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From now on my blog is moving to tuckerhibbs.com

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From now on my blog is moving to tuckerhibbs.com

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From now on my blog is moving to tuckerhibbs.com

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From now on my blog is moving to tuckerhibbs.com

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From now on my blog is moving to tuckerhibbs.com

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From now on my blog is moving to tuckerhibbs.com

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Finally...

Ok maybe not for you, but for me this project has been an intense 2 weeks of learning html coding. While I do feel more educated, at the conception of this project I underestimated the work required to get it up and running. But now it's done.

I'm launching my own podcast. It's called The Little Big Church Podcast. I have 2 goals: (1) To create a dialoge amoung small churches of under 500 about how to implement big church ideas in a small church. Because let's face it, the overwhelming majority of concepts that are broadcast for the church in general are from a large, if not mega, church. And (2) I want to try to create a forum for the small church to get their ideas out there into the national and global church community. The small church has had a small voice do to a lack of technology and awareness of avenues to broadcast their ideas.

So there it is. You can subscribe to it with the link on the right or go to littlbigchurchpodcast.com. I know the website's lame. I'll prbably use this blog as the primary website. I submitted it to iTunes and Zune, but I'm still waiting for approval.

There are two episodes up and I'm hoping to make some connections today at Whiteboard with some potential interviews.

Here's my promotional plea: If you have a blog and are reading this and can buy into the philosophy of The Little Big Church Podcast, I'd be happy for you to promote it like the free stuff that it is. And if you're part of a small church - in leadership or not - chime in. Critique the podcast. Let me know. You can email me at tuckerhibbs@gmail.com.

Thanks for listening!

Wisdom

I've been going through Proverbs and here are the things I highlighted in chapter 11...

vs. 2 - When pride comes, then comes disgrace, but with humility comes wisdom.

Can't get more straightforward than that. Humility and wisdom come together.

vs. 9 - With his mouth the godless destroys his neighbor, but through knowledge the righteous escape.

For me, a reminder that growth, in knowledge, is never attainable. It's constant and continued.

vs. 13 - A gossip betrays a confidence, but a trustworthy man keeps a secret.

Here's a great definition of gossip, as it's so often skewed. Is trustworthy one of my tombstone words?

vs. 14 - Without wise leadership, a nation falls; there is safety in having many advisers.

I love John Maxwell's theory of true leadership - that good leaders raise up and lead leaders, not followers. The idea of leadership is more than just getting people to follow you, and it's riddled with pride.

vs. 20 - The Lord detests people with crooked hearts, but he delights in those with integrity.

I heard recently that the wealthiest people alive all have one thing in common - integrity. If you're on autopilot, integrity will flounder. Integrity necessitates devoted effort.

vs. 22 - A beautiful woman who lacks discretion is like a gold ring in a pig’s snout.

Sometimes I just highlight verses that are popular so that they're easier to find when I'm looking for them. This is one of those. But none the less, beauty is not everything, obviously. But how quickly do we dismiss a degree of foolishness at the sake of appearances?

vs. 24 - 25 - Give freely and become more wealthy; be stingy and lose everything. The generous will prosper; those who refresh others will themselves be refreshed.

It's refreshing to be reminded that God's been revealing about his purposes for generous giving thousands of years ago. I also love the NLT's translation of refreshing others and being refreshed. Finances can feel so muddy - they get you to slow down think of all the mistakes and failures. I'll stand by this principle financially for the rest of my life because I've constantly seen it at work - if your finances are in the toilette, give more of it away. Keep in mind, it's just a principle. You can foolishly give against God's plan.

Hopefully I'll get this project I've been working on squared away by tomorrow so I can role it out here. It's something that I've been overtaken by passion for.

The Twins

What do you see? 2 black circles. That's 2 BABIES!


Among all of the new things we're finding out about, like saying "when the KIDS get here" and the phenomenon of increasing our kidage by 100%, we learned that when you have twins they name one A and one B. So here they are.

Correction

Apparently a few months ago I provided some false information (it's all I had at the time). My wife Cherie is NOT pregnant... with one baby. We're having twins. Just found out yesterday morning.

I had a really big post I wanted to put up this week about a project that I've been working on, but this trumps everything I've been thinking about.

We're double our kid account this year from 2 to 4 - yeah tax break (just looking at the bright side)! I'll post the ultrasound pics later today.