Stay close to God. Do life well.
10/7/11
10/6/11
Recyclable Refreshments
Our church has an employee whose job is event support. She has some great ideas regarding refreshments. For example:
Keep a stock of individually wrapped snacks such as string cheese, pretzels, cookies, peanuts, trail mix, small bottled waters and soft drinks on hand. These can be purchased at warehouses like Costco or Sam’s. Advantages? You aren’t caught unprepared, the items have a good shelf life, there will be less waste and clean up time due to open food trays, there is decreased risk of spreading germs (because of individual packaging,) you can offer a larger variety that will appeal to those with a sweet tooth and those who prefer healthy choices, and you may save some money.
Bonus: you won’t have to deal with leftovers (often sweets) that pile up in the fridge and can be an unhealthy temptation to staff who may be trying to watch their diets. Put the items in some attractive baskets and voila, you have a refreshing display with very little trouble!
10/5/11
What's Your Mission? Simpler than You May Think
So many times you will see people wringing their hands and saying, "I want to know what my mission in life is." All the while they are cutting people off on the highway, refusing to give time to people, punishing their mater for having hurt their feelings, and lying about what they did. And it will seem to you that the angels must laugh to see this spectacle. For these people wringing their hands, their mission was right there, on the freeway, in the interruption, in the hurt, and at the confrontation."
Richard Nelson Bolles from the book Pathway to Purpose by Katie Brazelton.
10/4/11
What Prayer Is, and Isn't
Prayer is not a matter of getting what we want the most. Prayer is a matter of giving ourselves to God and learning His laws, so that He can do through us what He wants the most. - Agnes Sanford, The Healing Touch of God (GH)
10/3/11
Stay Refreshed
Stay refreshed during your busy day. Keep a carafe handy and sip iced water every 15-30 minutes (this soon becomes a habit.) As your body works to warm up the water, it sends a signal to your brain to keep alert and energetic. (GH)
10/2/11
Sunday Sabbath
Blessed is the one
who does not walk in step with the wicked
or stand in the way that sinners take
or sit in the company of mockers,
2 but whose delight is in the law of the LORD,
and who meditates on his law day and night.
3 That person is like a tree planted by streams of water,
which yields its fruit in season
and whose leaf does not wither—
whatever they do prospers.
Source: Bible Gateway
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