I just got my hands on a copy of Israel Houghton’s Christmas CD the other day and I can’t stop listening to it.  It’s great.  It’s called A Timeless Christmas.  If you like good music, be sure to check it out.

Once a year, my uncle puts on a big concert to benefit orphans in the Ukraine.  My uncle is a great Elvis impersonator, BTW, and he has some very talented friends that come and impersonate other famous music acts.  The event is called “Elvis and Friends.” 

I usually get asked to emcee the thing with the hope that I might be humorous in some way.  Since I can’t sing this is the only way I can help!  The truth is that I’m not the best emcee in the world but I really dig helping the orphans.  (Last year we raised something like $16,000.  Plus, a lot of people decided to sponsor individual children there that night.)

SO, if you’re interested in hearing some great Christmas music AND you want to see me humiliate myself please let me know and I’ll get you directions.  The benefit is tomorrow night at 7PM.  Remember, it’s for a great cause.

I love Bob Franquiz.  That dude is awesome.  His recent series of posts on quotes he lives by is a must-read for anybody in any leadership position, especially pastors. 

• Quotes I Live By – Part 1:  I couldn’t agree more!  A lot of leaders don’t understand this and they suffer for it. 
• Quotes I Live By – Part 2:  Man, I learned this one the hard way. 
• Quotes I Live By – Part 3:  Great advice.
• Quotes I Live By – Part 4:  I know the feeling.

Bob, keep it up!

This movie looks very interesting to me.  Here’s the teaser trailer.

Once you’ve watched that, be sure to check out the super trailer here.  It’s much more informative, AND more compelling.

I’ll be seeing this movie in February.

Wow, two home runs back to back.  Perry Noble has just written this post on his blog which is great.  Truthfully, everyone one of the points of his post is solid gold.

Here’s another home run post from Bil Cornelius.  I’m so glad he’s blogging.  Almost everything he writes is gold to me.  I hope to catch him at Evolve this year.

I found this video interesting.  I believe the standard job interview is slowly passing away.  There’s so much more to a person than just a resume or a brief interview will reveal.  I’ve got other thoughts about hiring that I’ll post later. 

All the President is, is a glorified public relations man who spends his time flattering, kissing and kicking people to get them to do what they are supposed to do anyway. – Harry S. Truman

By popular demand, I’ve changed my header to something boring…and far less creepy.  I’ll come up with something new later.  Until then, boring it is.  (Which, in a way, fits me.)

Dwight: Very good. You have earned one Schrute buck.
Stanley: I don’t want it.
Dwight: Then you have been deducted 50 Schrute bucks.
Stanley: Make it a hundred.
Dwight: Wh…don’t you wanna earn Schrute bucks?
Stanley: No. In fact, I’ll give you a billion Stanley nickels if you never talk to me again.
Dwight: What’s the ratio of Stanley nickels to Schrute bucks?
Stanley: The same as the ratio of unicorns to leprechauns.

Just too good not to post.