Dressing in Suits

I like suits. I think they look good on a guy. I feel smarter and more sophisticated in a suit. I feel like I could accomplish a lot more if I wore a suit all day. I wouldn't be opposed to wearing one most of the time. That should be enough incentive to start wearing one right?

Here's the problem. I don't like dressing and undressing with suits. It feels like it takes too much time in the morning and evening. Cleaning them is more complicated and costly. I also think they are overpriced. That's enough friction to counteract the incentive for me.

When it comes to your brand, do you offer enough incentives to outweigh friction?

Sanders Says: A theory about selfishness

Sanders Says: A theory about selfishness: "When I see someone behaving selfishly, I see a personal recession in full bloom."

Shape notes

Growing up, my church heritage used hymnals where each arrangement used shape notes. Shape notes helped me learn to recognize and follow music before I ever learned FACE and Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge.

I like shape notes. Most churches now project the words without notes on large screens. I'm not in opposition, but I do wonder what kind of impact it will have on harmonies in the next 15 years as fewer children are exposed to musical arrangements in worship today.

Matchmakers for God

You've heard it before, "I'm not a good person, God couldn't love me." Some people would even wait to become a follower of Jesus once they get all of their ducks in a row, or at least most of them.

Conversely, you may also hear statements such as "How could God have allowed something so horrible to happen?" An event might be enough to keep a person from having any desire to love God, whether God was the cause or not.

I risk wearing out Joe Beam's Your Love Path but loving God from our perspective has a lot to do with the first step of "Attraction". It's natural for people to assume if God is going to love us, we need to make ourselves attractive. Likewise, in order for people to fall in love with God, he needs to be attractive to them.

As the body of Christ, it might be wise to consider how we can be matchmakers and attract people to God. I'm not suggesting that God needs help, but people do.

Lastly, we must be sure we are matching for love, not gain.