August 12, 2007
756. Quite an accomplishment. Regardless of what one may believe due to all the rumors of probable steroid usage, you have to tip your hat to Barry Bonds. He is finally the home run king.
Although I am not a major baseball fan, out of curiosity I looked up to see what place the San Francisco Giants are in right now. Ready for this? Tied for 2nd to last place (in all of baseball). I thought that was quite interesting. Despite the accomplishments of arguably one of the greatest preachers hitters in baseball, his church team is doing horribly.
I bought a book a while back entitled…
The 12 Bad Habits That Hold Good People Back…
It describes one bad habit that many business (and ministry leaders) seem to have…we’re always swinging for the fence. Sure. It sounds alright. Makes for good television. But the truth is…it doesn’t convert to many wins.
Just individual accomplishments. This past July, The Church Report published their annual listing of America’s 50 Most Influential Churches. You’d be surprised to see how many of the churches who rank the highest are led by individuals you don’t hear much about.
No fan fare. No major t.v. coverage. No records broke. Just results. Wins.
You have to admit: it must be tough being Barry.
But you know what’s tougher? Being the Giants.
August 12, 2007
...when t.v. just went off? Depending on where you’re from, it happened somewhere around 1am.
The flag was waving, the national anthem was playing, and then all of a sudden…those infamous color bars showed up!
Those were the days.
After the emergence of cable television and a seemingly infinite amount of networks, the idea of television ever returning to such a time is inconceivable.
It’s really too bad, too. For those who tend to watch late-night television, it seems to be a toss up between re-runs and programs that would never make a prime-time schedule.
The same is (sadly) true of some Christian networks as well.
I have to be honest. It seems lately that anyone that can pay for the time can be placed on the air.
Regardless of relevance.
Regardless of authenticity.
When you think of how many seekers watch late night television, it’s quite sad to see that it is then when the quality of Christian programming tends to take a dive.
It appears that those we really need to reach are left to programming that looks more like a home shopping network!
We have to do better.
Our networks have to do better.
If I could, I would certainly try to buy out some of these contracts. Not to place more programming in.
But rather to just take some of that programming out.
Time to bring back those color bars.
August 9, 2007
I found this pretty interesting. In 1952, Walt Disney founded a independent private company, whose sole purpose was to aid him in designing the plans for which attractions would become apart of his world-famous amusement park, Disneyland.
They were called The Walt Disney Imagineers Group. Made up of architects and set designers from around the world, Walt Disney utilized this group to create an environment that now more than 515 million people have visited.
Now here’s the interesting part. At least three times a year, members of the Walt Disney Imagineers Group would put on kneepads, and crawl all around the theme park they helped designed. Why you ask? To see what their park looked like in the eyes of a child. A child’s view.
A PEW VIEW.
(Did I mention over 515 million people have visited Disneyland?)
Sounds like somebody needs to break out the kneepads. Can’t you just imagine how much fun it would be for you and your staff to try this?
