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Being from Kansas can sometimes have its ups and downs.
The ups come mostly in basketball season when my alma mater, The University of Kansas, does well at the Big Dance.
The downs, well, those are all about politics.
Growing up in Kansas in one of a very few Democratic families was challenging. Far before I even knew what politics meant, neighbor kids would tell me my parents were wrong when they'd put up yard signs for Democratic candidates.
But it took moving away from Kansas to really see how conservative Kansas is.
Never mind the antics of Kansans like Fred Phelps and his family at the Westboro Baptist Church in my hometown of Topeka. Having gone to school with the Phelps' kids, and been in Topeka when their campaign of hate began, I soon realized that the world would see them as I did — crazies.
But the most recent action of the Kansas Legislature goes way beyond antics. What the Kansas House has done is just plain wrong.
The predominantly Republican Kansas House has passed legislation that allows individuals, groups and businesses to deny service to same-sex couples.
They claim this law protects religious freedoms. They say that anyone who doesn't support same-sex couples because of religious reasons has the right not to serve gay couples. This includes state employees.
The State Senate sent the bill to committee for review. It very likely could become law in Kansas.
It reads, in part: "No individual or religious entity shall be required by any governmental entity to do any of the following, if it would be contrary to the sincerely held religious beliefs of the individual or religious entity regarding sex or gender:
"Provide any services, accommodations, advantages, facilities, goods, or privileges; provide counseling, adoption, foster care and other social services; or provide employment or employment benefits, related to, or related to the celebration of, any marriage, domestic partnership, civil union or similar arrangement."
Within the law, there are some small concession to gay couples.
If an employee at a nonreligious or government business refuses to serve a gay or lesbian couple for religious reasons, the manager is obligated to find another employee who will oblige.
It also explicitly says that the law does not authorize discrimination against anyone, including clergy, who performs or supports same-sex unions.
This proposed law is wrong. We've come too far for this. Having grown up in the era when civil rights were extended to African Americans, this law, which allows discrimination based on sexual preference, is a step backward.
Claiming religious freedom is just a way to legitimize discrimination. You don't have to agree with, or even like someone, to serve them, to do business with them, or to have them as a member of your club or group.
Having roots in Kansas, legislation such as this is embarrassing to me. It's important to know that while they are the minority, there are residents in Kansas who, like me, think this action is wrong. Not all Kansans are conservative. Not all Kansans think like the Phelps.
Politics is politics. But the law is more. Every American should be treated the same under the law.
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Enjoy 5-Star resort living at Trilogy at Vistancia! Voted America's Best Master Planned Community in 2005 by the National Association of Home Builders, Trilogy at Vistancia has all the amenities of a luxury resort with the conveniences of private home living in a gated, adult community.
This 2006-built home has 1,867 sq ft with 2 bedrooms, 2 baths, office, large kitchen area and great room. The large covered patio has a built-in BBQ, ceiling fans and is extended into the yard for lounging in the sun with nice privacy. King bed in the master suite, queen bed in the 2nd bedroom, and a sofa-sleeper in the office.
This recently purchased property has been furnished with new furniture, appliances and housewares. This is an age restricted community - at least 1 occupant must be 55 or older. Sorry, but no pets or smoking allowed. 30-day minimum rental required by HOA.
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The 35,000 square foot Kiva Club is the central hub for all community amenities and social activity. It includes a state-of-the-art fitness center with top-notch weight and cardiovascular equipment. The aerobics and dance studio offers everything from dance classes to Tai Chi and yoga. An indoor lap pool and magnificent resort-style outdoor pool provide panoramic views of the surrounding mountains. Additionally, the Kiva Club hosts hobby studios, a ballroom, computer lab and library. The community's Center for Higher Learning promotes a variety of continuing education classes such as foreign languages, financial planning and photography. The Alvea Spa is a full-service spa offering all the indulgent treatments of a five-star resort. The spa includes skin care, therapeutic massages, body care, nail care, waxing and tinting.
The Trilogy Golf Club at Vistancia was recently recognized among only 23 other courses in North America as a Golf Digest 5-star award winner. The 7,300 yard course offers 5 tee-boxes to allow golfers of all levels to enjoy their game.
V's Taproom is an ideal spot to relax after a round of golf or spend an evening out with friends. The full-service restaurant offers casual lunches and elegant dinners. Additionally, the Cafe Solaz in the Kiva Club offers gourmet coffee, fresh-fruit smoothies, sandwiches and salads. Residents can also enjoy tennis courts, bocce ball and the 3.5 mile Discovery Trail.
In the northwest valley area of Phoenix, you'll be away from the traffic and bustle of city living, but only minutes from shopping, restaurants and entertainment. During baseball spring training you are only a short drive from the Peoria Sports Complex, home of the San Diego Padres and Seattle Mariners, and Surprise Stadium, home of the Kansas City Royals and Texas Rangers. Visit the trilogylife website for more details on all that Trilogy at Vistancia has to offer.
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Our half-marathon-a-month inspiration runner and RunOregon calendar helper Kim Reed was one of the thousands of women who ran in the 2011 Hippie Chick half and quarter marathon on Sunday, May 8th, and she sent us a link to her blog recap of the event.
We are posting just a little expert of her post, which captures both the excitement of the event and the spirit behind it: a women's race where having fun, running a goal time, and looking cute are all just as important as the last.
Excerpt (note she names her friends and family with just first initial, a good idea for any blogger writing about their personal experiences):
Having never run with a pace group before, I enjoyed it. It was funny to watch most of the group swerve to the right and get water at the first water stop. A bunch of girls dropped off at the first porta potties too. I didn't make any friends, or talk to the pace girls, but it was nice to let someone else "drive" for awhile. The pacers were enthusiastic, joking about the "big hill" at mile 3. Since I started so far behind them, my Gamin showed an average pace between 8:50-8:52, while I stayed in the backseat.
As we passed the start, at mile 6.5, I was looking, looking for my family. I wondered if T would be on the course, or huddled in the car with S, freezing. I knew A would be there with the camera, but where were they?
It was such a thrill to see all three of them waiting and cheering for me. Best Mother's Day present ever!
Registration for the 2012 Hippie Chick will open in the fall - we'll be sure to notify you as soon as we learn the date ourselves! Click here to see results from the 2011 Hippie Chick.


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The test kit for fecal coliforms uses the membrane filtration method to process the water samples. Kit components include the sample filtration and incubation hardware and disposables, the incubator, and equipment for counting the colonies. The processing area must be protected from wind. The method requires use of an alcohol burner for equipment sterilization.
At this time (10/06) membrane filtration is the only EPA-approved method for enumerating fecal concentrations in ambient waters. The method is known as 9222D in Standard Methods (APHA 1998), and if a copy is available, Standard Methods is the best source for a full description of the procedure. It is available on the web only by subscription.
Another good source of information and references about this technique is the USGS Ohio Water Microbiology Laboratory website. It has up-to-date information on analytical methods, and references for USGS methods manuals available for download.
[Note: Standard Methods (APHA 1998) includes a delayed-incubation test for fecal coliforms (9222E). The test is to be used when samples cannot be immediately incubated. It involves placing the filtered sample on a holding medium (m-ST) for up to 3 days before continuing with the standard mFC procedure. This method would seem to be ideal for backcountry conditions, but unfortunately it is not on EPA's list of approved methods, nor are we able to find a ready source for prepared and pre-measured m-ST medium.]
Brief description of membrane filtration method using mFC medium
Some of the equipment used for membrane filtration.
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For more details on using the disposables in this kit, see tips
Much of the equipment in the field kit is from the Hach Company's Total Coliform Microbiology Environmental Laboratory (MEL/MF total coliform laboratory), currently selling for $2960. In addition to the equipment pictured above, the Hach MEL/MF lab includes an incubator and sterile disposables (filter funnels, petri dishes, gridded filters, absorbent pads for the petri dishes) for 200 tests. Hach also offers a field filter kit without the incubator for $1140. It comes with media for E.coli and total coliform analysis, but with a simple change of media the kit can be used for fecal coliform analysis. The kits come in hard cases that are portable and handy, and the Hach incubator can run off the vehicle lighter.The fecal coliform kit we developed for backcountry use includes an incubator made by the Millipore company, rather than the one supplied by Hach. Please see incubators for details.
Results from the fecal coliform membrane filtration tests
How we conducted our testing:
This was a small project, and we were not able to do extensive testing comparing field results to results from a certified lab. We did do some testing, varying our test plan in response to problems we noted in the course of the project. Unfortunately, the data sets are too small to draw statistically sound conclusions. The important point is that you will need a good quality assurance/quality control plan of your own to produce reportable results in the field.
In general, we compared results from at least five replications of split samples run at each of two to four test locations. Water was collected in a bucket and sterile Whirl-pak bags or sample bottles were filled from the bucket. A certified laboratory analyzed one set of 5 splits, another set was analyzed on site using the kit, and one was taken back to the water lab at SDTDC and analyzed there using the same kit equipment. In some cases, another set of splits was processed on the truck using the field kit, but several hours after leaving the field.


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Celebrate Your Birthday with a Hotel Slumber Party
Thursday, May 9, 2013
Do you remember the first time you ever stayed at a hotel? The crisp white sheets? The smartly dressed staff? The pool? While staying at a hotel may be old fare for us adults, it can be an exciting, novel experience for kids and the perfect place to throw a birthday slumber party.
The first step is to pick the hotel. To pull off the perfect slumber party, you'll want to be sure to choose a kid-friendly hotel with all the amenities you need to keep you, your son or daughter, and your guests comfortable and entertained. We may be biased, but we recommend your local Country Inn & Suites By Carlson.
Country Inns & Suites' free amenities include our signature Be Our Guest Breakfast, freshly baked cookies, the Read It & Return Lending Library™, free high-speed Internet access, and of course, the pool! Plus, our friendly staff is always on hand to make sure you have everything you need.
The next step is to plan the evening's activities. A hotel is the perfect place to pamper yourself, so consider bringing supplies for pedicures and makeovers. Tell your guests to bring their best outfits and have a fashion show on your Country Inns & Suites' wood banister staircase. Or show off your style with dinner at a nice restaurant.
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LSU interim Chancellor William Jenkins and President John Lombardi likely will not choose a new athletic director before tomorrow.
"Dr. Lombardi has been calling around the country talking to different people about the candidates so it's unlikely anything will be done today," said Charles Zewe, LSU system vice president for communications. "More than likely there will be an announcement tomorrow."
LSU is choosing from a pool of four candidates recommended by the athletic director search committee. The candidates are LSU associate ADs Verge Ausberry and Herb Vincent; Duke AD Joe Alleva; and Kentucky deputy AD Rob Mullens.
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8 Tips on How to Access Free Advice from Any Expert or Mentor
After walking out of a crowded breakout session at the Exponential Conference last week, a guy handed me a folded-up note. The kind of note you get from your best buddy in middle school, crinkled and hand written. He wanted free advice.
Here is what the note said:
Will, I can't (currently) afford your time, and I know your time is not only valuable but I'm sure very limited. I am not very good at what you are great at. I need to be better for the sake of the kingdom. If you can help me think about my Vision Frame and future dreams, I'd love to connect. No pressure– If you can't right now, please don't. Thanks for what you do.
The purpose of this post is not just to respond to my conference attender (his name is Scott) but to equip you with how to get free advice from experts and time with great mentors.
Why did Scott's note trigger this post? I stand on the shoulders of many superb leaders who were always willing to take the time for me. But the more I grew in leadership the more inaccessible the best experts became. And yet, I still found ways to get free advice and time with great mentors.
There are times when I pay for coaching and consulting. I think every effective leader should. However, I have received amazing benefits by working hard to find excellent teachers and rare mentoring moments. Depending on your experience level and resource base, the next best step for you is probably some cost-free advice or a significant mentoring engagement.
TIP #1: Don't waste your breath stating the obvious; like talking about time and money.
If you ever want to spend a moment with a great leader or a well-known expert, don't tell them that you value their time. You just wasted their time by making the statement. Show them that you value your time, by the first thing that comes out of your mouth. (More on this to come.)
Don't tell them that you don't have money. The person you want to learn from is not thinking about the money. Making the statement, "I can't afford you" is lazy at best and an insult at worst, albeit unintended. Scott, who wrote the note above, could have spent time with me and learned from me, if he was prepared to learn from me. Money has nothing to do with it.
Keep in mind that most people you might want to learn from didn't become experts by worrying about the money. They became experts because they are passionate, focused and experienced at what they do. They is always a path to access if you really want.
TIP #2: Know what you want from them before you approach
You are not ready to learn from an expert if you haven't done a little homework. Do you know what you are looking for? Do you know where you are stuck? Have you located your issue in the would-be mentor's body of expertise? Imagine the difference between the next two appeals: "Thanks for your writing. I have a question about vision…" Or, "I really appreciated chapter 14 in your latest book, and I have a question about the napkin-sketch version of our disciple-making strategy." You won't get free advice if you don't know what kind of advice you need.
TIP #3: Be prepared with precise questions
This tip is the most important in this list. In fact you should probably list several versions of the same question to hone down exactly the best way to ask it. An expert by nature is most motivated to help you where nuances are important to performance. Avoid big, giant questions that are too general and imprecise. These questions expose either: 1) Your lack of pre-work or 2) Your passing interest in the topic that you aren't really going to follow-up. Look at the questions below to prompt how to begin asking a quick question that could deliver big value:
- Would you invest a moment's attention to tell me what you like best about this.
- Your second point today had to do with this. Here is our current approach on this. What do you see as our greatest limitation?
- I have spent hours with a our team and have boiled down our best options to this and this. What question would you ask to help our team decide which one is best?
- If we were to make this decision, what do you fear we have failed to consider?
TIP #4: Use their "love language"
Make your presence interesting and engaging for the expert by showing that you know something about them. Penn State. Mountain Biking. The names and interests of my wife and kids. Kite Boarding. Favorite travel spots. Fishing for smallmouth using topwater lures on a river. If these things are salt and peppered into a conversation with me, I am going to lean into the conversation and laugh with you.
If the person you want to learn from has just spoken at a conference or has written a book, there will be plenty of things you can pick-up and use. Experts are people too. Make the connection!
TIP #5: Have next steps ready depending on their response
The most important free advice may require a little extra time or effort from the teacher. The key question is, how do you get access? It's important to think through what next steps might be involved. For example, maybe you are asking permission for 15-minute phone call or a lunch appointment. Maybe you need them to review something you have created. How do you get a next step of commitment from them? First follow tips 1-4. Then follow tips 6-8. But as you do think very carefully about the scope of your follow-up request. Have 2-3 options or different "sized" requests ready based on the feel and vibe of the conversation. If the expert feels engaged make the bigger ask. If they feel distant, ask for the smallest next step possible.
TIP #6: Make a "next step ask" by appealing to an investment paradigm
The more inaccessible the expert, the more thoughtful the appeal of the request must be. I like to use an investment paradigm. What does that mean? It means that I position myself to be the best investment of their time and energy. I let them know that I want to increase their impact and legacy. I want them to know that they are missing a great opportunity not to invest in me. Of course this could easily become arrogant. So don't make it sound prideful. It is about how important they are, not me. It's about how busy they are not me. I want to simply differentiate why they should spend 15 minutes on the phone with me.
Show the expert quickly, precisely, and humbly why your request is worth their time, without talking about time. Don't be afraid to list a 2-3 things that you have accomplished.
For example, one time I asked Carl George, if I could spend 3 hours with him over a long meal. I let him know that I lead a team of consultants in a non-profit church consulting group that works with over 300 churches a year. I told him I want to multiply his learnings for my generation. And he was glad to give me his time.
TIP #7: Never leave the initiative with them
The saddest thing about Scott's note to me, is that he wrote his cell phone down and asked me to call him. He thought he was respecting my time, but he wasn't. He put a thing on my to do list that I will never get to. (Remember I am willing to spend time with him.) If he would have stopped me and said, "What's the best way to ask a brief but intelligent question about church vision when you are not surrounded by people?" I would have given him my cell number and told him when to text me.
TIP #8: Model respectful persistence
The single greatest mentor of my life was Howard Hendricks. I learned that his love language, like many accomplished experts, is genuine initiative. Many students would flock to him after his inspiring teaching sessions. The after-crowd was big, but the real follow-up was thin. Why? Prof, as he was called, was not very dynamic and funny one-on-one. People got bored quickly with him in smaller settings, because they didn't know how to learn from him.
Thousands are interested but very few are consistently persistent. If at first the expert does not respond, try again. Differentiate yourself with great questions, engaging follow-up, and real initiative.
As you can see from this post, I love to learn. Here is my favorite post on learning: 6 Radical Steps to Learning What you Don't Know
5 Crucial Social Media Cautions for Pastors
On Tuesday this week, Mark DeMoss addressed a group of fifty senior pastors on the topic of social media. As a well known Christian public relations guy, I expected a list of pros and cons. But Mark shared 30-minutes worth of cons only, focusing on the unintentional abuse of social media by leaders and the downsides of engagement without reflection. After a few days of ruminating on his insights, the following "cautions" are my re-articulated points of his advice to pastors.
Crucial Caution #1: Beware of a gradual grip of narcissism
As someone who studies the brands of ministries and Christian leaders, Mark made a provocative statement. He noted that there is little difference sometimes between the social media of famous Christians and those just "famous for being famous." While social media doesn't change the heart or create narcissism, it certainly can be a tool to accelerate an unhealthy focus on self.
Crucial Caution #2: Don't let immediate emotions get the best of you
The instant access to publishing on social media means that we can start "talking" in public while being frustrated and angry. Recently Perry Noble, the lead pastor of NewSpring Church, tweeted his frustration at American Airlines. His blog and apology for "I freaking hate American Airlines" is a worthwhile lesson for any pastor on social media.
Crucial Caution #3: Consider whose benefit you are posting for
The question is, "Who is your constituency?" Who really is the designed beneficiary of your social media content. You? Your family? Your peers? Your congregation? Your "followers?" Is it the people who sit on the front line of your ministry or other pastors in your network? I think it is easy for pastors to post content that is positioning themselves rather than serving the people they lead.
To help calibrate the social media content for a pastor, Mark suggested asking this question: "Would an unemployed person in your church, whose spouse is battling cancer, appreciate your post?"
Crucial Caution #4: Manage content to minimize "dueling brands"
It's possible over time that the messaging of your social media feed starts to contradict your mission. What types of content create a disconnect from your true calling among the people in your sphere of social influence? To dramatize the reality that your social media is always emanating a brand, a message and a mission, Mark posed the scenario: "What if the next time your were introduced, they pulled up your instagram feed instead?" Would your most recent pictures and content be a suitable introduction? Would the mission and values of your life and ministry be present?
Crucial Caution #5: Don't respond to critics in the social media space.
Because Mark deals with crisis management, I thought his black and white advice on responding to critics was helpful: Don't! Due to the public nature of social media and the inherent lack of accountability and control of people who can attack, manipulate and fabricate, he recommends not responding.
One humorous example Mark gave involved a pastor who was responding back and forth to a critic on twitter. The pastor, with tens of thousands of followers, engaged in what become a social debate with the critic. The pastor soon realized that the critic only had a dozen followers. The critic was criticizing and no one was listening. No one was listening that is, until the pastor starting responding.
How Great Pastors Learn "Not to Care"
Great pastors care about a lot of things and a lot of people. But with the non-stop opportunity to minister to peoples' never ending needs, every pastor must eventually face a crazy question: "Is it possible to care too much?"
An essay I read as a young pastor marked a pivot point in my life. It was an essay by Eugene Peterson entitled, "Teach us to Care and Not to Care" in his book Subversive Spirituality (The essay title is taken from a line in the poem by T.S. Eliot, Ash Wednesday.) The big idea is that we must let God be God and not take too much personal responsibility for the spiritual growth of others. God is the one who causes the growth, not any man's skill as an evangelist, teacher or shepherd. Great pastors must learn not to care too much. It was a classic call to repent of the the "messiah complex." Jesus is the only true rescuer.
The timing of a provocative article like this is everything. A a few years earlier in ministry journey, and the essay would not have made much sense. But at that time I was overwhelmed as a spiritual formation pastor with several thousand congregants in our church. I was feeling the increasing weight, week after week, of disappointing people by trying to do too much for too many. Peterson's exhortation "not to care" was useful in breaking my spirit of self-importance.
This important essay would expand in its meaning over the years. Not only would the words "not to care" help me learn humility, they would remind me to focus my calling. Today, I remind myself not to care in at least four ways. I will repeat Eugene Peterson's phrase to keep the boldness of "not caring" anchored in a fundamental call to grace and kindness.
#1 – Great pastors don't let anything but the gospel become the power center for life change. Teach me to care and not to care if I think my personal presence in any way becomes a source of transformation for other people.
#2 – Great pastors don't let success in ministry distract from their presence at home. Teach me to care and not to care if my ministry career is keeping me from coming home on time.
#3 – Great pastors don't try to help everyone personally in their sphere of influence; they look long-term to multiply their ministry by investing in a few. Teach me to care and not to care about doing the work myself when God is calling me to develop others who will multiply the work.
#4 – Great pastors don't let the flood of trivial tasks distract from their core calling. Teach me to care and not to care until I have given my best energy and effort every day to my most vital responsibilities.
Warning: One way that "not to care" will backfire.
Years ago, church consultant Lyle Schaller used an important idea to describe the pastor's foundational work. He said a pastor must "pay the rent" when it comes to the basic expectations of the church board and congregation. Showing up to preach a good sermon is paying the rent. Showing up on time at the elders meeting is paying the rent. Doing the funeral only you can do is paying the rent.
I think that the "paying the rent" work of ministry is always important to care about. If my "not caring" ever becomes lethargy or laziness, then I have crossed a dangerous line. "Not caring" cannot justify sloppiness or slothfulness
Be passionate, work hard, and stay focused by not caring too much.
5 Reasons Why Disciples Need Ministry Tools More than Sermons
The discipleship results of your ministry are not defined by content of your preaching alone. One significant factor that impacts disciple-making is tool-making. Unfortunately, you might not recall any seminary classes or conference breakouts on making ministry tools.
Why not? The simplest explanation is that we rely too much on teaching. As a result, we as pastors, do not become good at training and spend little time on toolmaking. In fact the average pastor rarely pursues improved competency as a trainer. But pastors go to great lengths— attending workshops, digesting sermons, and reading books— to become better preachers.
Think about it for a minute: Is your church better characterized as a teaching center or a training center? Do you consider yourself more of a bible-communicator or a people-developer? When is the last time you thought about finding or making ministry tools?
I know what you want to say— "It's both Will, why would you separate it?" Of course your intent is both to communicate well and see a disciple form as a result. But I want to separate the two so that you can double check your assumptions and expectations about how people change and grow. Does your teaching provide the pathway toward the modeling, practicing, and evaluating of new life skills? Are you really helping people develop new life competencies in the way of Jesus? Or are you just preaching?
One proof that you are good at training is the presence of ministry tools. What tools have you given to people lately through one of your sermon series? When was the last time you brainstormed with your team about a new ministry tool to create? If you have small group leaders in the church, what ministry tools have you provided for them in the last year?
What's the bottom line? If you are not adding ministry tools to the lives of your people, you are not close to maximizing a disciple-making culture. You are probably not equipping people that much.
Before explaining why, let's define what we mean by a tool. One definition reads:
Tool: A handheld device that aids in accomplishing a task. The basic definition brings to mind a hammer or screwdriver that you hold in your hand. The definition may expand if a tool doesn't have to be literally handheld. Another definition reads: a device or implement used to carry out a particular function.
The term "device" broadens the range for disciple-making purposes. For example, the model prayer of Jesus was a device to train the disciples how to pray. Jesus used questions, metaphors and parables as devices or tools of disciple-making that weren't "handheld" per se.
So what are examples of ministry tools? Here are five:
- A church does a sermon on praying and provides a prayer journal (ministry tool) as people walk out the door.
- A pastor preaches on missional living and creates a table tent (ministry tool- a triangle-shaped brochure that stands in the middle of the dinner table) for family conversations designed to encourage the application of being better neighbors for the sake of the gospel.
- A team codifies a definition (ministry tool) of what kind of disciple their church is designed to produce and then creates a self-assessment (ministry tool) to use in small groups.
- A pastor uses a 4-question, gospel fluency matrix (ministry tool) –drawable on a napkin–to help the congregation apply the gospel to the daily fluctuations of sinful emotions and actions.
- A bible study leader passes out a business card (ministry tool) with a daily bible reading schedule and three applications questions to ask for every passage of scripture.
This is a short list that begins to illustrate the endless possibilities of ministry tools. Keep in mind that I didn't even reference the internet or digital devices that really explode the possibilities ministry tool-making.
Now that we have defined and illustrated what a ministry tool or device is, let's get to the heart of the post. Why do disciples need ministry tools more than sermons? Why should we not rely on preaching alone if we are to train people to follow Jesus? Here are five compelling reasons:
#1 – A ministry tool signifies importance. A tool highlights the greater importance of the idea thus setting it up for application and helping stand out among the competing messages in every area of life. When a tool is introduced in the flow of communication, the idea behind the tool will trump every other idea. The tool immediately indicates the value of repeatability as well.
#2 – A ministry tool activates learning. A tool utilizes a part of human brain that is activated by a concrete object to hold and use, or an audio device to return to like a question or repeatable story. Again this sets up an important step toward application. It engages visual and kinesthetic learners.
#3 – A ministry tool guides application. This is the main idea. The tool itself provides a "how to" that can be practiced, repeated and eventually mastered. It shows the way and validates when action has been taken or not. The device clarifies a step of implementation. In a way, a tool gently brings accountability to the table–every time I see the tool, I know whether or not I have used it.
#4 – A ministry tool creates energy. A tool helps people feel excited about ideas. It helps people win. And by the way, may pastors can unintentionally create a sense of failure for their people. As people listen to sermons year after year, they oftentimes feel like they aren't growing like they should. A tool can reverse that dynamic. It's focuses application, so they can do it. And that gives pastors the opportunity to celebrate their new skill development. Then, even more energy is created!
#5 – A ministry tool reproduces training. A tool makes every person a trainer not just the pastor or preacher. As a leader, it's not important what you can do; it's important what you can duplicate. If you make a tool, it can outlast you and be passed from disciple to disciple to disciple until Jesus returns again.
This last principle has changed by personal conviction that I must spend time to make tools. In fact my two most important books (tools themselves) are Church Unique an God Dreams each of which cover how to create a master tool for church leadership, the Vision Frame and the Horizon Storyline, respectively.
I would love to hear from you. What is your favorite ministry tool? What ministry tools have you created recently?
A final illustration of one of my favorites is a how-to PDF and video on creating a family tree. This tool comes from a short sermon series at Clear Creek Community Church, my home church. To help people gain perspective and apply the gospel to the brokenness of extended family dynamics, they encouraged everyone to practice writing out their family diagram.
Only 4 Types of Pastors Excel at Vision – Are You One of Them?
I was having a conversation with Bryan Rose on the Auxano team recently. We broached the topic of "pastors who get it." That is, we discussed the kinds of pastors who really press through the vision process to gain great clarity. These pastors lead with humility and tenacity. These pastors build great churches. These pastors see the kingdom grow right in front of their eyes. These are the true visionaries.
We believe these leaders fit almost perfectly into one of four categories or four types of pastors.
These are four types of pastors that are willing to learn, discern and do the hard work of visionary leadership. Another way to say it is that these pastors are leading today what will be the great churches ten and twenty years from now.
#1 – The relevant rookie pastor: "I don't know what I don't know"
These pastors are sharp younger leaders (20s and 30s) who are in tune with their personal calling and dialed in to the prevailing issues of popular culture. They are probably in a new role that brings new responsibility; or they may be launching out on their own as a church planter. They are naturally hungry to learn. They are culture savvy and they are connected to the people they are leading.
They understand that they don't know everything about organizational leadership. They are humble enough to invite a coach to the table. But their humility does not dilute their tenacity. They are the new breed of visionaries. They are tired of the old scorecards and will do whatever it takes to communicate the substance of the culture and vision of the church.
Client profile: Jason Webb at ElmBrook Church recently completed a 9-month vision framing process. "Rookie" doesn't reflect Jason's stellar church planting track record. But as a 30-something leader walking into a 5,000 plus attendance church, others might assign that adjective. (Especially when following in the footsteps of Stuart Briscoe and Mel Lawrenz, two former senior pastors.) Jason did an amazing job stewarding a vision process with a highly tenured team. They are 8 months into their vision roll-out. The completely new sense of team is felt and focus on the future is extraordinarily clear. Their passion is to help spiritually adrift people become rooted and released in Jesus Christ.
#2 – The legacy minded pastor: "I want to leave something valuable"
On the opposite end of the "rookie" spectrum is the legacy minded pastor. These pastors have likely led for decades in the same church. They have a lifetime of trust building and faithful service creating solid and influential ministries.
But they know that times are changing. They are now aware of the generational pattern of failed successions of senior pastors. They are not quite ready to pass the baton or even make any long-term succession announcements, but they want to start putting the house in order. They are probably 3-7 years away from leaving their position. They want to be more relevant. They want to re-clarify what their church can do best and re-align ministries to strengthen impact. They are tired of just doing more and want to prune ineffective ministries. They want to leave a strong and self-aware church to their eventual successor.
Client Profile: Pastor Clint has been leading his church for 25 years. At age 62, he feels that he has at least five more years left. He has built one of the best megachurches in North America. The church is getting older than people want to admit. Even though younger leaders are present, they are not present with serious responsibility yet. Pastor Clint has raised the money to do a 12-month vision process and it has reinvigorated his life and ministry like nothing before. As each month brings increasingly clarity, he is leading better, allowing others to lead better and is gaining confidence toward the long-range future.
#3 – The newly stuck pastor: "I have barrier that I now realize is not going away and I am not exactly sure how to fix it."
The newly stuck pastor has a very simple story. You keep growing until you don't. After five or 10 years of year-over-year growth, the church just stops growing. Giving is not going up; or at least not as much. By the way, you know you are in this place when you push really hard to "feel like you are growing" even though, deep inside, you know you are not. For example, attendance may be flat, but you put your hope in the fact that the church had slightly more attendance at Easter. Or you keep focusing on a few months where giving is slightly higher. You take momentary relief in the trend that your most faithful members attend church less.
To make matters worse, if you look around the church, everything is going fine. All cylinders are hitting. Buildings are great, staff is relatively healthy. It's hard to know why the growth is not just happening any longer.
The truth is that the organization is perfectly designed to get the results that it's getting. Something about the structure, the culture, or the complexity of the church is holding it back. But because all of the successful years, the answer is not obvious or automatic. Finally something happens: you realize you need some perspective from the outside. You'll do whatever it takes to break that glass ceiling.
Client Profile: Pastor Dan is 55 and has been leading a church for 10 years. Five years ago the attendance plateaued at around 1,600 in weekend services. He has kept hoping for the best and has become increasing bothered by their lack of growth. In fact, they built seating capacity to handle double their current attendance. Every Sunday, Dan feels the pain of the empty seats On Sabbatical two summers ago, he read Church Unique and began to think about both his vision and his organization dynamics. Recently he finished a 12-month vision framing process. He is more excited than ever to be in ministry. He is seeing people excited as he creates and models a culture of mission. He is leading with vision like never before. Attendance is already on the rise and giving has dramatically picked up.
#4 – The rapid growth pastor: "I don't want to grow bigger, unless bigger is better."
There are two types of rapid-growth pastors: those who fixate on attendance only and those with a passion for disciple-making in a growing church context. I work primarily with the latter and that is the profile I am now describing. These pastors understand that all growth is not good growth. They understand that growth out of alignment in the human body is called cancer. What then, do you call growth in the body of Christ that is out of alignment with the DNA of Jesus?
The rapid growth pastor sees a growing attendance as a critical stewardship. It's a starting point not an end point. Are there clear next steps not just to "get involved but" to really grow as disciple-making disciples? Is leadership development and people development taking place? Is growing attendance happening under the banner of a vivid sense of the church's impact for the next 5-10 years? Are we sending as well as we are attracting? Are we managing our culture or letting the growth manage us?
Client Profile: David Saathoff leads City Church in San Antonio. Dave has engaged the Vision Framing process several times since he launched the church 20 years ago. He continually manages clarity in the complexity of growth and the messiness of reaching people far from God. He has literally reached thousands with the passion to become catalysts of spiritual and social change in the city. He has one of my favorite mission measures which codifies the practices of "how we live" across a large church community. Even if new people are added at a fast rate, the expectation of disciple-making is delivered at concurrent speed. How do they articulate it? How we live: We listen to God, be the church, share a meal, downsize to maximize, peel the onion, keep our passport current and lean towards green.
These are the four types of pastors that excel at vision. Which one are you?


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A Tunisian court today released Nasreddine Ben Saida, general director of the Arabic-language daily Attounissia, who was arrested on 15 February after his newspaper published a photo German-Tunisian footballer Sami Khedira with his naked girlfriend. Rim Boukriba, a journalist for Attounisia, expressed her discontent about the arrest. "He was treated like a criminal … did he kill someone? Is he too dangerous to stay at large?" she said. "The authorities who jailed Ben Saida are seeking to silence us … their problem is not with the picture itself … but with the newspaper, which is popular, and widely read", she told Index. "The picture is only an excuse," she added. The court is expected to issue a verdict on the case on 8 March.
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Why is it that people think that just because one is of a different race that they have different experiences or are underpriveleged?
Is a black son of two well off doctors "had different experiences" than a poor white kid?
Yes of course the black person has had different experiences. EVERYONE has different experiences. White people do not all live the same lives and have the same points of view. NEITHER do Asians (who get the real short end of the shaft in AA). Why does everyone who supports AA stereotype African Americans into poor disadvantaged backgrounds? Isn't that what they're trying to fight ie. judging an entire group based on its race rather than its merit? I know "African Americans are typically from poorer financial..." statistic smistics, well there are alot of poor white kids who don't go to Harvard too.
I guess I don't understand how giving advantage to RACE is the same as giving advantage to the UNDERPRIVELEGED. If anything rich black kids should have all the disadvantages of rich white kids and rich asian kids.
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Manual for the helicopter mom
When you are a new mother, there are helpful manuals galore, full of tips and dos and don'ts, to guide you through those early steep-learning-curve years. Any time you worry, or ask yourself at what age should my child be doing x, y, or z, you can check in a book (or, these days, on the internet).
Even during those slightly disturbing years when your child morphs into a teenager, there is advice aplenty on how to handle things. About what to say and what not to say.
And when your child has grown and flown and - oh, maternal joy of joys - returned to the nest as a fully fledged working adult. . . where are the manuals for handling this, pray? Nothing. Nada. Zilch. You are on your own here.
Cards on the table, first.
I am unconditionally thrilled to bits to have my two children back in India, after their university studies in the UK. Those years of seeing them off at the airport, England bound, trying not to cry in too embarrassing a manner are over, thank the good Lord above.
Is it horribly insensitive of me to say that I am even grateful to the European recession, which meant they both came back to look for work in still economically healthy India?
And is it crass to say 'Thank God' for the ludicrous Delhi real-estate market, which means that they have little option but to live at home?
All of which means that we now wave our children off to work rather than school, as they zoom out in the mornings, grabbed mug of coffee in one hand, car keys in the other.
Having working, gainfully-employed young adults at home, and how to handle the changed dynamics, is our new parental learning curve. This is far from exhaustive, but let me share with you a few pointers, gleaned from painful experience.
Rule #1:
Stop asking
Learn not to ask too many questions of the 'Where are you going?' or 'When will you be back?' variety. Just tell yourself that you have brought your children up to be sensible, responsible young people and you must treat them so, and trust them to take good care of themselves. But occasionally, it will slip out. "What are your plans tonight?" you ask innocently. "Going out, Mum. " And before you can stop yourself, you have automatically asked, "Where?" to which the reply is, most of the time (and all credit to my children) is the truth. But just occasionally I get a gentle, reprimanding, "Mum. Stop it. It doesn't matter. I am going out. "
Rule #2:
Stop hovering One has to, absolutely, totally, completely curtail those helicopter instincts (apparently, I am a Grade A helicopter parent). For example, just two days ago, knowing I would be travelling and therefore unable to attend the inauguration of an exhibition, I suggested to my daughter that she went instead.
"Great idea, Mum, thanks. I will go with Aishwarya, but I don't have her mobile. "
Trying to be helpful, I offered to call Aishwarya's mother, but before I could even finish the sentence, I was stopped mid-helicoptering.
"Mum. Do not even think about trying to organise my social life for me. Mum, seriously. No. "
Rule #3:
Stop worrying (as if. . . )
On the issue of what time they get back after their un-helicoptered social life, we trust them to keep in touch, they have their own house keys, and so what if I leave a light on until they get back, which means I never properly sleep. . . these are the bits of parenting that those early days manuals omit to tell you. But they are both, yet again, responsible, and usually text us if they are going to be especially late, so one can't grumble.
Rule #4:
Stop 'tidying' their rooms
I am told that I used to be shocking at fossicking in my son's room, in the guise of 'tidying up'. Absolute nonsense, of course. I never did such things. But now, I consciously limit my forays into their rooms and into how they organise themselves. Hard as it is to curb the instinctive, maternal queries as to whether they need their laundry doing or something dry-cleaned or do they need more shampoo or toothpaste. . . I just don't do it any more. Well, most of the time, I don't. When they need maternal fussing, they can ask for it, is my new mantra.
Rule #5:
My house, my rules
They know that. Parental values and parental standards hold ultimate sway.
Rule #6:
Accept change gracefully
Actually, one has to accept change not only gracefully but also gratefully. I am truly thankful that I still get to see my children every day, even if it's only a fleeting glimpse. I am grateful that I still (sort of) know what happens in their lives.
It's a process of gradually distancing yourself, I suppose, which doesn't come naturally to all of us. Yes, of course, they are adults and need to be treated as such. But they are still living in their old rooms, with old school books on their book shelves, and so the temptation is to think that they still need you as much as you need to be needed. That's the tricky part. Negotiating a new adult-adult equation. Accepting that the balance of power has shifted somewhat in the household.
The grown-flown formula has morphed into grown-flown-flown back again.
Oh, yes,
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Bratislava, December 17, 2007 (BratislavaGuide.com) - Bratislava restaurant Flowers took the top rank in the 2008 "Trend Top Restaurants and Hotels", Slovakia's largest hospitality ranking exercise released on Monday.
Bratislava's highest ranked hotel was Crowne Plaza sharing 2nd/3rd place with Hotel Thermia Palace in the Spa Town of Piestany.
Top 10 Bratislava restaurants in the 2008 rankings:
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4. Camouflage
5. Le Monde
6.-7. Alizé
6.-7. Messina at Hotel Marrol's
8.-12. Fusion at the Hotel Crowne Plaza
13.-16. French Restaurant at the Hotel Devin
17.-20. St. Hubert at the Hotel Apollo
17.-20. Mama e Papa
Top 9 Bratislava hotels in the 2008 rankings:
2.-3. Hotel Crowne Plaza
5.-7. Arcadia
5.-7. Marrol's
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AAA says holiday travel will increase
AAA Travel projects 41 million Americans will journey 50 miles or more from home during the Independence Day holiday weekend, a 1.9 percent increase from the 40.3 million people who traveled last year and a nearly 14 percent increase compared with the Memorial Day holiday weekend.
The majority of travelers will be celebrating their freedom with a road trip, with more than eight in 10 choosing to travel by automobile, the highest level since 2007.
The Independence Day holiday travel period is defined as Wednesday, July 2, to Sunday, July 6.
"The Fourth of July holiday is typically the busiest summer travel holiday, with five million more Americans traveling compared to Memorial Day weekend," AAA East Central President Jim Lehman said in a statement. "We are seeing increases across our region, particularly in auto travel, as many of us celebrate summer with an all-American road trip."
AAA expects the majority of U.S. drivers likely will pay the highest gas prices for Independence Day since 2008. Today's national average price of gas of $3.68 is about 20 cents per gallon more expensive than the average on July 4, 2013, which was $3.48 per gallon. In recent years, gas prices have declined in the weeks leading up to Independence Day, but this has not occurred this summer due to high crude oil costs resulting from violence in Iraq.
The price of regular unleaded gasoline in the Altoona area is $3.85 compared with $3.54 last year.
Meanwhile, The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission expects more than 2.7 million vehicles to be traveling the Turnpike over the July 4 holiday. That figure is up from the 2.5 million vehicles seen last year. With that volume of traffic expected, the PTC is asking motorists to stay alert and be aware of distracted drivers.
In preparation for the surge of traffic, Turnpike maintenance crews plan to maximize the use of the roadway by opening all available lanes to traffic through 6 a.m. on July 7 except in the case of emergencies. In the event of emergency-lane closures, the Turnpike will activate its Variable Message Signs and Highway Advisory Radio to alert motorists.
"We will have additional maintenance personnel available all next week right through the holiday weekend to patrol the road and help with any emergencies, debris removal or customer needs," said Todd S. Garrison, director of maintenance in a statement.
As the holiday traffic increases, so will the patrols by the Pennsylvania State Police, which plans to have troopers out enforcing speed limit and no-texting laws.
"Speeding and texting while driving all lead to problems on the roadways," said Captain Gregory M. Bacher of PSP Troop T in a statement. "Texting while driving and aggressive driving will not be tolerated, so motorists should expect to see our troopers out there in full force deterring this type of behavior."
To promote safe driving, the Turnpike is sponsoring a "Safety Break" event at the South Midway Service Plaza on the eastbound Turnpike just past the Bedford Exit (#146) in Bedford County from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. July 3.


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I am sure it will help me last longer than 3 days without reverting.
And don't assume any reporting I do is directed to you, I don't care for your directions or need you to 'condone' my efforts to adhere to this as best I can.
I am sure it will help me last longer than 3 days without reverting.
And don't assume any reporting I do is directed to you, I don't care for your directions or need you to 'condone' my efforts to adhere to this as best I can.
Well that's my point, you ARE reverting if you go adding fat back into your intake.
Spuds are fairly high in protein, you've obviously got your carbs and now you're adding fat into it, so it's just a low-calorie diet then?
Why didn't you just do that to start with?
Dan - made it through another spud day with that diversion. also lost another pound, thanks - I was ready to go back to meat and veg, it was a good tip.
I have a bunch of purple taters to try for next few days.
I potato, large, 64 grams of carbs, 7 grams of protein, ie around more than 10% is protein. 0% fat. That's pretty high protein for a veggie.
Can you people not read? I wrote:
"There's 2 ways of looking at the potato thing, either the 'low-calories because you're easily stuffed on spuds' thing, or the 'low to zero fat and low protein' thing, because it's almost starch-only diet.
As food in general goes, very low protein. For a veggie that's pretty HIGH in protein. As Otzi pointed out this is also 'complete' protein, hence the general idea that you're not supposed to lose lean muscle on the tater-only 'fast'.
Personally I agree, just going low calorie will have pretty much the same effect. To me the big difference is that boiled spuds make it easier, as you get stuffed quicker. Fact is, if you're going to experiment with a potato-only diet it doesn't make much sense to go frying the things in fat.
Stop and think about it for a moment? What do we call the low-protein, low-fat high-carb diet?
"SAD". Standard American Diet.
Heck, it follows the infamous food pyramid - mostly carbs, some protein, bit of fat on top, right?
60% of overweight Americans can't be wrong huh?
Me, I'm going with the BBC Horizon thing, low calories for 2 days a week, rather than just potatoes. The only reason I bothered to speak out was because frying starch is such an obvious No-No in both the bodybuilding world and in paleo/primal circles.
An almost starch-only diet sounds horrific enough as it is but there's some method to the madness, in that you're 'fasting" in terms of protein and fat, while still getting some energy. There does seem to be at least some science behind it. Heck, it worked for me, in that I lost a few pounds in a few days and hence I'm still following the thread.
But frying them?
Sure, if you like chips go for it - but don't call it the "potato only diet" when you're adding fat to it. Just call it the low-calorie, low-fat diet, as recommended by... oh I dunno.. every mainstream media outlet going?
"BREAKING NEWS! Low Fat Low Calorie Diet Might Work!
Ya think?
As for calling me a Tator Nazi, for what? For stopping after 3 days because the protein was too low? For pointing out the whole idea of the thing, if we're going to go down this crazy path, is "potato only"?
As as for Porkchop taking things personally, for why?
Seems to me ya'lls need some bacon or something, and chill the F out.
Sorry, "lambchop" not Porkchop. Regarding the protein thing, credit to whoever posted the link earlier but:-
"Protein is required in the diet to help strengthen your cells and power reactions involving enzymes. The Institute of Medicine suggests a protein intake of 46 g per day for the average female. Consuming 14 medium red potatoes would give you 2,000 calories and 56 g of protein, according to the USDA's National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference. Thus, as far as your protein requirement is concerned, you could live off potatoes."
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I don't even do the tator diet. I just thought your remark about lamb "may as well eat a bag of potato chips" was ludicrous. Then you state one thing on about protein then contradict it in your next comment. Its both "low protein" and "fairly high in protein"? Sorry that I was confused. Perhaps if you said "fairly high in protein compared to lettuce" it woulda made sense. IMO even 35g of protein a day...complete or not is too low, so we agree on that it seems. So if low calorie low fat works WHY would low calorie with a bit of fat NOT? Or maybe this diet IS actually magical. But you said it wasnt?
For those reading I was not disparaging the potato diet.
Hey Tater Fans! Time for me to come clean. The mastermind behind the Potato Diet is Ray Cronise at Thermogenex - Fuel the Burn
It takes shape in the comments section of his latest 2 or 3 blogs. I invited him here to discuss it with us on this thread, but he said he would rather have you all go to his site and comment there. I don't think he was too happy that I gave all this away on Mark's Daily Apple. He will soon be publishing some peer-reviewed papers on the subject and is planning a big release. Sorry to have rained on his parade.
I think Ray has finally found a way to bridge the gap between vegan and paleo, and potatoes will play an integral role.
You guys can keep this thread going, but I have to bow out. If you visit Ray's site, you need to register, but it's free for now.
Good luck all!
Any veggie that gives you your entire ("official") protein requirement all by itself has to be considered "fairly high in protein" but yeah, it's low protein by primal standards and it's low protein by bodybuilding standards.
And yep, it will probably still work with fat, IF you keep the calories low enough. But on that basis why not just go low calorie and be done with it?
Where the science appears to be going with all this seems to be that there's something significant about fasting, by virtually eliminating protein for short periods. Now there is still some protein in spuds so it's debatable if the effect comes directly from that or not. However as experiments go, we may as well just throw everything in the air and eat whatever we want, once you start adding fat into the mix as well. So we've got starchy carbs, fiber, protein and fat. About the only food group missing is alcohol?
"Oh, I tried the 'everything except alcohol diet' and it didn't work for me" - said every fat Muslim ever. Wait, what?
Seems to me though the biggest takeaway from this thread is that some people are letting themselves get stressed over other people's attempts at helping.
As avoiding stress is one of the 10 rules of a primal lifestyle, I'm out of this thread.
Have fun.
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HOUSTON -- Love him or hate him, Josh Smith knows playoffs, and as he assessed the Detroit Pistons' chances late Saturday, he said the internal sense of urgency is there -- with a strong caveat.
"Sorta kinda," he answered, "but it needs to be more than what it is."
How so?
"I don't know, I think at the end of the day, it's what's in your chest and how bad you want it, moreso than anything else," Smith replied.
With 23 games remaining and a 23-36 record, the questions about internal tickers and external countdowns have conspired to leave a disheartened Pistons team 10th in the Eastern Conference, four games out of the last playoff spot, after a 118-110 loss Saturday to the Houston Rockets.
Andre Drummond could have some enormous things in his future, All-Star teams and Team USA representation among them, but making the playoffs in his second NBA season was the immediate goal.
It is fading.
"I look at the board every day, man, games that we win, games that we lose," Drummond said. "I see where we are, how we fall, we go up and down on the standings. You know, it's tough. It's very tough to look at. We keep falling, keep falling.
"We'll have a stretch when we do well and we go back up again, but we've had a really inconsistent year, which is tough on all of us. We had a lot of high expectations for the team that we had and the guys that we brought in, but it's going to take some time to figure out guys and what we need to do to be a great team."
Drummond emphasized that the Pistons still have time in their postseason quest.
It comes down "to what we want to do as a team," he said.
If the Pistons don't get there, it won't be March and April they rue, but rather the string of late-December and January losses against lesser opposition.
"The more games we lose, the more of a hole we put ourselves in," Drummond said. "It's going to be hard to dig ourselves out of it. It's tough, it's tough. The games that we needed and we should have won, we lost them. So that's going to bite us at the end of the season. We've got to try to really make a run in the next 23 games left."
Several Pistons, as well as some other observers who were allowed to watch Friday's off-day practice, fawned over how dynamic the effort was.
One day later, the Pistons allowed nine dunks and nine layups in Houston's 69-point first half.
"When you give any team opportunities where they can lay the ball up, the basket begins to look like the ocean," Smith said. "And that's what happened in that first half."
Interim coach John Loyer said he told the Pistons that they practiced harder Friday than they played Saturday.
"We had more juice, more energy, running the three-man weave," he said.
Smith seemed perplexed.
"The day before, we had a great practice," he said. "It was very competitive. And we didn't validate it. That was the most disheartening thing the first half. We came out in the second half and we fought, but when you dig yourself a hole that deep, it's kind of hard -- it's kind of hard to overcome it."
The inability to protect the paint has cost the Pistons dearly.
They scored 110 points in both games on the Texas trip, and lost both, to the Rockets and San Antonio Spurs.
"For us to be young and athletic like we are, our defense needs to be way better than this," Smith said.
The Pistons return home for games Monday against struggling New York and Wednesday against Chicago.
Loyer said he believes the Pistons grasp their predicament.
"They look at the standings, they look at the situation," he said. "This is our livelihood, this is our life. We know where we're at, we know where we need to get to, and we strive to do it every day. These guys are basketball junkies. They know what's going on."
They have to find something more than a sorta-kinda response to get this playoff gap closed.
"It's tough not to get down on yourself and beat yourself up about it," Drummond said of the Pistons' unexpected season malaise. "I'm the biggest culprit. I get down on myself a lot because I always want things to be perfect and I want to get everything done right there and then. But we still have some games to process.
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Paneer is another option. I sautee it for my curry (not that I can eat it). It would be nice on a salad.
Got tomorrow planned out. Feeling more in control, which you know makes me feel better
Paneer is another option. I sautee it for my curry (not that I can eat it). It would be nice on a salad.
Got tomorrow planned out. Feeling more in control, which you know makes me feel better
good, less stress less fat being held by the body!
Ruth, I bet you could make almond milk or macadamia nut milk now that you have the Vitamix, and then use that to make a queso fresco which is essentially a version of cream cheese. (soft, fresh cheese).
a way to test it would be to first see if you can make a sour cream out of the milk. For a cup of milk it takes about a tablespoon of ACV. Leave it at room temperature overnight. If it has thickened at all, then it should work going through the whole boiling and ACV and salt process.
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I have pinned a great recipe for a mac nut cream cheese. I also have a recipe (haven't tried it either) for a coconut milk concoction that is similar to paneer. Both on my list to try. I'm TOTALLY planning on trying these things with my VM. Have I mentioned I'm in love?
After I finish giving DH a haircut this afternoon, I am going to read the manual, if I can do it without him seeing. I will obviously not lie to him about getting the Vitamix, and if he asks I will tell him the price, but if it just quietly became a part of my kitchen and he didn't have to find out the price it would stress him less. then I am going to start a list of the things I have been wanting to do with it. I will probably start making my own PB for the boys since it is so hard to find it sugar free. I could also use a macadamia nut butter to make their ice cream, bet they would like that! I think I even read somewhere you can make soft serve ice cream in it!
p.s. how is your dinner going?
I am prepping away. I LOVE to cook. It is so relaxing. I'm just trying to figure out what I'm going to eat that will keep me in NK. Pretty much everything will be LC (except for the lentil patties), but too many carbs for me.
I understand about the DH issue -- in part, because I am very similar to your DH (though a more mild version). Spending, even if needed/warranted, serves to stress me out. I'm better off to let DH use his judgement, but I don't want to know the details.
I can't imagine anything that can't be done with the VM...
You CAN make ice cream in it, and it is fantastic!
ooo, I am excited and sad (we just bought within the past 6 months a new ice cream maker)
Ruth, can you eat small amount and add ghee?
I love to serve and make sure everyone is comfortable. I am going to make a small chicken curry for me (lots of fat) and have a small serving of my favorite diacon achar. Then, I have some butter cookies I'll make for dessert - I'll have one. I'll enjoy the company and be busy serving and cleaning.
I thought that most people blended the ingredients in the VM and then still used the ice cream maker - though I guess for soft serve you wouldn't need the chill.
yes, actually for the boys I add chocolate chips at the end also, the VM would chew them up. It will work for me to do some sort of dessert thing though.
Our dinners for company have gotten quite casual. It used to be at least 4 courses and I served and cleared. Now we stand around and nibble appetizers (cheese, dips, and veggies), then I usually make a loaf of bread and a beautiful salad. We usually end up playing cards. Dh brews beer so that ends up filling everyone up. I rarely do dessert anymore.


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Andrea is moving toward the northeast near 28 mph and this general motion with an increase in forward speed is expected through late Saturday. A turn toward the east-northeast should occur Saturday night.
Maximum sustained winds remain near 45 mph...75 km/h...with higher gusts, mainly over the Atlantic well to the east of the center. Little change in strength is forecast during the next 48 hours, but Andrea is expected to lose tropical characteristics later today.
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MADELIA - A new "Best of the Best" exhibition shooting team, Gov. Mark Dayton, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Commissioner Tom Landwehr, and outdoors television show production company owner Ron Schara are among those featured at the third annual Minnesota 2013 Governor's Pheasant Hunt Friday and Saturday in Madelia.
There will also be a veterans memorial dedication, community breakfast, public land dedication, governor's reception and free concert by Martin Zellar and the Hardaways.
"It's going to be quite a weekend. ... Many events are free and open to the public," said DNR Southern Region Information Officer Scott Roemhildt. "We're looking at about 80 hunters including media and legislators. ... Madelia has 7,500 acres of public and walk-in access land. ... Not being able to use 13 percent of planned land due to the (federal government) shutdown really won't affect the event much."
The public is invited to all events except the Saturday morning hunt that includes a Wounded Warriors program for veterans. The Wounded Warriors will participate in a non-traditional hunt on land that previously served for sewage treatment ponds. Madelia converted old sewage treatment ponds to wildlife habitat and hunting grounds, starting in 1993.
"It was an innovative approach that saved money while benefitting the environment, and creating access for non-traditional hunters such as those on wheelchairs," said Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) Public Information Officer Cathy Rofshus.
In 1993 Madelia upgraded its wastewater treatment system. The project left three ponds - covering more than 33 acres - in need of cleanup. Facing a project costing more than $2 million to clean the ponds the traditional way, the city hired local firms to do the work at a cost of approximately $1 million, The city retained local land control for future use, and improved the environment.
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Where: Madelia Golf Course, Madelia Legion/VFW
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Dayton is expected to take part in a KIA/MIA Memorial dedication at 4 p.m. Friday at the Madelia Veterans Memorial at the corner of Main and Benzel. The memorial is in memory of 19 Madelia service members who were killed in action. Navy Lieutenant Commander Michael E. Quinn of Madelia was listed as Missing In Action in the Vietnam War.
The Governor's reception and banquet emceed by Schara begins at 6 p.m. Friday in a large frame tent outside the VFW/Legion. A free concert by Martin Zellar and the Hardaways follows at 9 p.m.
The Younger Brothers Wildlife Management Area, a 155-acre parcel the DNR received in 2012 from Pheasants Forever, located five miles west of Madelia, off County Road 3, will be dedicated Saturday noon.
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No. 1: Avoid the crowds. If you hate crowds and lines, shop at dinnertime, 5 to 9 p.m., or even later.
Only 4 percent of shoppers hit the aisles between 9 p.m. and 8 a.m. Wednesday is the least crowded day of the week.
No. 2: Be coupon savvy. Coupons with a bar code are easy to scan.
The other ones take an eternity.
No. 3: Consider turnover. That star fruit has been here a lot longer than the broccoli.
Familiar produce turns over more quickly than exotic things.
No. 4: Seeing is indulging. The more products you see, the more you are likely to buy, that's why the aisles are so long and the milk is usually in the far corner.
No. 5: Prime location. The store is not just selling groceries, it's selling real estate.
No. 6: Kids count. Manufacturers are marketing to your kids too. That's why the rainbow-colored cereals and candy are at their eye level.
No. 7: Be deal cautious. Be wary of "specials."
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