December 2011
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“We have to abandon the arrogant belief that the world is merely a puzzle to be...”
– Vaclav Havel’s Critique of the West (via theatlantic)
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“19% of all American men between the ages of 25 and 34 are now living with their...”
– 50 Economic Numbers From 2011 That Are Almost Too Crazy To Believe (via courtenaybird)
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“Would you really want a little Picasso in your class? How about a baby Gertrude...”
– - Jonah Lehrer, Classroom Creativity via The Frontal Cortex
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“Fairy tales are more than true; not because they tell us that dragons exist, but...”
– G.K. Chesterton (via illhaveaskinnylatteplease)
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“Everyone is a genius. But if you judge a fish on its ability to climb a tree, it...”
– Albert Einstein (via creacionimperfecta)
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“The glory of friendship is not the outstretched hand, nor the kindly smile nor...”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson (via julie911)
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Simple health apps from Kenya ... while we... →
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Kenya Has Mobile Health App Fever - Technology Review
Mobile health platforms are fast emerging in Kenya, where one startup’s newly launched mobile health platform is attracting nearly 1,000 downloads daily, and the dominant telecom, Safaricom, has forged a partnership that will give its 18 million subscribers access to doctors.
Will Africa be the leading continent when it comes...
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“Experience is the name every one gives to their mistakes.”
– Oscar Wilde (via quote-book)
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November 2011
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“Optimism is a strategy for making a better future. Because unless you believe...”
– Noam Chomsky (via quote-book)
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“Unless you love someone, nothing else makes any sense.”
– E. E. Cummings (via girlwithoutwings)
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“I long, as does every human being, to be at home wherever I find myself.”
– Maya Angelou (via girlwithoutwings)
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“Never let the fear of striking out get in your way.”
– Babe Ruth (via quote-book)
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“A lot of what you do would be insignificant but it is very important that you do...”
– Mohandas K. Gandhi (via quote-book)
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“My great hope is to laugh as much as I cry; to get my work done and try to love...”
– Maya Angelou (via girlwithoutwings)
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“Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks...”
– Thomas A. Edison (via letterstobabies)
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Great Coaching Questions for Your Next Adventure
Seth Godin continues to be one of my provocateurs. His short blog posts raise more questions than they answer. Below are several questions he raised over with someone getting started in a new business. These are excellent coaching questions for any of us.
A few things came up over coffee the other day. His idea is good, his funding is solid, there are many choices. Some of the questions that...
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“Let us love, since that is all our hearts were made for.”
– St. Thérèse de Lisieux (via quote-book)
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October 2011
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Thoughts About 100 Years of Ministry
The following column appeared in the Kinston Free Press one week after Queen Street United Methodist Church celebrated 100 years of ministry at the corner of Queen Street and Peyton Avenue in what is now downtown Kinston, North Carolina. I love being in ministry with saints and sinners of Queen Street and look forward to the challenges of another 100 years of ministry in Kinston.
Column: After...
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“Not everything that counts can be counted, and not everything that can be...”
– Albert Einstein (via quote-book)
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This is true perfection ...
This is true perfection: not to avoid a wicked life because we fear punishment, like slaves; not to do good because we expect repayment, as if cashing in on the virtuous life by enforcing some business deal.
On the contrary, disregarding all those good things which we do hope for and which God has promised us, we regard falling from God’s friendship as the only thing dreadful, and we consider...
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How Coffee Might Save Your Life (via The Daily...
A new study suggests that drinking coffee significantly reduces our skin-cancer risk. There’s a raft of other research that’s piling up evidence that regular cups of joe—six-ounce servings packed with antioxidants, polyphenols, and other health-boosting chemicals—can prevent everything from diabetes to depression to cirrhosis of the liver to stroke. Intracranial aneurysms, not so much. Scared of...
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Quotes on Humility #5
A modest man is usually admired—if people ever hear of him.
—EDGAR WATSON HOWE, Ventures in Common Sense
From The Merriam-Webster Dictionary of Quotations. (Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1992). 277.
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7 Billion People on Planet Earth. How rich are... →
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“Good judgment comes from experience, and often experience comes from bad...”
– Rita Mae Brown (via @johannal)
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Quotes on Humility #4
Humility is a virtue all preach, none practice, and yet everybody is content to hear. The master thinks it good doctrine for his servant, the laity for the clergy, and the clergy for the laity.
—JOHN SELDEN, Table Talk
From The Merriam-Webster Dictionary of Quotations. (Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1992). 207.
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7 Billion People on Planet Earth! Where do you fit... →
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Quotes on Humility #3
Plenty of people want to be pious, but no one yearns to be humble.
—LA ROCHEFOUCAULD, Maxims
From The Merriam-Webster Dictionary of Quotations. (Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1992). 207.
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Quotes on Humility #2
“The meek shall inherit the earth, but not the mineral rights.”
—J. PAUL GETTY, quoted in Robert Lenzner’s The Great Getty
From The Merriam-Webster Dictionary of Quotations. (Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1992). 207.
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