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Holy Bible: Mosaic releases today from Amazon.com.

September 22nd, 2009

Here’s some great info on this special edition:

Each week, as you reflect on guided Scripture readings aligned with the church seasons, you will receive a wealth of insight from historical and contemporary writings. Full-color artwork, quotes, hymns, prayers, and poems enhance the rich devotional experience. Also includes a Dictionary/Concordance, NLT word study system with Hebrew/Greek dictionary.

Key Features

Writings from every continent and century of the Christian Church – Contemporary and historical writings from Christians across the globe such as St. Augustine, Charles Wesley, and Henri Nouwen.

Full-Color Art – Full color art offers another kind of reflective devotional experience, with artwork from contemporary and historical artists.

Center column reference text with word study system – The clear New Living Translation text in this Bible is set in a center-column reference format, with Greek and Hebrew word studies to give you greater insight in study. There are also icons in the margins of the text to indicate which Scripture passages are linked to which writings.

Variety of Reflective Content – The content is arranged so that every week the reader has a variety of content for reading and reflection. Each week follows a theme appropriate to the Church season (such as Advent, Easter, etc). The content included for each week includes full-color art; Scripture readings; a historical reading; a contemporary reading; a prayer, creed, hymn or quote; and space for reflection.

Space for your response to God’s promptings – Add your tile to the mosaic—write or draw your response, prayers and questions in the provided space.

They’re hosting a giveaway today only. Join their launch party and you could win a deluxe edition of Mosaic and an Amazon.com gift certificate for up to $500. See their site for details.

For information on the Mosaic Bible you can go to their web site at:
www.HolyBibleMosaic.com you can also pick it up at Amazon by clicking below:

To participate in the contest click here.

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“You Don’t Need a Title to be a Leader” by Mark Sanborn

August 18th, 2009

Last night I read “You Don’t Need a Title to be a Leader” by Mark Sanborn. It’s the second book by Sanborn I’ve read, the first one being “The Fred Factor”. His books are quickly becoming “must reads” for me, and they are definitely required reading now for anyone and everyone at Crosspoint. Here are some of the takeaways:

Anyone at any level can learn to be a leader and help shape or influence the world around them.
A leader leads through their relationships with people, as opposed to their control over people.
“The longer the title, the less important the job”
When you do your job – any job – with initiative and determination to make a positive difference, you become a leader.
Being happy is enviable, but being good is truly admirable. It requires character, integrity, and perseverance.
“While I don’t want to shortchange the importance of “the big show”, I am even more impressed by the leaders who know what must be done behind the scenes to make the big show happen.”
Real leaders bring the same commitment to excellence to whatever they do, whether on the stage or behind it.
Genuine leaders make things better not just for themselves but for others.
The people who change the world around them…rarely act from a sense of obligation. Leaders almost always act from a sense of incredible opportunity.
Too often, people confuse activity with accomplishment.
Integrity after all, is measured by the distance between your lips and your life.
Leadership is power with people, not power over people.
Everyone makes a difference. The choice we all have is whether we want to make a positive difference or a negative one.

I loved every minute of reading this book, if you want to pick it up you can do it by clicking on my Amazon link right here.

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The Dip by Seth Godin

August 11th, 2009

Just wrapped up reading “The Dip” by Seth Godin. Here are some of the “nuggets” I took away from reading it.

“Winners quit all the time. They just quit the right stuff at the right time.”
“Extraordinary benefits acrue to the tiny minority of people who are able to push just a tiny bit longer than most.”
“Extraordinary benefits also accrue to the tiny majority with the guts to quit early and refocus their efforts on something new.”
“The people who are the best in the world specialize at getting really good at the questions they don’t know.”
“The Dip is the long stretch between beginner’s luck and real accompishment.”
“It’s not enough to survive your way through this Dip. You get what you deserve when you embrace the Dip and treat it like the opportunity it really is.”
“Quitting is difficult. Quitting requires you to acknowledge that you’re never going to be #1 in the world. At least not at this.”
“Quitting in the Dip though, isn’t worth the journey.”
“Your strategy – to be a trusted source in your chosen market – can survive even if your product is canceled.”
“Quitting is not the same thing as failing.”
“Strategic quitting is a conscious decision you make based on the choices that are available to you.”
“If pride is the only thing keeping you from quitting, if there’s no Dip to get through, you’re likely wasting an enormous amount of time and money defending something that will heal pretty quickly.”
“It’s almost impossible to overinvest in becoming the market leader.”

The Dip was a quick but fascinating read. If you are building a strategy for success take a look at this book… it’s not just about quitting, it’s about leading smart. The Dip

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