Archive for October, 2009

Twitter Week winner announced & other news

Posted on 12. Oct, 2009 by Brett.

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Congrats to Beth Peele from Atlanta who won the TRAPPSTR.com Twitter Week contest! She’s won herself a custom-designed Twitter background. Beth retweeted some TRAPPSTR posts like a mad woman and for that I am extremely grateful. Thanks to everyone of you who helped get the word out about Twitter Week! Honored!
In other news, I’ll be trekking [...]

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Catalyst 09 – 9 electric quotes from day 3

Posted on 09. Oct, 2009 by Brett.

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Catalyst 09 is in the books. Phenomenal experience all the way around! Here are the highlights from Day 3.
1. “Momentum is created…it does not randomly occur” – Dave Ramsey
2. “Wherever you go, do it the same as if you were among those who know you best.” – Charles Swindoll
3. “This thing’s winding down…” (talking about [...]

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Catalyst 09 – Day 2 Superlatives

Posted on 08. Oct, 2009 by Brett.

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Great time at Catalyst day 2. First day in the big arena. 12,000 folks. Here are the highlights:

“OH SNAP!!!” MOMENT OF THE DAY – They hovered a real live helicopter over the morning crowd waiting to get in. They then dropped mini parachuting Chick-Fil-a cows out of it. I’m 90% sure I saw one cow [...]

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Catalyst 09

Posted on 07. Oct, 2009 by Brett.

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Over the next couple of days I’ll be at the Catalyst conference here in Atlanta with 12,000 other young leaders. This will be my second time to attend. I went one other time in 2004.
Catalyst has exploded in the past few years and has become one of the top leadership conferences for church leaders. Speakers [...]

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This post is not about weddings

Posted on 06. Oct, 2009 by Brett.

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What if you returned all your duplicate wedding gifts for cash and then adopted a child through Compassion?
What if you invited five homeless people to your wedding and made them the guests of honor?
What if you put the names of the bridal party on the front of the wedding handout and put yours on the [...]

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7 ways Twitter can rock the church

Posted on 05. Oct, 2009 by Brett.

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It’s Twitter Week at TRAPPSTR.com! 5 days of Twitter madness! Whether you love Twitter or think it’s hot garbage, check back each day for a fresh look at the state of the Twitterverse. If you haven’t signed up for Twitter, DO IT NOW! You can find the TRAPPSTR on Twitter right here. If you like something [...]

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Full disclosure: Imperfect person behind the tweets

Posted on 01. Oct, 2009 by Brett.

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It’s Twitter Week at TRAPPSTR.com! 5 days of Twitter madness! Whether you love Twitter or think it’s hot garbage, check back each day for a fresh look at the state of the Twitterverse. If you haven’t signed up for Twitter, DO IT NOW! You can find the TRAPPSTR on Twitter right here. If you like something [...]

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