From the monthly archives:

July 2009

Wooden’s Socks

July 21, 2009 Group Leadership

Vince Lombardi famously started each season’s first practice with the same speech. “Gentlemen, this is a football.” One year a player (probably a lineman) responded: “Slow down, coach. You’re losing me.” Lombardi knew that you had to hammer the basics year after year, or risk loosing games because players couldn’t execute the fundamentals. Block. Tackle. [...]

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Private People

July 14, 2009 Ministry Leadership

The first blast took away her breath, and probably her life. Subsequent shots took away any doubt. She was dead, and according to evidence found at the scene, that’s the way she wanted it. Moments later, one last shot passed through her husband’s head as he pulled the trigger for the final time. They were [...]

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Online Community?

July 6, 2009 Miscellaneous

In 1776, not all Englishmen were distracted by the rebellious colonists across the pond. That was the year a few innovators laid cast iron bars on timber ties to create a “railway.” Someone got the bright idea of using a steam engine (instead of horses) to pull passengers in a carriage, and the quest for [...]

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