by joncook | Oct 8, 2010 | Friday List
Happy Friday everyone. Fall is in the air and it is a beautiful day in the Mile High city. Enjoy your weekend. Here is an Illustrated Guide to Pet Peeves of E-mail. The Truth about Fast Food. (Warning: Infographic after jump.) Photo of the Week: Narwhal. Video of...
by joncook | Oct 7, 2010 | Everyday Life, Faith Journey
A few years back I heard a pastor talk about the art of silence. We love surrounding ourselves with sound. When we’re driving we turn on the radio. When we’re at home the TV or the radio is on. When we exercise we love having our iPod rockin’...
by joncook | Oct 6, 2010 | Everyday Life, Vision
Today’s a day of rest for me. Yesterday was moving day and I am definitely feeling it. There was a point this morning where I wondered if the creaking and groaning I was hearing was the stairs, only to realize that it was my bones that was making those...
by joncook | Oct 4, 2010 | Everyday Life, Faith Journey
I’m moving tomorrow and leaving the apartment where I have stayed the longest since college. When it comes to moving and changing new places I’m not too much of a sentimental guy. We moved a lot when I was kid until I was about 10. 6 times in 8 years. ...
by joncook | Oct 1, 2010 | Friday List
It’s Friday. Thank God. Happy 1st Friday in October. A guy in Utah got his lawnmower up to almost 100 mph. When the sun hits a Vegas hotel just right, it turns one section of the pool area into a fry zone. Enter the Vdara Death Ray. For those of you who...
by joncook | Sep 30, 2010 | Everyday Life, Faith Journey
No, Great Expectations doesn’t refer to the Dickens novel, Great Expectations. Great Expectations is the stuff that you and I place on others around us, usually the people who are closest to us. We have so many high-level, sometimes even unrealistic,...
by joncook | Sep 29, 2010 | Dreaming, Thinking
I’ve mentioned before that I am a big fan of TED Talks, a think-tank of some of the leading minds in Technology, Entertainment, and Design. Several months back I watched a TED Talk given by Joshua Prince-Ramus, principal architect of REX Design Firm in New York...
by joncook | Sep 26, 2010 | Leadership, Purpose, Thinking
Good enough. This has become one of the worst crutches that the Church has been using over the years. Whether it’s in leadership, ministry, outreach, design, or a variety of other areas, we’ve settled with “good enough” as the standard...
by joncook | Sep 25, 2010 | Everyday Life, Purpose
I’m sorry. Two words, just two words, that can contain a large amount of meaning. They can mend broken bridges, heal past wounds, and start you back on the path of regaining trust. There is a lot of power in those two words but we’ve started to rob them of...
by joncook | Sep 24, 2010 | Friday List
It’s the first Friday of fall. Cool weather is coming and leaves are beginning to fall soon. I’m a big fan of the fall months. Happy Friday everyone. Now you can buy Hoof Heels made from cow hooves. Seriously? UC-Irvine breaks world record for...