My Movie Favorites of 2006

In no particular order, here are my favorite movies of 2006, with a few that I'm looking forward to seeing over the holidays.

1.) Happy Feet
2.) March of Penguins
3.) Cars
4.) Invincible
5.) Curious George
6.) Nativity Story
7.) RV (I thought is was very funny!)


Worst Movie: A Prairie Home Companion
One I want to see but it didn't come to Salt Lake: Facing the Giants

Looking forward to seeing:

Last King of Scotland
Pursuit of Happiness
Eargon
We Are Marshall
Charlotte's Web
Facing the Giants

Best Movie I saw on DVD: Broken Trail.

Biggest Disappointment: DiVinci Code

Any one's I've missed?

Books I'm looking forward to reading in 2007

Cody asked about books that I'm looking forward to reading in 2007. Here is that list! Please share your list! (I always seem to have more books than I have time!)

1.) Uprising by McManus
2.) Simple Christians by NT Wright
3.) 360 Degree Leader by John Maxwell
4.) Unlearning Church by Michael Slaughter
5.) Prayer by Philip Yancey
6.) It Came From Within by Andy Stanley
7.) The Emotionally Healthy Church by Peter Scazzero
8.) Life on the Vine by Philip Kenneson

Tomorrow: My favorite movies of 2006 and ones that I'm looking forward to seeing!

Best Books in 2006

Here is a list of the best books I've read in 2006:

1.) "Put Your Heart Into It" by Howard Schultz
2.) "7 Practices of Effective Ministry" Ministry by Andy Stanley
3.) "Praying God's Word" by Beth Moore
4.) "Getting Things Done" by David Allen
5.) "Communicating For A Change" by Andy Stanley
6.) "The Present Future" by Reggie McNeil
7.) "The Alchemist" by Paul Coelho
8.) "Like A Shepherd Lead Us" by M. Love, Charles S., David Fleer

Tried to come up with a "top ten" but these were the books that made an impact on me during the year. What are your favorite books of 2006?

building a resume or legacy?

I like the discussion that Mark Sanborn has in his book "You Don't Need A Title To Be A Leader". The comparison is as follows:

Resume - What you've accomplished - Legacy -- What you've contributed
Resume - Results; Legacy -Relationships
Resume - Money you've made Legacy: The difference you've made
Resume - The impression you leave Legacy: The impact you have
Resume - Your career Legacy -- your organization, family, and community
Resume self-improvement Legacy: helping others improve

let's add some of our own;

Resume - building a big church Legacy: making disciples
Resume - developing a name for self Legacy: glorifying God
Resume - relying of self relying Legacy: relying on Holy Spirit
Resume - pleases men Legacy: pleases God


He asks the question: are you building a strong resume or preparing to leave a lasting legacy?

My Space; Oh, My!

My space has become the gathering place for millions of people; especially teens. They post pictures of themselves - along with descriptions of themsevles. Each person then has people labeled as "friends" who can have access to their information.

We keep a close watch over our daughter's activity on my space. Not every parents does - you outta see the pictures that are posted! Oh, my!

So, here's my question - my daugther recently showed me a picture of a teen that we used to know (has moved from Salt Lake a few years ago) - I was pretty shocked by what I saw. I young lady in her underware stiking a pose with the words "riske business". Do I call her parents and tell them?

I recently had a phone call from a concerned parent about the content of "Christian" teens on my space. She hasn't called me back; I don't know if they have the issues resolved.

A lot of sexual preditors use my space as a hunting ground. Question: what should parents do? What is the church's role?

McFadden for Heisman!

It was just announced that Darren McFadden, running back for the University of Arkansas, has been invited to New York City as a finialist for the Heisman Trophy. Troy Smith, the quarterback from Ohio State, should walk away with the trophy, but this is the first time that a Razorback has finished in the top three. Next year, he should go into the season as the Heisman favorite! WPS!

Just started reading "The Collectors" by David Baldacci. I love a good novel and Baldacci always delivers. I'm also reading "The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership" by John Maxwell.
I've read bits and pieces of this great book but now I'll read it all the way through. I love a good book on leadership. Have a favorite book on leadership?

At the beginning of next year, Southside will begin a search for an associate minister. If you know of a good guy that is interested in ministry outside the Bible belt, please have them contact me early next year. After all, you get to work with me!