Toluu : Tilling the Soil

Tilling the Soil

I’m toying with the idea of making Friday the “Music Spotlight” day. So this might be the first edition of an on-going series.

Several years ago I heard a song on the radio called “Hands Open” and I loved it (and I only heard it on the radio once or maybe twice). They announced the artist as Snow Patrol and I remembered a friend telling me about them a year or so before. That album, Eyes Open went on to spawn the mega-hit “Chasing Cars.”

The album pictured above is actually a 5 song live EP called, Live and Acoustic from Park Avenue. If you know anything about my taste in music it should be that I’m a sucker for acoustic versions and Irish/Scottish indie rock. So, obviously, this is a nearly perfect album for me. It is available on amazon and itunes.

If you were to go out and pick up an album by them and can’t find this one, I would recommend starting with Final Straw which is where the songs on the EP come from. So check it out.

If you have any thoughts about Snow Patrol or Scottish/Irish indie rock, I’d love to hear them.

P.S.October 9

If you’re interested in any of those books, I can send you a $5 coupon, just respond below. Even if you’re not interested my books, I can send you $5 coupon for Half.com.

Sorry for the salespitching this afternoon.

Books for SaleOctober 9

I’ve got several books for sale on Half.com

Thought I would let you know in case anyone is interested.

Coaching Ministry Teams by Kenn Gangel

Christian Reflections on The Leadership Challenge ed. by Kouzes and Posner

Leading from the Second Chair by Bonem and Patterson

More than a JobOctober 9

I’ve had a recurring conversation over the past few weeks. I may have touched on it here already, but it’s come up so much that I really don’t know where or when.

I’ve started noticing a frightening habit that many people seem to have, that is associating “calling” and employment.

(from the monster.com homepage)

I’m really struggling to wrap my head around the precise interrelation between who I am and what I do and God’s desire for what I do professionally. But, it’s curious to me - as the graphic above suggests - that even the secular world considers your job your “calling.”

I’m starting to think that maybe if there are 15 opportunities that strike you as strong possibilities, perhaps they are all equally acceptable options. Whereas, it seems that I’ve always been led to believe (for whatever reason) that there is only one”right” option among the thousands of “wrong” ones.

I think that we all want to believe that we were created for some specific purpose - and we are. The thing is, I’m realizing more and more that that purpose is probably not a job.

Thoughts?

Another QuestionOctober 7

Sorry for the late edition today. I decided to sleep in this morning. I’m taking the day off from blogging tomorrow in hopes that we can get some good responses to the topic below.

Community from Ryan Brymer on Vimeo.

Thanks for your thoughts.