! #kidmin in reply to jabberfrog #
- @jabberfrog Just kidding, I really don't want that number.
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Eternal Moonwalk
Posted on 19. Jul, 2009 by Kenny.
Have you seen the eternal moonwalk?
Not only can you watch a seemingly never ending moonwalk from people around the world, you can join the moonwalk.
Michael Jackson will always be remembered for the moonwalk. I remember trying to learn to moonwalk as an elementary aged child. I never was very good, I guess I didn’t practice hard enough. I still watch in amazement everytime I seem him glide across the stage.
I was going to try to tie this post into innovation and creativity in Children’s Ministry but felt I was trying too hard. Never mind. Just enjoy some moon walking.… Read the rest
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HTC Fuze: Epic Fail
Posted on 18. Jul, 2009 by Kenny.
Okay, maybe that’s a little harsh. Now that I’m not longer a Fuze user, I’ll share my own little review of the product.
For over two years I used the Cingular 8125. It was a Windows Mobile phone and I genuinely liked it. I used it with a data plan and I had no complaints. The second year I owned the phone, I used it without data. It was still a great phone for calls and texting. In December it broke and I needed to get a new phone. Being an iPod touch owner, I really would have liked an iPhone. However, I wasn’t a fan of the $30 a month data plan. So I set out to find a WiFi enabled phone that would act and feel like a phone on a data plan without having to pay for a data plan.… Read the rest
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Twitter funnies
Posted on 17. Jul, 2009 by Kenny.
A friend recently sent me this video. She’s a huge Crowder fan and she’s always picking on my twitter habits.
If you don’t twitter, don’t let this video deter you. The chances of you getting hit by a car while twittering by a guy twittering while driving are remarkably small.
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