Friday, January 21, 2011

Doug Asked a Great Question

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On his wonderful (and long-running) podcast, Doug Garrett asked a great question as a part of a contest: "What are the three best new-t...
Monday, January 17, 2011

Would We Hear Dr. King Today?

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From Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s " Letter from a Birmingham Jail ": “...there are two types of law: just and unjust...A j...
Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Sticky Teams: Selected Quotes (Chapter Eight)

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This chapter was esp. challenging to apply to our small church situation... "Making Room at the Top." Like most leaders, I love t...

#83: Jungle Speed

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Jungle Speed designer: Thomas Vuarchex & Pierrick Yakovenko publisher: Asmodee date: 1997 BoardGameGeek rank/rating: 444/6....
Monday, January 10, 2011

Sticky Teams: Selected Quotes (Chapter Seven)

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Now that we've taken care of the pastor, it's time to move on to "Clarifying Board & Staff Roles." One of the best wa...
Thursday, January 06, 2011

Sticky Teams: Selected Quotes (Chapter Six)

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Two things run through my head when I read the title of this chapter, "Clarifying the Pastor's Role" Mmmm... butter. Well, du...
Tuesday, January 04, 2011

Five & Dime 2010: This Time It's Personal

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Here's my own personal Five & Dime list (the games I've played 5+ and 10+ times in 2010). I decided to break it into three categ...

Sticky Teams: Selected Quotes (Chapter Five)

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Nothing say "rewritten leadership talk" like the title "Six Things Every Leadership Team Needs To Know"... but when the ...
Monday, January 03, 2011

Sticky Teams: Selected Quotes (Chapter Four)

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The chapter entitled "What Game Are We Playing?" is subtitled "how growth changes everything." Since I tacked a Bible ...
Sunday, January 02, 2011

The Vault of Walt: Stokowski

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I'm putting this extended quote here to: show you some of the nifty stuff in this book full of essays on "lost" stories about...
Friday, December 31, 2010

Sticky Teams: Selected Quotes (Chapter Three)

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Today, I'm re-reading the chapter on "Guarding the Gate" subtitled "No Guts, No Unity." Worst of all, once a toxic ...
Thursday, December 30, 2010

Five & Dime 2009: Recap

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I realized this morning that as I got ready to post about the 2010 edition of The Five & Dime Report on BGG that I hadn't posted the...

Sticky Teams: Selected Quotes (Chapter Two)

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The chapter is entitled "Why Boards Go Bad." (For those of you in SBC life, you can substitute "Why Deacons Go Bad" or ...
Wednesday, December 29, 2010

Sticky Teams: Selected Quotes (Chapter One)

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Back in late October, I had the privilege to attend the Sticky Teams conference at North Coast Church (down in Vista, CA)... and as you ca...
Tuesday, December 28, 2010

The Unofficial Guide To Catan, Part 3

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I wrote Part 1 and Part 2 of my unofficial guide to all things Catan back in 2007... and a lot has changed since then. So, consider this a...

The Muppets: Pöpcørn

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OK, so I'm not actually writing new stuff for the blog yet... but this is delightfully oddball & Muppet-ish.
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Tuesday, December 21, 2010

5 Last Minute Stocking Stuffers

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They're games... of course. Archaeology: The Card Game ($10) - I was underwhelmed with this set-collecting card game the first time I...
Wednesday, December 15, 2010

The Wrong Shade of Green for Christmas

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I've known Eric Michael Bryant for a very long time... since he was a teenager, in fact. He was the one of those "good kids" ...
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Tuesday, December 14, 2010

BGN: State of the (Excellent) Site

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I'm a huge fan of Boardgamenews... an excellent site for current news & reviews on board & card games. I've even written s...
Wednesday, December 08, 2010

Heroscape "Arena of Doom"

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I'll try to get better pictures of this Heroscape board this next week (since Braeden & Canann & I are getting ready for an ep...
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