Favorite Tweets of June
By Daniel Edwards | July 13, 2010
This round up is a little late, but it is awesome nonetheless.
Enjoy the great tweets & find some good people to follow.
(The World Cup is a consistent theme this month. Look for a special faves post devoted to #NAFWB in a couple weeks. [When the #WorldCup gets as big as #NAFWB it will get its own faves post too...])
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- jeffpost Wipeout is the singular oasis in the desert of summer programming.
- bullash You know you have reached adulthood when your birthday cards are empty.
- webby778
…after all the tweeing about #usa
I finally tuned in. I see alot of people hugging, cheering & smiling. I’ve lost respect for socccer. - ShawnBrumfield @markschlereth better yet hamburger helper should get an endorsement deal with those gloves.
- markschlereth Watching all these shots on goal and wondering what Mickey Mouse does for gloves during World cup.
- jeffpost I’m pretty sure we made the right decision when we didn’t pick up the hitch hiker holding the sign asking to be taken to
- jeffpost I’m pretty sure we made the right decision when we didn’t pick up the hitch hiker holding the sign asking to be taken to “Massarchusretts”
- stevenfurtick You don’t get to the top by putting in a lot of work after opportunity comes your way, but before. http://bit.ly/cFQGch
- Nicole_Edwards Happy Father’s Day Daniel
- XIANITY LOCAL: Area fundamentalist church celebrates Father’s Day by giving each dad a tie… and making him wear it.
- loswhit Delta biscoff cookies = crack
Love those!
- stevenfurtick I’d much rather deal w the drawbacks of the person who tries too hard than the person who doesn’t try hard enough.
- edstetzer “God help us if we can’t scrfce percentages & prgrms when God has called us to scrfce our lives.” -@PlattDavid #SBC2010
- daveferguson Forgiveness is complete when you don’t bring it up to them; you don’t bring it up to others; and you don’t bring it up to yourself.
- BranchPastor Never let your words or thoughts contradict your prayers
- stevenfurtick Just do the honorable thing…over & over, openly & privately, when it’s costly…& God will honor you.
- perrynoble Wal Mart is the closest a Christian will ever come to experiencing weeping and nashing of teeth! Wow!
Have I mentioned I hate Wal-mart?
- loganwolf85 If I had Facebook my status would be: Facebook is not the place to disclose your marital problems.
- ryanbokros Death toll wildlife in #BP oil spill (Day 55) aprx 1090, http://bit.ly/9bNl3n - Death toll humans in womb (Daily) 3,500 #abortion
- BranchPastor
If ENG wins we will start using our indicators when changing lanes. If USA wins they must use the term “Soccer” #worldcup
- rachmint At Fenway…it is a gorgeous day for a baseball game.
Jealous. She got Haven a cool shirt!
- mattdantodd Two games, two draws. #VivaLaWorldCup #ImPickingUpOnYourSarcasm #ThatsGoodCauseImLayingItOnPrettyThick
- PastorScott Tip: Don’t eat a McRib while driving-unless you want to wash all your clothes, buy new shoes, & get your car detailed
- jasondwright “Hockey maybe going into OT but only on KRBC will you hear from friends of the man whose leg was severed” // Worst tweet ever.
- iPopEditor Stephen Strasburg was in Double-A when the NHL playoffs started #toolong #nhl #hockeyinjune?
- jeffpost Couples, please divorce your Facebooks.Sharing an account is almost as annoying as those who express their love every other post.
- CJ14News Have we jumped the shark when @SenJohnMcCain has a twitter conversation with @Sn00ki of Jersey Shore fame?
- mattdantodd From a former professor of mine: “The reptilian part of my brain thinks they should plug the oil well in the Gulf with Joran Van der Sloot.”
- kb_stick Gun inspection day at work. Guys with 40s made fun of the guys with 9mms but those of us with 45s just sat back and smiled.
- daveferguson RT @Pastor_Daniel: Finished reading Exponential tonight. Awesome. It has changed my strategy. // Glad to hear it worked for you!
Being Retweeted by Dave Ferguson is one of my top twitter moments.
- JimGaffigan The weight limit sign on elevators should just say, “Stare at the fat guy”
- mattdantodd Aiden: “Does North Carolina make a last-second shot?” Me: “I’m not telling you.” Aiden: “You don’t love me.”
- JimGaffigan I’m so glad r microwave has a popcorn button. Every1 knows if ur making popcorn u don’t have time to hit 3 buttons http://yfrog.com/jd3wdj
- XIANITY TECH: Steve Jobs unwittingly demonstrates the secret app for Christians bundled with iPhone 4, “Covetousness”
Haha/Ouch.
- bigboxcar Sign at BP gas station: “WARNING: Do Not Leave Pumps Unattended. You Are Responsible For Spills.” http://bit.ly/9uKmhG #irony
- XIANITY CULTURE: Hundreds converted at area mall by Christian dad’s t-shirt depicting clever pun of a candy bar and Jesus’ name.
- GeoffSurratt Here’s a tip for NBA fans: It is easier to cheer for the Celtics if you think of them as the Boston “Not the Lakers” You’re welcome.
- pvmcdaniel Is hoping that he doesn’t blow the biggest call of his life. When the time comes I want to nail it! But if not I want to be like Joyce.
- stevenfurtick FYI: if you make a habit of tearing others down, God will make a point of breaking you down. Eventually.
- Ricky_Edwards
Still trying to make pastor_daniel favorite tweets and maybe beat kb_stick. Did I mention that pastor_daniel is awesome! That too obvious?
Nope.
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Book Review: Exponential - How You and Your Friends Can Start a Missional Church Movement
By Daniel Edwards | June 12, 2010
Through blogs, books, and Twitter I have found a lot of useful ideas from Dave and Jon Ferguson at Community Christian Church in Chicago. Plus I enjoyed The BIG IDEA, so I jumped at the chance* to read and review their latest book: Exponential - How You and Your Friends Can Start a Missional Church Movement.
Exponential proved to be practical, encouraging, enjoyable, and challenging.
Practical
The book covers practices and strategies that Community Christian Church has put to use for the last several years, so they are the product of real life situations. At one point, Dave says “what follows is something of a glance over our shoulder, looking back at the path we’ve taken.” That sentence stood out as a statement that is appropriate for the entire book, not just that section.
While I appreciate books written from experience, some of those books can come across as arrogant (as in, “if you get on the ball you could do what we did”). There is not a hint of that in this book. Again and again the book communicates that these ideas are simple and can be put to use in any size or type of church. While CCC is many times our church’s size, the strategies in the book can be implemented in our church today (and they are).
Encouraging
The book gets started with an emphasis on the fact that “you” the reader can accomplish the mission that God has placed you on, and that theme repeats throughout. As I read Exponential- I felt more and more confident that we could see the reproduction of ministry and leaders that Dave and Jon have witnessed. Another encouraging point is that the reproduction that they have seen has not been through outside hiring of experts and gurus but through an investment in the people in their church. Their capability to multiply their effort and outreach is accessible.
Enjoyable
A book of simple but effective concepts makes for an interesting and enjoyable read. Dave and Jon wanted these concepts to be simple enough to write down on a napkin, so they can be easily remember and easily shared. Plus, while the book is written in from Dave’s perspective, Jon has boxes or “thought bubbles” throughout. His additional info, humorous remarks, Chicago Cubs references, and jabs at his brother are great.
Challenging
Exponential isn’t about how you can be better, faster, stronger. It isn’t about becoming the spiritual giant and 6 sigma leader that is required to make a difference. It shares a strategy for seeing everyday people become leaders who help others become leaders. It is about chain reaction and multiplying multipliers. This book lays out how you can invest in those around you and see them step up to the plate and lead. That is challenging. You see, if doing ministry is all about one incredible leader or if it is about great resources, technology, and buildings- many of us could easily make excuses as to why we are not moving forward. However, if it’s about building relationships and developing leaders and coaches- it is something we can all be doing.
When you finish exponential you have a simple path laid out before you and you’re left with no excuses as to why you can’t get started. That’s challenging.
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*By “Chance” I mean that I was offered the book in exchange for a commitment to publish a review.
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Favorite Tweets of May
By Daniel Edwards | June 8, 2010
May was a great month for me. We found out that we are having a baby girl and that she is healthy. Nicole finished the school year which is normally a big deal but this year it was even bigger because we do not plan for her to return for some time (baby). Plus, Friend Day was in May and it was a great day for our church.
Of course, May was also a great because of these wonderful tweets!
I hope you will enjoy these favorites, find some good people to follow, and tweet well!
Follow me on Twitter.
Follow our church on Twitter.
See other Favorite Tweet posts.
- stevenfurtick If a leader doesn’t walk w/ a little bit of a limp he’s not worth following.
- JacobRiggs If 60,000 people can sing a Coldplay song word for word, note for note, then they can sing more difficult worship songs than we think.
- JacobRiggs “You cannot have God for your Father without the church for your Mother.” Augustine
- cforbesoklahoma A lot of the literary themes in #LOST came from the Bible. Read it, and you might end up #FOUND
- CJHoyt14 If we don’t have newscasts today, blame Google and the Pac-Man anniversary.
I am pretty sure productivity dropped nation wide.
- RyanAkers Laynce Nix lost the game today against the Braves. That’s what he gets for not tipping me when I valeted his car in 2008. #fb
- pastorwaite Too many today view the Bible through the lens of the times, rather than viewing the times through the lens of the Bible.
- maneppl How did tight pants on guys get popular…it’s never cool to wear something you can hurt yourself putting on, plus it looks gay, just sayin
- loswhit When you need a plug, you stop at nothing to get a plug. http://moby.to/cie2io
I can relate. Fortunately, my search for an outlet at the airport has never gotten this desperate.
- jeffpost Anyone else expecting Bob Denver and maybe even the Globetrotters to show up on Lost?
- mattdantodd Aiden (playing video game): Got him! I got him! Me: Great kid, don’t get cocky.
- Ricky_Edwards I heard that @pastor_daniel might be starting a prison ministry.
This was in response to the funny thing I said in church on Friend Day. Read the Story Here.
- iPopEditor I’ll be glad when the coverage of LeBron and Cushing is over so we can get back to focusing on Tiger and Favre
- dbulaski When it comes to our christian testimony don’t be a ? mark be a ! point - Mr Bass
- JimGaffigan Anyone know where I can find out more about celebrities I’ve never heard of doing non-newsworthy things, besides everywhere?
- cforbesoklahoma People don’t care how much you know until the know how much you care. And even then it’s pretty sketchy.
- Jamicyn How does a spoiled rich girl change a lightbulb? She says, “Daddy, I want a new apartment.”
- mattdantodd If a tweet is tweeted and there’s 0 followers to read it, is it really a tweet?
- edstetzer Times like this that remind us that the church is a “who” more than it is a “what.” The church needs to be the church.
- jeffpost Alex Trebek disallowed an answer of “Revelations” when asking about the book of “Revelation.” Dr. Sexton must have written that question.
- jimmycshaw Imagine if we stopped singing “follow every rainbow” to our graduates and instead, asked them: “where’s your Calcutta?” #HUG10
- dbulaski Me and @kb_stick are trying to figure out how many hip replacements are on the dance floor right now. Total so far 20
- iPopEditor The Nashville flood has reiterated how much I love the Church. The church is not a building or facility; it’s the people. I love the Church.
- loswhit 1 of the funniest things evr is seeing ppl who havnt run in…um…ever, sprinting lk a ninja is chasing them thru the airport
- Nicole_Edwards It’s a girl.
We just decided on a name! Haven Carmichael Edwards. Look for a post about it soon.
- edstetzer I’d rather pastor a small chrch on mission than a large chrch of spectators; the latter attract more of the same #GIAustin
- pastorwaite The Lost finale extended by 30 min. Will it be enough time to explain how beards only grow so far than stop without being trimmed? #fb
We now know that is was not enough time to answer this question, or any question.
- jeffpost Good idea- eating things students make for their home ec projects. Bad idea- eating things students make for their science projects.
- Jamicyn What’s good people? Been at it all day. Just got back from an ordination service. Powerful message tonight. Going into ministry is no joke!
- maneppl @matts ordnation mark showd 6 bibles used by 4 genrations of matts gparents in fwb churchs, pretty awsome heritage http://twitpic.com/1ldxa5
- newhope4all Enjoyed having lunch with fellow Chandler pastors: @Pastor_Daniel, Geoff & Kenton. I think we’re becoming a band of brothers.
- Nicole_Edwards A bird pooped on java’s back. My throwing up is sure to return.
- JimGaffigan Know who doesn’t like salads? The Chef. The Chef Salad is a bowl of cold cuts.
- JacobRiggs “One to 2 inches could fall on Middle Tennessee on Saturday [May 1].” The Tennessean on April 30, 2010.
- kb_stick Got to shoot my ak 47 for the first time today. So tempting to hold it up and yell “Wolverines!”
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Friend Day ReCap
By Daniel Edwards | May 20, 2010
This past Sunday was Friend Day. Every year we designate a particular day and emphasize inviting friends, co-workers, family, classmates, neighbors, etc. We provide a lunch so people can stick around and get to know one another.
To help the church invite, we printed invite cards like this one.
We also put together this short and humorous video to give people ideas on how they should or should not invite their friends.
This year’s Friend Day was an incredible success. There are a lot of things that I am excited about, so let me share a few with you:
- Our attendance was higher than I have ever seen it personally.
- Our new toddler class was overrun with kids! There were as many kids in the 2-5 year old’s class as there were in the 6-12 year old’s children’s church!
- Only 4 children rode the church van to church this year as opposed to more than 15 on the day that comes closest to this one in attendance- what that means is that not only did we have more children but the children came to church with their families.
- Someone who told me 2 years ago “I will never go to church again” was there this past Sunday.
- Several of our guests were first time visitors- I think this is the result of people who are new to our church inviting a whole new group of people.
- The crowd was attentive- sometimes on a special day where you have a lot of people who do not usually attend church, good portions of the crowd are not “into the sermon,” but I felt that 98% of the crowd was with me from start to finish this past Sunday.
- I had non-believers tell me they appreciated the message- often they’ll say things like, “it was nice to be here” or “thanks for having us” instead.
- We had a sharing time during our Sunday evening worship and several people were excited to have seen their friends and family there that morning.
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Funny Story
By Daniel Edwards | May 16, 2010
Today was Friend Day and God did a lot of great things!
I am going to post about all of that later, but right now I want to share something funny that I did.
Today when I gave the announcements I let everyone know about our 246 meetings coming up next week. I tried to say:
Next Sunday night we will not have evening worship because we will break into groups and meet in people’s homes for worship and fellowship. There is more info on the bulletin board so check it out and sign up!
What I actually said was:
Next Sunday night we will not have evening worship because we will break into people’s homes for worship and fellowship. There is more info on the bulletin board so check it out and sign up!
Several people found this extremely funny, but others missed and didn’t know what was so funny. I was one of the people who missed it. In fact, we had a police officer visiting with us and on his way out he said, “breaking and entering, huh? I guess I will have to keep my eye on you!” Now, remember I had no idea what I had said, so I just smiled and nodded and thought, “this guy is crazy.” It wasn’t till later I realized what I had said, everyone laughed at, and what the police officer was kidding about.
I have been laughing about this all afternoon.
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Favorite Tweets of April
By Daniel Edwards | May 14, 2010
It is time (past time) for the latest round up of Favorite Tweets…
I enjoyed a lot of April Fool’s tweets last month. In fact I even did some myself:
- Pastor_Daniel Someone really pranked the church… Like wow… I am gonna try to get close enough for a picture- i4t wont be easy,
- Pastor_Daniel http://twitpic.com/1cetn5 - After scaring him from the other side, I sneaked up behind and got the shot
- Pastor_Daniel So I have a goat on the roof. What do I do? Animal control isn’t answering the phone- it will not let me get close… #fb
- Pastor_Daniel The goat wasn’t someone’s April Fools prank on the church, it was my prank on you guys! no goat, just a fake picture. #fb
Here are the favorites from April. See if you made the list, find some good people to follow, and tweet well.
Follow me here.
Follow our church here.
Check out previous Favorite Tweet lists here.
- Doorkeeper Stop telling God how big your storm is. Instead, tell the storm how big your God is!!!
- loswhit Georgia just passed a law not to let your kids and cousins ride in the back of your pickup. Riots are about to ensue
- iPopEditor
@jeffpost The geese at FWBBC are Academic All-Americans. Take that Gateway!
Actually…that’s pretty funny. Sorry PETA
If you don’t know the context of this tweet, click the “in reply to jeffpost” link to see what David was talking about.
- perrynoble We will never discover WHAT He wants until we begin to clearly see WHO He is!
- kb_stick At lunch with a guy who came to church because he saw one of our busses and followed it.
- chris_clay I think it’s funny that Toyota’s theme song is Unstoppable by Rascal Flatts. #fb
- jeffpost @OMGFacts Here’s a fact- You send out so many erroneous “facts” I’m surprised you don’t have your own snopes.com page
- bullash The Girl Scouts have learned how to sell cookies- set your booth up in a plus size store in the mall.
So smart, so wrong, so funny.
- stevenfurtick Leaders: don’t believe the lie that you have to be lonely all the time. Isolation isn’t your cross to bear.
- coreymminter Man has yet to make a sofa which @rachmint actually likes
This feels very familiar.
- c_talbot Is it weird that when I’m faced with a large amount of work over the weekend the A-team Theme Song plays in the back of my head?
It’s mission impossible for me.
- mattdantodd The Lord giveth and the State taketh away. Happy Tax Day 2010!
- stevenfurtick Date night quote from @hollyfurtick : “The salmon sounds good…except for the salmon.” I feel a future sermon illus.
- AndyStanley I think I run a pretty good chance of winning the 2010 Census.
- kb_stick This morning my boss told me, “good eye, Caleb.” I wanted to responded with, “nice torso, coach.”
- pastorwaite Retweet this to win my approval, and maybe some spare change I can find around the house.
- kb_stick Yes, I signed up for Twitter, and yes, mostly to make @Pastor_Daniel’s top tweets.
Introducing my brother.
- iPopEditor Phil Mickelson just had back to back eagles at the Masters. Too bad those highlights will be overshadowed by Tiger scratching his arm
- cforbesoklahoma The fact that no one understands you doesn’t make you an artist. (via @jkinnaird)
- teneff the restaurant is known for the Skip’s Scramble, an omelet that contained everything on the menu. Don’t order the Skip’s Scramble.
- stevenfurtick If you’re not willing to be misunderstood, you’re not ready to be used by God.
- PastorMark A fanatic is one who can’t change his mind and won’t change the subject. - Winston Churchill
- Okiejan Congratulations to Pastor Daniel and Nicole Edwards!
- cforbesoklahoma Eggshausted
- dawnnicole “In theory, there is no difference btwn theory & practice. In practice, there is” -Yogi Berra
- edstetzer In case you didn’t know, we’re gonna’ go ahead & do a big celebration of the resurrection next Sunday., too. Just sayin’
- webby778 has been singing John Daker songs all evening. #YouTube
Before this tweet I didn’t know about John Daker. If you haven’t heard the song stylings of Mr. Daker, check him out here.
- Nicole_Edwards
The only April Fool’s joke I can ever come up with is to tell people that I’m pregnant.
We had not told anyone yet.
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Favorite Tweets of March
By Daniel Edwards | April 7, 2010
Here is the latest round-up. I hope you’ll enjoy and find some good people to follow!
- Nicole_Edwards Thump-thump.
We had just heard our baby’s heartbeat at the Dr.’s office!
- webby778 is happy that after one more win on www.duelboard.com my rating will be pink and NO I don’t play at work like @hardison11 does Race or Die:)
- loswhit Most of the time,when God tells U something,He’s probably looking 4 simple obedience as opposed 2 tweeting or blogging abt it.
- coreymminter Treat each child in your ministry like he/she is THE MISSIONARY who will reach the last people group. jeff nichols
- JasonBurton Purdidnt
- JacobRiggs God promised to build HIS church. He makes no such claims about YOURS.
- GeoffSurratt Man behind me in security line had to buy two tickets; one for him and one for his cologne. Wow!
- Nicole_Edwards On the trolley for our tour of savannah. We are the only people under 50:)
- iPopEditor Some people say some great things on Twitter. Then there’s the other 99% of people.
- chris_clay as a shepherd I love getting words of encouragement from the flock. You know who you are. Thanks! #fb
- edstetzer Don’t argue with angry bloggers. It’s like wresting with a pig– you both get dirty, but the pig likes it.
- bulaski3 To whom it may concern: I don’t mind that my house got TP’d, but next time trade me TP before you do it. Yours is much softer!!
- JacobRiggs Every basketball team needs a bench player with a good fist pump.
- loganwolf85 Great week at #Gway10; been encouraged & challenged. Shared God’s call on my life during morning message. Also met @Pastor_Daniel in person.
Mentioning me increases your likelihood of getting on the list by about 1,000%.
- jeffpost I don’t drink coffee but I’m working on my 2nd cup of the day. The spirit is willing but the flesh is sleepy. #Gway10
- bullash “Student life is an oxymoron. When you are a student, you dont have a life.”-@dbulaski during the student life 1 session. #Gway10
Very true. Not sure I would have said during a college’s promotional weekend though!
- iPopEditor RT @markhallCC: Guys are often told their minds are in the gutter. Maybe it’s because that’s where alot of women go to buy their clothes.
- iPopEditor @Pastor_Daniel I just found out recently you went to Gateway. Kinda stinks that now I’m supposed to hate you
David has a interesting post about how people like us hate each other less because of Twitter: Check it out.
- cforbesoklahoma
[Spoiler Alert] #LOST: Ben, as a European History teacher totally makes sense. Those teachers are always creepy!
- JacobRiggs The more I come to understand the gospel, the less I’m concerned about being “cutting edge.”
- rachmint woke up late; got ready in a rush; got to school; found out it is spring picture day. Isn’t that just fantastic.
- JacobRiggs I like seafood, but i have made it a personal goal to never eat any fish from mcdonalds.
- jeffpost There were two empty laxative boxes beside my car this morning. Any theories?
- Nicole_Edwards Great day at @FaithFwbChurch. God is working. New problem though, nursery overload.
Now the problem is only going to get worse! Hooray!
- indypstr I’ve been offered and accepted the position of head coach for a kindergarten baseball team. Wanted you to know before you saw it on ESPN.
- pastorwaite I just ate a sandwich and realized why I don’t like spicy brown mustard. I don’t want to feel my food through my nose. #fb
- PTIShow PTI is now following @MelKiperESPN and his magical hair.
- edstetzer
Spkng at the kids school tdy. Spoke to 10K yesterday & was not nervous, but 50 of my daughter’s middle school friends scare me.
- PastorMark Nothing funner than getting stopped @ airport for doctrinal critique on sexuality from a fundy doing security…. http://bit.ly/9F2IN3
- mattdantodd Pepsi slushies, anyone? Just give me a second while I scrape it out of my freezer…
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