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Monday Funday: The practical alternative to work

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True. Funny. Sad. All at the same time. For ten great ideas for conducting meetings volunteers will actually come to and participate in, check out Chapter 7: Why Volunteers Dislike Meetings and What You Can Do About It 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.

Secrets for a Disciplemaking Movement

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One candle lights another only when they are brought close together. Isn't this exactly how Jesus did it? Think about this. * If you're not walking close enough to Jesus to receive the flame... OR * if you're not prayerfully pulling a handful of people close enough so you can pass the flame on to them... then it doesn't really matter how much religious activity you are involved in... you'll never be a Jesus-like disciplemaker who receives the flame and then passes it on to others—who then pass it on to others, ad infinitum . Is that ok with you? I hope not. Ponder the truth of this in your life: One candle lights another only when they are brought close together. Are you close enough to the flame to receive it... and close enough to others to pass it on? What does this look like in real life? * Like this . * Like this . * Like this . * Like this . * Like this . * Like this . * Like this . * Like this . * And like this . What cr

Monday Funday: The flow chart that explains why I thank God for moms everywhere

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On behalf of dads everywhere, we thank God for you! Get  Cup O' Joe with Bill  in your Email Inbox! Let me encourage you and make you think 1-2x a week with a virtual  Cup O' Joe with Bill  in your email inbox.  1.  Go here and submit your email . 2.  Go to your email and click the Feedburner confirmation link .

Breaking News for Illinois

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Caveat: I've been an Illinoisan my entire life. I love this state and it's beautiful people. But let's face it, much of this below is funny precisely because there is an element of truth in it. And when it comes to government in Illinois, truth is often stranger than fiction. Why? This might have something to do with it . Go Bears! Go Cubs! So funny and yet so unfortunately true. This would be funny if it weren't so true. This, too, would be funny if it weren't so true. Illinois government in one song. An earthquake in Illinois causes no known damage. All roads look normal.