On 06.29.09, In Ministry Ideas, by Bart Hardison
Bart takes a minute to show you how to geo-map all your Nspire families using the free online tool: www.batchgeocode.com
On 10.15.06, In Devotional, by Bart Hardison
Another work week. People to see, calls to make, errands to run, and to-do lists to complete. My hectic life tends to keep me focused on the urgent and not on the important things in life. Sometimes things seem to get so frantic that I completely forget about who and where I am.
God wanted the [...]
On 10.12.06, In Thoughts, by Bart Hardison
I don’t know about you but I am sensitive to the old phrase, "Just like the good old days." I use it and I know you do too. I am always thinking about some time in the past that I think was better than today.
I know you understand…
Back in grade school on the playground. [...]
On 10.02.06, In Devotional, by Bart Hardison
Everything about the heart matters. It matters at the gym, at work, at church and in just about everything in life. Here is a short devotional I wrote for my blog, The Older Brother.
As an older brother I really struggle with the heart. It is so important to get right. I spend so much of my time trying to [...]
On 09.20.06, In Thoughts, by Bart Hardison
Following my post from yesturday is a comment from Seth Godin’s blog about Success.
How’s this: success is largely about keeping your promises.
Seth’s Blog: Successful?
We all want to be successful, first, biggest, MEGA. So often we are willing to do anything it takes including sacrifice our integrity.
Whether you are the CEO of a company, the [...]
I am often asked what I do for a living. Well I could say I write software or I am the Director of TCS Software. What always follows is, "What kind of software do you write?" The answer: We write data base software for Churches. It usually gets a nod or two. Not that most [...]
On 09.18.06, In Ministry Ideas, by Bart Hardison
My hope is ministers use Nspire to do ministry. I really love to hear stories from our Ministers who are doing interesting things with our software.
At a recent Youth Ministry conference, I spoke with a Youth Minister who explained how he was using Nspire’s Outreach feature and a little personal flair to reach out to [...]
On 09.15.06, In Devotional, by Bart Hardison
Flew to San Antonio Texas yesterday. When we took off it was dreary and overcast. Not long after takeoff we broke through the clouds and saw blue skies and an ocean of fluffy white clouds. I thought, “God gets a sunny day every day.” This passage from Ephesians came to mind…
I pray also that the [...]
I was checking out some of my blogs I subscribe to and ran across one that really made me go “Hum?” How many times have I been in a board meeting or committee meeting at Church and heard something that sounds like this…
“That will never work.”
“Can you show me another Church that is already doing [...]
On 09.07.06, In Devotional, by Bart Hardison
God’s love is a powerful thing. I don’t have a complete grasp on how much God loves me. Something I heard at a recent Men’s Retreat helped put Gods love into a description I could understand.
1 Cor. 13 4Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not [...]