Connecting to the world

John 18:36 Jesus said, "My kingdom does not belong to this world; if my kingdom belonged to this world, my followers would fight to keep me from being handed over to the Jewish authorities. No, my kingdom does not belong here!" 37 So Pilate asked him, "Are you a king, then?" Jesus answered, "You say that I am a king. I was born and came into the world for this one purpose, to speak about the truth. Whoever belongs to the truth listens to me." 38 "And what is truth?" Pilate asked. Then Pilate went back outside to the people and said to them, "I cannot find any reason to condemn him. What is 'Truth'? Is anything really THE truth? In our postmodern times, it is popular to think that all things are equally true. Buddhism is true for some, Hinduism is true for some, and Christianity is true for some in this age. Of course, like the Christian, the Hindu believes Hindu doctrine is true, and so cannot agree with the Postmodernist, just as t...

Proverb: - “A wise person harvests in the summer, but one who sleeps during harvest is a disgrace” Are you lazy? Not me. I'm busy. Up early, up late. My schedule is filled from beginning to end. I love what I do and I love getting stuff done. I attack a daily to-do list with the same intensity I have for spending a day of pleasure at the beach. It's great to keep busy and accomplish stuff, isn't it? What is keeping you busy? How could you reorder your schedule this week to achieve even more? If we grasp what true diligence is all about as presented in this Proverb, we may discover that we are simply being hectic sluggards. Here's why. This Proverb describes the diligent person as busy and wise. In other words, a diligent person uses both his brawn and brain. He analyses his situation and makes wise decisions in his labour. He knows how to act and speak in different situations. He doesn't back down from challenges, but seeks to navigate around or through them with ...

Cheering each other on 1. Active or passive, congratulations must be true • Congratulations are affirmations about who people are and what they do matters, and that they are making a valuable contribution toward achieving the shared mission (the goal). • Telling people what a great job they've done or presenting an award is an active congratulation. • Passive congratulations are such things as stepping aside and letting a team member go forward with a tricky, complicated, and important project, without exercising some sort of control or even offering advice. • You can never out do true congratulations – it needs to be timely, responsive, unconditional and enthusiastic. 2. No score, no game, and cheer the progress. • At cricket matches the crowd doesn’t sit silent as the ball is hit down the ground for a six, before clapping and cheering. Cheer the progress, not just the results. Measurement (score) shared with everyone generates excitement. • The more the congratulations ar...