3 Ways To Drink Great Coffee While Traveling This Holiday Season – One of the worst tragedies to ever occur in the coffee industry was when food service companies started marketing it in hotels, convenience stores, and most restaurants. You can easily taste the staleness of coffee roasted and ground too long before. It’s tragic. So this Christmas, when you travel, you can take your own excellent coffee with you. Here are three suggestions on how to make this happen easily.

2012 Coffee Lover Gift Guide – In keeping with the season, Dear Coffee, I Love You has posted their 2012 coffee lover gift guide. Much on this list seems extravagant, but it’s fun just the same. And there are a couple if items that I would love to find under the tree Christmas morning…

Scenes From World War II Photoshopped Onto Today’s Streets – History is a favorite subject of mine. And when someone takes history and merges it successfully with today, I’m intrigued. That’s the case here: old photos have been merged with new, showing portions of a bygone era in a modern setting. It brings history to life. At the end of the article, you’ll find a link to another artist with similar ideas. Check it out.

5 Benefits Of Admitting You’re Wrong – I don’t know about you, but I find myself wrong about something frequently. Most of the time, though, I don’t want to admit it. Geoffrey Webb identifies five benefits that can only come when you let go of your pride and admit you are wrong. Only then can you say “you were right,” and open the door to forgiveness and restoration.

Excellence In Preaching – One of the main parts of my job as a minister is communication. And much of that communication centers around the most important message there is. So, it only makes sense to make sure I am the most effective that I can be in that communication. Simon Vibert looks at some of the most dynamic preachers of today, seeing how they combine the timelessness of God’s Word with today’s culture in a timely and effective manner. And it’s only 2.99 on Kindle right now $9.29 on the Kindle, or $12.00 in print.

Is Everyone A Leader? – One of my favorite blogs is written by Tim Elmore. His articles about growing leaders hit me where I live, both in my family and personal life, as well as in my youth ministry. In this post, Tim identifies eight excuses people resort to when they can’t lead. I’ve had discussions centered around several of these with teens in my ministries, and am trying to instill leadership qualities in my own children as well.

I’ve learned that everyone wants to live on top of the mountain, but all the happiness and growth occurs while climbing it. – Andy Rooney