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A little reverse psychology can sometimes be a good thing...

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There are three ways to get something done around the house: 1. Do it yourself. 2. Hire someone to do it for you . 3. Forbid your kids to do it. (#2 above is a legit Christian business. Check it out!) You, Me, and Coffee Monday...   Let me encourage you and and make you think 1 stinking time a week (usually Monday morning) with a virtual  Cup O' Joe with Bill  in your email inbox.  Two  Simple Steps... 1.  Go here and submit your email . 2.  Go to your email and click the Feedburner confirmation link . You can unsubscribe at any time with no questions asked simply by clicking the unsubscribe link at the bottom of any email you receive from  Cup O' Joe with Bill . Honest. You got nothing to lose. Try it.

Leading from the Back of the Room?

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The training room is buzzing because it's packed with students and youthworkers. These are some of my favorite people on the planet! I launch into our training time, and before long, it's time for some small group proccessing and application of what we've just learned and experienced together. I watch as students gather into groups and immediately begin dialoguing, engaging, and applying. As I make my way around to the various small groups, I listen. The interaction and learning seems to be rich and real. I move from group to group—from front to back—listening and observing. When I get to the back of the room, I notice something not quite fitting for a training experience. Many of the adult "leaders" are leaning against the back of the wall chit chatting with each other—totally disengaged with the students and the training. I walk up to several different youth leaders, look them in the eyes, smile, and say, "Hey, the students from your youth

Monday Funday: A comedian is not without honor except in his own home

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Recently I spoke at a church and a young teenager—a friend of my teenage kids—was there. The next day, this teenager was at our house hanging out with our family. I said to him, "So I hear you were in church when I was speaking yesterday." He smiled and said, "You're kinda funny." Looking at my kids (who don't think I'm all that funny), I announced, "Did you hear that kids? I'm funny!" Without missing a beat, Libby, my 14-year-old, sarcasticly said, "I heard 'Kinda.'" A comedian is not without honor except in his own home Rodney Dangerfield, I feel your pain.

No one was sorry when he died...

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If you follow this blog, ( and I hope you do ), you know I'm a HUGE fan of reading the Bible through every year . Last week this gem jumped out at me... Did you get that?  "No one was sorry when he died." Wow.  Think about that. That raises at least two critically important questions in my mind: 1. Why was no one sad when Jehoram died? 2. How can I avoid the same fate? Well, I'm tempted to tell you the answers to both of those questions... right here and right now. But I actually think you'd learn much more—and it would be way more meaningful for you—if you  discovered it for yourself. (Sorry, that's the disciplemaker in me. ) So hear you go—and may God's Holy Spirit give you insight... 2 Chronicles 21  When Jehoshaphat died, he was buried with his ancestors in the City of David. Then his son Jehoram became the next king. 2  Jehoram’s brothers—the other sons of Jehoshaphat—were Azariah, Jehiel, Zechariah, Azariahu, Michael, and She

Just when you thought Ska was dead... like the phoenix it rises from the ashes

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Must Build Jacuzzi (MBJ) Listen to MBJ's new lyric video... Breaking MBJ News! July 6, 2018, Must Build Jacuzzi plays Audiofeed Festival at 1 PM in Champaign, IL. More Breaking MBJ News! FREE Must Build Jacuzzi Album Release show at the Dream Center in Peoria, IL, on Friday, May 18, 2018 at 7 PM! We'll be there . You should come and hang with us... or maybe even skank with us (read all the way down to the end if you don't know what skanking is). 5/9/18 Even More Breaking MBJ News New album review here . AND MBJ will be at  Audiofeed . 4/14/18 Breaking Must Build Jacuzzi News! My favorite and only son, Bill Allison III, plays bass in my favorite SKA band, Must Build Jacuzzi—and they've just finished their first full length album. (It seems like just yesterday I was teaching him to play guitar. Ah, the student has now become the teacher.) If you like the intersection of upfront guitars, walking bass lines, horns, and ENERGY... you sho

The fullest expression of spiritual leadership...

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"True leaders don't create followers. They create more leaders."  Stop and ponder that quote for a moment. Is it true? If it is true, then... 1. Jesus is the greatest leader who ever walked the earth. 2. Making disciple makers like Jesus is the fullest expression of spiritual leadership . Why? Because Jesus didn't create followers. He transformed followers into fishers —and  disciples into disciplemakers . And if all that's true (and it is), then we might want to rethink current conventional wisdom on leadership —and double down on learning to make disciplemakers like Jesus . Why would we look anywhere but the life of Jesus for the fullest expression of spiritual leadership? All disciplemakers are leaders, but not all leaders are disciplemakers. Get  Cup O' Joe with Bill  in your Email Inbox! Let me encourage you and make you think 2-3x a week with a virtual  Cup O' Joe with Bill  in your email inbox.  Go here and submit your emai

Why I have trust issues...

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Raisin cookies that look like chocolate chip cookies are the main reason I have trust issues. You, Me, and Coffee Monday...   Let me encourage you and and make you think 1 stinking time a week (usually Monday morning) with a virtual  Cup O' Joe with Bill  in your email inbox.  Two  Simple Steps... 1.  Go here and submit your email . 2.  Go to your email and click the Feedburner confirmation link . You can unsubscribe at any time with no questions asked simply by clicking the unsubscribe link at the bottom of any email you receive from  Cup O' Joe with Bill . Honest. You got nothing to lose. Try it.

What it means to be a man

A Different Way - Building Men - Joh Ehrmann from hfumc1 on GodTube .

Monday Funday: What women really want...

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If video doesn't show, go here. I'm going to let the video speak for itself... mostly because I'm afraid I'll say something wrong.