Tucker Project

After finishing Giglio’s book earlier this week, I need to write down some of the highlights before they slip from my mind.

The chapter “the little leader” which talked about John the Baptist was the chapter I think I liked the most. It helped me think of John’s position. Here was this guy who had this incredible and popular ministry and along comes Jesus who steals his thunder in a sense. What is so incredible is how that didn’t seem to bother John. He knew who he was and what his mission was about and who he was to point to…..HIM. Just from my own experience and observation I have seen how it is so incredibly easy to lose that perspective on what we are really about. Way to often it’s more about our “program” or campaign or whatever is cool and exciting to us at the moment! But we have to remember that we are really just “voices crying in the wilderness”. (more…)

Lately my reading has been very haphazard and has left me feeling rather unproductive. Whatever happens, my tendency to start one book, get half-way done, and then start another must be put to death. This list is intended to bring some order into the madness. (more…)