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<title><![CDATA[Just A Thought 10-06-2008]]></title>
<link>http://c2cministry.wordpress.com/?p=479</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 06 Oct 2008 14:21:19 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>c2cministry</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Picture in your minds eye a fresh bowl of fruit sitting on a table.  You walk in and the room is fu]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Picture in your minds eye a fresh bowl of fruit sitting on a table.  You walk in and the room is full of the smells of that fresh fruit. MMMMM what a wonderful aroma.  As we walk in our lives God has set a bowl of fruit for us to use to walk our walk and it has an aroma pleasing to Him.  If any bad fruit gets in do you think God will allow it to spoil the rest?  Just a thought.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Blog 10-06-2008]]></title>
<link>http://c2cministry.wordpress.com/?p=477</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 06 Oct 2008 14:18:19 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>c2cministry</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Monday
PRaP 10-6-2008
 
&#8220;Whatever!&#8221;
 
Ever say that?  You get so frustrated that you ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Monday</p>
<p>PRaP 10-6-2008</p>
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<p>"Whatever!"</p>
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<p>Ever say that?  You get so frustrated that you throw your hands up and shout "WHATEVER!"?  I have and on more than one occasion I must say.  Life has a tendency to throw garbage our way at times and sometimes shouting that helps and sometimes it doesn't.  We must be careful as to what the whatever is pertaining to.  A lot of my whatevers are directed towards a child that is nagging me about something he wants to do or wants to get or "WHATEVER!".  If my life throws that garbage at me instead of whatever I will sometimes drop to my knees and ask Daddy what ever You want me to do with this Lord I will do and funny thing is I never hear Him yell "WHATEVER!".  He has this amazing ability to bring things around to a logical point and end.  HMM ok now I am seeing a fruit of the Spirit here.  A place that is so difficult for us to get to.  Dang it!  It is patience isn't it?  Oh wait it is self control too!  WHATEVER!  Wait!  I can't do that here.  I must seek out more fruit.  Anyone want to join me in the orchard?</p>
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<p><a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?book_id=55&#38;chapter=5&#38;version=31&#38;context=chapter">Galatians 5</a></p>
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<p>Key Verse:</p>
<p><strong><a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?book_id=55&#38;chapter=5&#38;verse=22&#38;version=31&#38;context=verse">Galatians 5:22</a></strong><br />
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,<br />
<a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?book_id=55&#38;chapter=5&#38;verse=21&#38;end_verse=23&#38;version=31&#38;context=context">Galatians 5:21-23</a> (in Context) <a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?book_id=55&#38;chapter=5&#38;version=31&#38;context=chapter">Galatians 5</a> (Whole Chapter)</p>
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<p>God Bless</p>
<p>Pastor Steve</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Just A Thought 9-30-2008]]></title>
<link>http://c2cministry.wordpress.com/?p=475</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2008 22:59:01 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>c2cministry</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[On 9-29-2008 the stock market dropped 777 points.  More than one trillion dollars was lost in an 8 ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>On 9-29-2008 the stock market dropped 777 points.  More than one trillion dollars was lost in an 8 hour period.  Wonder how many churches could have run on that until Jesus comes back? Just a thought.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Blog 9-30-2008]]></title>
<link>http://c2cministry.wordpress.com/?p=473</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2008 22:57:12 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>c2cministry</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[WE&#8217;RE BBBAAAACCCKKK!!!!!!!!!!
Tuesday
PRaP 9/30/2008
“777”
 
Very interesting that the St]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>WE'RE BBBAAAACCCKKK!!!!!!!!!!</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-size:small;">Tuesday</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-size:small;">PRaP 9/30/2008</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-size:small;">“777”</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-size:small;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-size:small;">Very interesting that the Stock Market closed down 777 points yesterday.<span>  </span>Most will say it is a coincidence, others won’t care, some will say it is a doomsday warning, I say it is God telling us that He is here and He sees what we are doing and we need to bring Him glory if we want to succeed.<span>  </span>What is it we need to do?<span>  </span>Repent and return to Jesus!<span>  </span>Of course this is so simple that people will laugh and ignore it.<span>  </span>This country is on the verge of becoming another hotspot for the radical Islamics to attack once again.<span>  </span>Don’t believe me.<span>  </span>Proposition 8 in California is a good example.<span>  </span>This proposition redefines marriage as a man and man or woman and woman to be included with a man and woman.<span>  </span>What does that mean?<span>  </span>The radical Islamic groups have their eyes upon the vote of this proposition and have warned that if this proposition passes they will hit the U.S. harder than ever before.<span>  </span>They have warned that what happened on 9-11-2001 will be child’s play.<span>  </span>So do you think God is here?<span>  </span>Why was that specific number there at the exact time that it was?<span>  </span>Do you have a walk with Christ?<span>  </span>If you do then you have no worries about coming events because no matter the outcome you will walk in Christ.<span>  </span>Should non-believers and lukewarm Christians in the “Christian Trough” be worried?<span>  </span>I think so because God is still here and satan is still in control of things that happen here.<span>  </span>I tell you what, he is dancing around with great joy in his victory he thinks he has here in the U.S. but I guess the True Christians will wake up and stop him or they won’t.<span>  </span>The one world government and one currency that was prophesied is just around the corner.<span>  </span>Ladies get your burqas ready they will soon be in fashion here in the U.S.<span>  </span>Maybe I am just full of it?<span>  </span>Maybe none of this will come to pass.<span>  </span>Let me ask you this, if it does, will you be ready?</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?book_id=47&#38;chapter=24&#38;version=31&#38;context=chapter"><span style="font-size:small;">Matthew 24</span></a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="font-size:small;">Key Scripture:</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0;"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?book_id=47&#38;chapter=24&#38;verse=42&#38;version=31&#38;context=verse"><span style="font-size:small;">Matthew 24:42</span></a><br />
<span style="font-size:small;">"Therefore keep watch, because you do not know on what day your Lord will come.<br />
</span><a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?book_id=47&#38;chapter=24&#38;verse=41&#38;end_verse=43&#38;version=31&#38;context=context"><span style="font-size:small;">Matthew 24:41-43</span></a><span style="font-size:small;"> (in Context) </span><a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?book_id=47&#38;chapter=24&#38;version=31&#38;context=chapter"><span style="font-size:small;">Matthew 24</span></a><span style="font-size:small;"> (Whole Chapter)</span></span></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Behind the interests of the dispute]]></title>
<link>http://tswcbyy08.wordpress.com/?p=109</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2008 06:16:03 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[September 8, Taobao announced a thorough search shielding Baidu, Google and other search will not be]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>September 8, Taobao announced a thorough search shielding Baidu, Google and other search will not be affected. The official statement, the two sides immediately lead to the "water wars." Taobao said, a move designed to put an end to bad business fraud to manipulate search engines. Baidu and Taobao shielding Baidu will be attributed to the "worried we are about to launch competing services."<!--more--><br />
Baidu and Taobao bad, or the interests of the root causes of dispute. In fact, the only Taobao Baidu implementation of the "cripple" and on Google and other search engines will be taken "part of the block." The search engine among the most fundamental difference is: Baidu is the only one to announce the launch of C2C e-commerce search engine company.<br />
However, Baidu's board into the market will almost certainly result in a huge variable. In the Chinese search engine market, accounting for more than 70% market share of the "giant", which holds the hands of many users of resources, coupled with the advantages of late, complete cloning Taobao's success.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Blog 09-17-2008]]></title>
<link>http://c2cministry.wordpress.com/?p=471</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 18 Sep 2008 00:10:40 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>c2cministry</dc:creator>
<guid>http://c2cministry.fr.wordpress.com/2008/09/18/blog-09-17-2008/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Sorry it has been 6 days since my last BLOG but that stupid IKE has really put a damper on things. ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sorry it has been 6 days since my last BLOG but that stupid IKE has really put a damper on things.  We are still without electricity but are very blessed that our family came out of the rubble unscathed.  We can live without electricity but the loss was huge for many.  Please continue to pray for those who have lost so much and the rescue and law enforcement and the other thousands that are working to rebuild this city on a hill.  May God bless you all.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Business schools: waar is de ideologie?]]></title>
<link>http://iobserve.wordpress.com/?p=241</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 13 Sep 2008 12:04:31 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Koen Bunders</dc:creator>
<guid>http://iobserve.fr.wordpress.com/2008/09/13/business-schools-waar-is-de-ideologie/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[[Download hier het gehele essay.]
 De mens, met haar bedrijvigheid, streeft naar eenzijdige waarden ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align:right;"><strong>[Download <a href="http://iobserve.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/20080913-business-schools-waar-is-de-ideologie-versie-2.pdf">hier</a> het gehele essay.]</strong></p>
<p><img src="http://iobserve.wordpress.com/files/2007/10/dutch-flag.jpg" alt="Dutch entry" width="16" height="10" /> De mens, met haar bedrijvigheid, streeft naar eenzijdige waarden met vernietigende gevolgen. ‘Business As Usual' is niet langer gewenst. Business schools wijzen onvoldoende op ideologie, ofwel welk soort problemen we met bedrijfskundige kennis willen oplossen en hoe.</p>
<p>Om aan te geven of er een spanningsveld bestaat tussen bedrijfskundige wetenschap en management praktijk, is het goed om eerst te kijken wat de rol van bedrijven is en wat de omgeving van hen verlangt. Daarmee kunnen we iets zeggen over de kwaliteit (fit) tussen de kennis, kunde en zienswijze die in de 21<sup>ste</sup> eeuw van bedrijfskundigen verlangd wordt en zoals deze wordt onderwezen op de vele internationale business schools. Dit essay beschrijft waar we naar streven en wat we in dat streven vergeten. Het vervolgt te kijken naar waar dit toe leidt en waarom verandering noodzakelijk is. Tot slot zoomt het in op de rol en verantwoordelijkheid van het bedrijfskundig wetenschappelijk onderwijs.<br />
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<p>Een onderneming kan worden gezien als een doelgericht samenwerkingsverband, bestaande uit een coalitie van meerdere (groepen van) participanten [Douma 2004]. Welke doelen dient een onderneming na te streven? Snel na oprichting van een onderneming verandert vaak de specifieke oorspronkelijke doelstelling naar een meer algemene doelstelling van <em>levensvatbaarheid</em>. De onderneming wil vooral blijven bestaan en zoekt afgeleide doelen die het algemene doel van continuïteit dienen.</p>
<p>Efficiency en maximalisatie van winst lijken in praktijk en in business schools het dogma te zijn om de kans op een lang leven voor bedrijven te vergroten. Het wordt echter steeds beter zichtbaar dat een dergelijke strategie alles behalve duurzaam kan zijn.</p>
<p>In de literatuur over doelstellingen wordt onderscheid gemaakt tussen sociale levensvatbaarheid enerzijds en economische levensvatbaarheid anderzijds, elk met hun eigen onderliggende doelen. Economisch gaat het om doelen als groei, rentabiliteit, solvabiliteit, onafhankelijkheid en flexibiliteit. Maatschappelijk gaat het om acceptatie van de onderneming door maatschappij en individu. Een dergelijke ordening is symptomatisch voor het of/of denken: óf een onderneming streeft winstmaximalisatie na, óf zij kiest voor een maatschappelijk verantwoorde, duurzame strategie, zo lijkt zonder uitzondering de vooronderstelling te zijn. We leren onszelf aan dat het hier om een <em>zero sum game</em> gaat: de winst van het een kan alleen bestaan wanneer het ander verliest. Dit denken snijdt onze creativiteit af van de oplossingen die er in dit tijdvak nodig zijn.</p>
<p>Als uiting van het zero sum denken zien we in studieboeken nog dat het de opdracht van de onderneming is om het milieu <em>zo min mogelijk</em> aan te tasten [Douma, 2004]. Hieruit spreekt de aanname dat bedrijvigheid het milieu <em>altijd</em> in meer of mindere mate zal aantasten en dat het onze opdracht is om zo efficiënt mogelijk te zijn. In streven naar efficiency zit geen kwaliteit, het is afhankelijk waarin je efficiënt probeert te zijn. Iets slechts heel efficiënt uitvoeren leidt tot heel veel slechts. Dus, minder slecht is niet goed [Braungart 2002].</p>
<p>Naast streven naar efficiency, streven we naar groei. Maar, ‘meer' is niet altijd ‘beter'. Niet elke stijgende grafiek weerspiegelt vooruitgang. Als het om de economie gaat, lijkt er geen onderscheid te zijn: elke groei is goed nieuws [Kamp 2000]. Economische groei word uitgedrukt in het bruto nationaal product (BNP). Het BNP telt alle formele economische activiteiten gewoonweg bijelkaar op, zonder onderscheid te maken tussen positieve en negatieve bedrijvigheden. Kijk naar het voorbeeld van de olietanker Erika die enkele jaren geleden voor de Franse kust schipbreuk leed. Deze olieramp verhoogde het BNP omdat er economische activiteiten noodzakelijk waren om de besmeurde stranden op te ruimen. De diensten die ecosystemen voor ons leveren: bijvoorbeeld zuiver water, propere lucht, een stabiel klimaat, nutriëntrecyclage zijn gratis. Wanneer deze functies worden aangetast en er zijn economische activiteiten nodig om ze te herstellen, voor zover dat al mogelijk zou zijn, dan neemt het BNP toe [Jones 2007]. De heersende gedachte is dat als het BNP groeit, de welvaart en het welzijn stijgt.</p>
<p>Onderzoek laat ons zien dat zelfs wanneer groei ons rijker maakt, de grotere rijkdom ons niet gelukkiger maakt [McKibben 2007]. De econoom Herman Daly heeft berekend dat ook in nationale economieën de economische groei vanaf een bepaald punt niets positiefs meer opbrengt voor de maatschappij. Vanaf dat punt start de oneconomische groei. Hiermee bedoelt hij dat de sociale en ecologische kosten groter worden dan wat de economische groei aan financiële winst oplevert. Omdat we teveel gewend zijn om te denken in louter financiële opbrengsten, wordt economische groei niet echt in twijfel getrokken [Rijnhout, 2007].</p>
<p>In ons streven naar levensvatbaarheid van de onderneming focussen we, mede onder invloed van het macro-economisch denken, te eenzijdig naar financiële winst. We zitten vast in het zero sum denken en ons streven naar efficiency, zelfs als we daarmee natuurlijke hulpbronnen uitputten en onze leefomgeving vervuilen. Al dit denken zit ons dwars bij het vinden van duurzame strategieën. Het dreigt tot een catastrofe te leiden en kan niet langer ongewijzigd blijven. Sumantra Ghoshal heeft gelijk: <em>"There is nothing as dangerous as a bad theory" </em>[Ghoshal 2005].</p>
<p>Om duidelijker te maken dat we niet op dezelfde voet door kunnen helpen de berekeningen van de mondiale voetafdruk van Wackernagel et al. De mens verbruikt sinds de jaren 80 van de vorige eeuw mondiaal meer grondstoffen dan onze planeet per jaar kan regenereren [Wackernagel et al. 2002]. De gegevens van 1999 lieten zien dat de zogenaamde overshoot 20% was. Het Wereld Natuur Fonds rapporteerde met de gegevens van 2003 een verdere stijging van de overshoot tot 25%. Dit betekent dat de aarde 1,25 jaar nodig heeft om te regenereren wat de mensheid in één jaar verbruikt [Living Planet Report 2006]. Bij de berekening van deze Ecological Footprint wordt gekeken hoeveel hectare land nodig is om onze levensstandaard in stand te houden en dit wordt gedeeld door de hoeveelheid beschikbare hectares per wereldburger. Alleen al de verdere groei van de wereldbevolking zal vanzelfsprekend onze mondiale voetafdruk nog groter maken. Het rapport van het WWF prognosticeert dat bij een scenario van gematigde bedrijvigheid waarin we ‘business as usual' voortzetten, de overshoot stijgt tot 80% in 2050! We gebruiken dan in 1,8 ‘Aardes' per jaar.</p>
<p>Anders kijken naar groei is dus belangrijk. De berekening van de Ecological Footprint zet onze groeicijfers en ambities in een heel ander (en veelzeggender) licht dan het BNP dat bijvoorbeeld doet. Bedrijfskundigen moeten veel scherper dan nu inzien dat ‘business as usual' geen gewenste optie meer is. Het is duidelijk dat ongewijzigde bedrijvigheid al snel onmogelijk is. We moeten manieren vinden om onze consumptie in balans te brengen met de capaciteit die onze aarde heeft om te regenereren en ons afval te absorberen. Als we daar niet in slagen, riskeren we onomkeerbare schade aan te brengen aan ons leefmilieu.</p>
<p>Bijna de helft van onze Ecological Footprint komt voort uit de verbranding van fossiele brandstoffen. Broeikasgassen die daarbij vrijkomen, warmen onze aarde op. Het vierde evaluatierapport van het VN-klimaatpanel IPPC laat zien dat de opwarming versneld en uit de hand dreigt te lopen. De kritieke 2˚C-grens zal met een aan de zekerheid grenzende waarschijnlijkheid worden overschreden. Om de opwarming min of meer binnen de perken te houden, heeft men nog tien à vijftien jaar om het roer om te gooien. De doelstelling is nu om de 2˚C-grens "zo weinig mogelijk" te overschrijden. Voert men geen ernstig klimaatbeleid, dan laten we wellicht het ‘point of no return' achter ons: de opwarming kan dan in een runaway-modus terechtkomen, een situatie waarin de opwarming zichzelf voedt en versterkt [Jones 2007].</p>
<p>We zullen onze maatschappij dus onafhankelijker moeten maken van fossiele brandstoffen. De stijgende prijs van olie zal daarbij helpen, alternatieven worden sneller economisch concurrerend. De olievoorraden van de wereld zijn niet onmiddellijk op, maar het moment waarop de olieproductie niet nog verder kan worden opgevoerd en alleen nog maar zal afnemen (peak oil) ligt op de loer. Dit zal de prijs van olie nog veel verder opvoeren. Behalve aandacht voor de uitputting van olievoorraden, is het besef over de eindigheid van vele grondstoffen groeiende. De voorraden van diverse metalen blijken onvoldoende te zijn om de levensstandaard van de moderne ‘ontwikkelde wereld', met huidige techniek, voor alle mensen op Aarde mogelijk te maken [Gordon et al. 2006].</p>
<p>Het mag ondertussen duidelijk zijn: de mens moet haar bedrijvigheid anders inrichten. De inspanningen om alleen maar efficiënter en minder slecht te zijn leiden tot geen oplossing. Dit werd kort geleden prachtig geïllustreerd toen werd bericht dat de CO² uitstoot van TNT, het bedrijf dat in Nederland bekend staat als ‘wereldkampioen duurzaamheid', ondanks alle inspanningen toch met een kwart was toegenomen. Verklaring: ‘Simpel, we zijn gegroeid.' (de Volkskrant, 9 augustus 2008).</p>
<p>Johan Cruyff zei ooit: "Elk nadeel heb z'n voordeel". Dat is waar, als we zo veel kapot maken, dan hebben we ook een hoop te repareren. Storm Cunningham maakt in zijn boek ‘The Restoration Economy: The Greatest New Growth Frontier' duidelijk dat er hierdoor een reusachtige groeimarkt is ontstaan: die van restauratieve ontwikkeling. Door de vernietigende en vervuilende uitwerking die we op ecosystemen hebben, en doordat er bijna geen maagdelijke natuur over is voor nieuwe ontwikkeling, ontstaat er veel economische activiteit om bestaande structuren of objecten (gebouwd of van natuurlijke aard) te transformeren in een gezondere en/of functionelere toestand. Cunningham voorspelt dat ergens tussen 2012 en 2020 dit type van activiteit de omzet van nieuwe ontwikkeling en onderhoud structureel zal gaan overtreffen [Cunningham, 2002].</p>
<p>Cunningham heeft gelijk, we zullen veel in onze gebouwde en natuurlijke wereld moet revitaliseren, maar laten we niet blijven vernietigen alvorens te kunnen herstellen. Onze wereld heeft nieuwe strategieën nodig die duurzaam zijn. Niet alleen voor welvaart, maar steeds meer ook voor welzijn. Laten we eens nader kijken naar de verantwoordelijkheid van business schools.</p>
<p>Peter Drucker heeft ooit beweerd dat het de taak van een manager is om ‘het goed te doen' en het de taak van leiders is om ervoor te zorgen dat ‘de juiste dingen' worden gedaan. De mondiale milieuproblematiek als gevolg van onze bedrijvigheid wijst er op dat we niet de goede dingen doen. Het is daarom van het grootste belang dat business schools, en het onderwijs in het algemeen, zich meer richten op ontwikkeling van leiderschap. We begeven ons op nog onbekend terrein [Jones 2007]. De weg wijzen in onbekend terrein wordt gezien als belangrijk kenmerk van leiderschap. Universiteiten moeten zich daarvoor inspannen. Als blijkt dat het heersende wereldbeeld niet meer voldoet en zoals nu tot onoverkomelijke problemen leidt, dan zullen juist universiteiten moeten bijdragen aan het vormen van een nieuw paradigma dat behulpzaam is bij de maatschappelijke uitdagingen van deze postindustriële tijd.</p>
<p>Leiderschap is voor een deel te leren. Jay Conger, professor organizational behavior aan de London Business School stelt dat leiderschap drie dimensies kent: skills, perspectives en dispositions [Doh 2003]. De dispositions, ofwel de inborst die men van nature heeft, kunnen niet tot nauwelijks aangeleerd worden. Voor skills en perspectives is dat anders. Leiderschapsvaardigheden (skills) kunnen worden getraind en dat gebeurt ook wel. Qua perspectives zouden business schools veel meer moeten bijdragen bij de ontwikkeling van de zienswijze, visie en opvattingen van haar studenten. Welke ideologie geven we studenten mee? Probeer hun maatschappelijke engagement aan te wakkeren en hen te inspireren hun talent in te zetten voor een betere wereld. Laat studenten goed de consequenties doordenken van een bepaalde stroming of perspectief. Laat zien dat de maatschappelijke problemen van vandaag vaak voortvloeien uit keuzes uit het verleden. Laat zien met welke vooronderstellingen die keuzes toen werden gemaakt en laat hen toetsen of meer van hetzelfde, dus ‘business as usual', gewenst is.</p>
<p>Stel met elkaar de vraag wát we willen laten groeien. Studenten zouden door hun business schools geïntroduceerd moeten worden tot originele denkers die nieuwe perspectieven kunnen schetsen. Architect William McDonough bijvoorbeeld, hij pleit voor eco-effectiviteit in plaats van de eerder genoemde efficiency, en kijkt anders tegen groei aan. Er zijn dingen waarvan we allemaal willen dat ze zouden groeien en andere waarvan we dat liever niet zouden zien. Meer onderwijs en geen onwetendheid, meer gezondheid en geen ziekte, voorspoed en geen armoede, schoon water en geen vergiftigd water. Kortom, de kwaliteit van leven verbeteren. De oplossing ligt niet in het verkleinen van industrieën en systemen zoals de voorstanders van efficiency beweren, maar in het groter en beter ontwerpen van deze industrieën en systemen, zodat ze de wereld weer aanvullen, herstellen en voeden. De ‘juiste dingen' die fabrikanten en industrie moeten doen, zijn dus de dingen die tot een positieve groei leiden, tot meer niches, meer gezondheid, meer voeding, meer verscheidenheid, meer intelligentie en meer overvloed voor onze generatie wereldbewoners en de generaties na ons [Braungart 2002].</p>
<p>Met alle nadruk op duurzaamheid lijkt het misschien dat ik hier pleit voor het extreem navolgen van alleen de ecologische filosofie. Het tegendeel is waar. Onze postmoderne tijd wordt gekenmerkt door het einde van de Grote Verhalen [Lyotard 1988], er is niet één waarheid, maar vele waarheden die allemaal waardevol zijn. Het is tijd voor het en/en denken. John Elkington zag dit en stelde dat de bestaansreden van bedrijven naast het maximaliseren van aandeelhouderswaarde óók ligt in het realiseren van verantwoordelijkheden en doelstellingen op sociaal-maatschappelijk vlak én milieugebied [Elkington 1997]. Business schools moeten hun studenten wijzen op deze zogenaamde ‘triple bottom line' van maatschappelijk verantwoord ondernemen: people, planet &#38; profit. Niet als keuzevak, maar als verplichte kost en het liefst geïntegreerd door het gehele curriculum.</p>
<p>De opdracht van maatschappelijk verantwoord ondernemen maakt leiderschap nog complexer. Het ontwikkelen van leiderschap en maatschappelijk engagement zoals hierboven beschreven is daarom niet de enige benodigde aanvulling op het curriculum van business schools. Elke organisatie kan gezien worden als een systeem dat uit onderdelen bestaat. De organisatie is ook onderdeel van meerdere grotere systemen, bijvoorbeeld het ecosysteem van onze Aarde. Alle onderdelen van deze systemen beïnvloeden elkaar op complexe wijze. Snelle, rechtlijnige ‘oplossingen' kunnen problemen verergeren. Om die paradox te voorkomen en met de toegenomen complexiteit om te gaan moeten business schools hun studenten de vaardigheden van systeemdenken aanleren. De nadruk op holisme en systeemdenken is veel nuttiger dan expliciete aandacht voor ethiek in het onderwijs. Hoe complexer structuren en systemen worden, hoe groter de wederzijdse afhankelijkheid tussen systemen. Onder dergelijke omstandigheden ontstaan <em>nonzero sum games</em>: het een kan alleen winnen als het ander óók wint [Wright 2000]. Dankzij het systeemdenken zien we steeds beter dat ecosystemen niet alleen maar een resource zijn voor menselijk welzijn, maar dat de mens met zijn bedrijvigheid ook een resource moet zijn voor ecosystemen.</p>
<p>Gezien de urgentie van de geschetste problematiek en de kansen die het veroorzaakt, zullen business schools op dit gebied hun studenten moeten stimuleren om het initiatief te nemen. Wetgeving moet niet worden afgewacht. De druk van burgers en politiek op het bedrijfsleven zal zeer waarschijnlijk veel verder gaan toenemen. Robert Reich legt in zijn boek ‘Superkapitalisme' uit hoe in de afgelopen decennia het ons een stuk beter gaat in onze hoedanigheid van consument en belegger, op zoek naar het gunstigste aanbod. Maar in onze hoedanigheid als burger, die streeft naar het algemeen belang hebben we terrein verloren. Dit komt doordat de macht van de consument is gebundeld (denk aan massadetaillisten met inkoopmacht) en ook de macht van beleggers is toegenomen door bundeling van macht in beleggingsmaatschappijen en pensioenfondsen. Het organiseren van de macht van de burger is achter gebleven [Reich 2007]. Hierdoor wordt er nog onvoldoende invloed uitgeoefend op de besluitvorming hoe rijkdom verdeeld wordt. Gebeurt dit bijvoorbeeld ten gunste van particuliere goederen of publieke goederen zoals schone lucht? Een inhaalbeweging mag worden verwacht en is al zichtbaar. Enkele voorbeelden dat ook burgers hun macht aan het bundelen zijn, zijn de enorme toename in macht en aantal van niet-gouvernementele organisaties (NGO's), activisme via internet en overheden die bijvoorbeeld duurzaam gaan inkopen. Kortom, de roep om het algemeen goed en om welzijn wordt steeds sterker en het bedrijfsleven zal met de nieuwe krachtenverhoudingen moeten omgaan.</p>
<p>Diezelfde zelfstandigheid en vorm van proactief leiderschap die business schools hun studenten zouden moeten meegeven, moeten business schools ook zelf in praktijk brengen. Business schools zijn zich nu wereldwijd aan het hervormen en voegen aandacht voor duurzaamheid toe aan hun curriculum [Gentile 2008]. Waarom zijn business schools zich nu pas voorzichtig aan het hervormen? De hervorming komt op een kwalijk laat moment. Je zou toch mogen verwachten dat universiteiten een vinger aan de pols van onze mondiale maatschappelijke situatie hebben en dat het als hun taak zien hierop een proactief beleid te voeren. De rapporten die berichten over duurzaamheids problematiek zijn niet van de laatste tijd, maar soms al decennia oud. Rachel Carson maakte in 1962 al duidelijk dat door de mens gemaakte chemicaliën, vooral bestrijdingsmiddelen zoals DDT, desastreus waren voor de natuur [Carson 1962]. In 1972 concludeerde de Club van Rome dat als de huidige groeitrends in de wereldbevolking, industrialisatie, vervuiling, voedselproductie en de uitputting van natuurlijke hulpbronnen zich voortzetten, de grenzen aan de groei op deze planeet binnen honderd jaar zijn bereikt [Meadow 1972].</p>
<p>Leiders worden gevormd door het tijdperk waarin zij opgroeien [Bennis 2002]. Universiteiten moeten hun verantwoordelijkheid nemen om ook die vorming van het tijdsbeeld en van idealen te stimuleren. Onze wereld heeft deskundigheid én bezieling nodig.</p>
<p>Paul de Blot, hoogleraar business spiritualiteit aan de Nyenrode Business Universiteit, koppelt dat aan de algemene doelstelling van levensvatbaarheid waar ik dit essay mee begon. Hij stelt dat om op lange termijn te kunnen concurreren een gedisciplineerde deskundigheid nodig is, maar óók een sterk idealisme. Ondernemingen die zich eenzijdig concentreren op de zakelijke deskundigheid en weinig rekening houden met het menselijk welzijn en spirituele behoeften, scheppen een organisatiecultuur waarin geen plaats is voor arbeidsvreugde. Het gaat om de wederkerige bekrachtiging van deskundig zakendoen en hoge idealen. Dat is een dialectisch proces tussen realisme en idealisme, tussen werkervaring en innerlijke geestelijke ervaring [de Blot 2006].</p>
<p>Studenten van deze generatie zijn aan de beurt zich in te zetten om de wereld een beetje beter te maken en moeten daarvoor met een zeer breed blikveld en een breed inzetbare ‘gereedschapskist' worden toegerust. In die zoektocht naar een betere wereld moeten we onze eigen vooroordelen onder de loep nemen, zodat we ons niet afsnijden van frisse ideeën. Als de ideële opdracht serieus wordt genomen, wordt het zoeken naar werkende strategieën complexer. Er moeten meer doelen tegelijk gediend worden (triple bottom line). Een meer holistische benadering is onvermijdelijk. Omdat niet alle duurzaamheidstrategieën werken blijft wetenschappelijke strengheid, in het onderzoek naar welke strategieën in welke situaties werken en welke niet, van belang. Aandacht daarvoor moet op de business schools daarom niet verslappen, maar we moeten voor ogen houden dat een betere wereld zich niet alleen laat meten in welvaart. Welzijn gaat over het ‘leven' zoals dat door mensen beleefd wordt, ook daarvoor moet de onderzoeker zijn uitgerust met de passende onderzoeksmethoden. Bennis en O'Toole stelde "<em>The problem is not that business schools have embraced scientific rigor but that they have forsaken other forms of knowledge</em>." [Bennis 2005]. Ik maak me daar minder zorgen om, maar mis vooral de ideologie in het onderwijs.</p>
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<p><strong>Literatuur</strong></p>
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<td width="175" valign="top">Braungart 2002</td>
<td width="415" valign="top">Michael   Braungart, William McDonough, Cradle to Cradle; Remaking the way we make   things, North Point Press, 2002</td>
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<td width="175" valign="top">Bennis 2002</td>
<td width="415" valign="top">Warren   G. Bennis, Robert J. Thomas, Geeks &#38; Geezers; How Era, Values and   Defining Moments Shape Leaders, Harvard    Business School   Press, 2002</td>
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<td width="175" valign="top">Bennis   2005</td>
<td width="415" valign="top">Warren   G. Bennis, James O'Toole, How    Business Schools   Lost Their Way, Harvard Business Review, 2005</td>
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<td width="175" valign="top">Carson 1962</td>
<td width="415" valign="top">Rachel   L. Carson, Silent Spring, First Mariner Books, 1962</td>
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<td width="175" valign="top">Cohen   2007</td>
<td width="415" valign="top">David   Cohen, Earth's natural wealth: an audit, NewScientist, 2007</td>
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<td width="175" valign="top">Cunningham 2002</td>
<td width="415" valign="top">Storm   Cunningham, The Resotration Economy: the greatest new growth frontier,   Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2002</td>
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<td width="175" valign="top">de Blot 2006</td>
<td width="415" valign="top">Prof. Dr. Paul de Chauvigny de Blot, Business   Spiritualiteit als kracht voor organisatievernieuwing, Nyenrode, Breukelen,   2006</td>
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<td width="175" valign="top">Doh   2003</td>
<td width="415" valign="top">Jonathan   P. Doh, Can Leadership Be Taught? Perspectives From Management Educators, Academy of Management Learning and Education,   2003</td>
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<td width="175" valign="top">Douma 2004</td>
<td width="415" valign="top">Sytse Douma, Ondernemingsstrategie, Wolters-Noordhoff,   2004</td>
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<td width="175" valign="top">Elkington   1997</td>
<td width="415" valign="top">Elkington   J. 1997. Cannibals with Forks: the Triple Bottom Line of 21st Century   Business. Capstone: Oxford.</td>
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<td width="175" valign="top">Gentile   2008</td>
<td width="415" valign="top">Mary   C. Gentile, The 21<sup>st</sup>-Century MBA, Strategy+Business, issue 51,   Summer 2008</td>
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<td width="175" valign="top">Gordon   et al. 2006</td>
<td width="415" valign="top">Gordon   et al., Metal stocks and sustainability, Proceedings of</p>
<p>the   National Academy of Sciences, vol 103, p 1209, 2006</td>
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<td width="175" valign="top">Jones 2007</td>
<td width="415" valign="top">Peter Tom Jones, Roger Jacobs, Terra Incognita:   Globalisering, ecologie en rechtvaardige duurzaamheid, 2e druk, 2007</td>
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<td width="175" valign="top">Kamp 2000</td>
<td width="415" valign="top">Juriaan Kamp, Omdat mensen er toe doen, Lemniscaat,   2000</td>
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<td width="175" valign="top">Living Planet Report 2006</td>
<td width="415" valign="top">WWF,   Living Planet Report 2006, <a href="http://www.panda.org/news_facts/publications/living_planet_report/lp_2006/index.cfm">http://www.panda.org/news_facts/publications/living_planet_report/lp_2006/index.cfm</a></td>
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<td width="175" valign="top">Lyotard 1988</td>
<td width="415" valign="top">Lyotard, J-F. Het postmoderne weten. Kampen, Kok/Agora,   1988.</td>
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<td width="175" valign="top">McKibben 2007</td>
<td width="415" valign="top">Bill McKibben, Deep Economy: the wealth of communities   and the durable future, Time Books, 2007</td>
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<td width="175" valign="top">Meadows 1972</td>
<td width="415" valign="top">Donella H. Meadows, Dennis L. Meadows, Jorgen Randers,   William W. Behrens III, The Limits to Growth, New York, Universe Books, 1972</td>
</tr>
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<td width="175" valign="top">Reich 2007</td>
<td width="415" valign="top">Robert B. Reich, Superkapitalisme, Business Contact,   Amsterdam, 2007</td>
</tr>
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<td width="175" valign="top">Rijnhout 2007</td>
<td width="415" valign="top">Leida Rijnhout, Ecologische economie, Argus   milieumagazine, jaargang 5, nummer 3, 2007.</td>
</tr>
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<td width="175" valign="top">Wackernagel et al. 2002</td>
<td width="415" valign="top">Wackernagel   et al., Tracking the ecological overshoot of the human economy, 2002</td>
</tr>
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<td width="175" valign="top">Wright   2000</td>
<td width="415" valign="top">Robert Wright, Non zero: De logica van de menselijke bestemming, Het Spectrum, 2000</td>
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&#8220;Seven Years
 
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<p>PRaP 9/11/08 </p>
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<p>"Seven Years</p>
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<p>Never forget!  So many died needlessly and continue to die needlessly because of what these fools did on 9/11/2001 and we will never forget.  I will not forget how for a moment this country was looking for God.  Churches were filled to overflowing and we came together as one church looking for the face of God.  Too bad it was so short lived.  Many lost and looking souls for a moment began to look seriously at how to be saved.  Now it is status quo again.  What happened?  Did the bad guys go away?  Did these people find what they were looking for or did they figure out their church was just happy to take their wallet at the door once again?  Too bad it takes a tragedy of such great proportion to get people into the Church.  It is too bad that the church dropped the ball when they had all those souls in their four walls.  Well we are better prepared for the next attack and it isn't if it is going to happen but when it is going to happen.  Wonder if the Churches will fill up again?  Only time will tell and are the Churches ready?  More than likely not.  Are you ready?  I hope so.  Am I ready?  For the pain and suffering of the lost looking for answers I stay ready because it is here everyday if you just listen.</p>
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<p><a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?book_id=50&#38;chapter=1&#38;version=31&#38;context=chapter">John 1</a></p>
<p>Key Verse:</p>
<p><strong><a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?book_id=50&#38;chapter=1&#38;verse=29&#38;version=31&#38;context=verse">John 1:29</a></strong><br />
[ Jesus the Lamb of God ] The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, "Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!<br />
<a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?book_id=50&#38;chapter=1&#38;verse=28&#38;end_verse=30&#38;version=31&#38;context=context">John 1:28-30</a> (in Context) <a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?book_id=50&#38;chapter=1&#38;version=31&#38;context=chapter">John 1</a> (Whole Chapter)</p>
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<p>Week <strong>37</strong> for those of you doing the Bible in 52 weeks program, <a href="http://www.c2cministry.org/Bible">http://www.c2cministry.org/Bible</a></p>
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<p>Send your questions to us if you need help.  There is a link on our web site called "Ask The Pastor".  We will answer all questions live on our weekly Ask The Pastor program on Saturday nights from 8-10 PM and if you want an emailed reply be sure to include your email address.  Remember the only dumb question is the one not asked. All names are kept confidential unless you say it is ok.</p>
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<p>PEACE and AGAPE LOVE, Pastor, Dad, DJ Dude</p>
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<p>From The Desk Of:</p>
<p>Pastor Stephen Eldridge</p>
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<p><strong>Got Jesus? </strong></p>
<p><strong>Matthew 7:7-8                  </strong></p>
<p><strong>"Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.  For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened."</strong></p>
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<p>We're on TV!!!  We are building new content daily and will roll out new format for radio and TV on October 31, 2008.  Just another way that c2C Ministry is being a Light in the darkness in the name of Jesus Christ.</p>
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<p>PRaP 9/10/08 </p>
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<p>"Monster Truck ARGH ARGH ARGH!"</p>
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<p>There is only two ways not to get stuck in the mud.  One is don't go near the mud and that would mean you go through life doing NOTHING.  Number two have a monster truck ARGH ARGH ARGH.  My monster truck has four-wheel drive with a big block 454, ARGH ARGH ARGH!  6 foot tall fat boy tires with nobbies the size of footballs ARGH ARGH ARGH!  My monster truck is so big it can walk on water ARGH ARGH ARGH!  It can ride above the mud OH YEAH ARGH ARGH ARGH!  My monster truck has a driver that nobody can beat ARGH ARGH ARGH!  His name is...  You guessed it Jesus Christ of Nazareth ARGH ARGH ARGH!!!!!  When He sees the mud He doesn't slow down to crawl through it He floors it and makes that blower open wide to get a big gasp of air ARGH ARGH ARGH!!!  You hear the sound of the horsepower just begging to get to the tires ARGH ARGH ARGH!!!  You'll think it is an earthquake from the rumble of the engine in all its glory ARGH ARGH ARGH!!!  When the mud hears Him coming it dries up and lays flat ARGH ARGH ARGH!!!  When the mud sees us coming it jumps out of the way ARGH ARGH ARGH!!!  This Monster Truck is Spiritual and can only be driven by Jesus.  Oh He will let me behind the wheel but the mud doesn't yield to me.  I usually come back all muddy once I get through running the coarse.  But when I get home Jesus cleans me up and we go mudd'n together.</p>
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<p><a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?book_id=50&#38;chapter=14&#38;version=31&#38;context=chapter">John 14</a></p>
<p>Key Verses:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?book_id=50&#38;chapter=14&#38;verse=6&#38;version=31&#38;context=verse">John 14:6</a><br />
Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.<br />
<a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?book_id=50&#38;chapter=14&#38;verse=5&#38;end_verse=7&#38;version=31&#38;context=context">John 14:5-7</a> (in Context) <a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?book_id=50&#38;chapter=14&#38;version=31&#38;context=chapter">John 14</a> (Whole Chapter)</p>
<p><strong> </strong></p>
<p> </p>
<p>Week <strong>37</strong> for those of you doing the Bible in 52 weeks program, <a href="http://www.c2cministry.org/Bible">http://www.c2cministry.org/Bible</a></p>
<p> </p>
<p>Send your questions to us if you need help.  There is a link on our web site called "Ask The Pastor".  We will answer all questions live on our weekly Ask The Pastor program on Saturday nights from 8-10 PM and if you want an emailed reply be sure to include your email address.  Remember the only dumb question is the one not asked. All names are kept confidential unless you say it is ok.</p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p>PEACE and AGAPE LOVE, Pastor, Dad, DJ Dude</p>
<p> </p>
<p>From The Desk Of:</p>
<p>Pastor Stephen Eldridge</p>
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<p><strong>Got Jesus? </strong></p>
<p><strong>Matthew 7:7-8                  </strong></p>
<p><strong>"Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.  For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened."</strong></p>
<p> </p>
<p>We're on TV!!!  We are building new content daily and will roll out new format for radio and TV on October 31, 2008.  Just another way that c2C Ministry is being a Light in the darkness in the name of Jesus Christ.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Just A Thought 09-09-2008]]></title>
<link>http://c2cministry.wordpress.com/?p=454</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 09 Sep 2008 01:56:45 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>c2cministry</dc:creator>
<guid>http://c2cministry.fr.wordpress.com/2008/09/09/just-a-thought-09-09-2008/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Has life stuck you in the mud?  Then make mud pies!  Just a thought.
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Has life stuck you in the mud?  Then make mud pies!  Just a thought.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Blog 09-09-2008]]></title>
<link>http://c2cministry.wordpress.com/?p=452</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 09 Sep 2008 01:55:21 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>c2cministry</dc:creator>
<guid>http://c2cministry.fr.wordpress.com/2008/09/09/blog-09-09-2008/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Tuesday
PRaP 9/9/08 
 
&#8220;Stuck In The Mud!&#8221;
 
Ever fall into a mud puddle and not able]]></description>
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<p>PRaP 9/9/08 </p>
<p> </p>
<p>"Stuck In The Mud!"</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Ever fall into a mud puddle and not able to get out?  Life sometimes can make us feel that way.  In these days of trials and tribulations with the world seeming to be crashing in around us we can feel as though we are stuck in the mud.  I feel stuck in the mud sometimes too.  Like right now with all of the garbage going on in the world today.  Wanting to start a rebellion with our government to demand Christian foundations be put back in place.  Takes a lot out of me.  Oh well just another mountain to climb.  Oh wait I can tell that mountain to take a flying leap into the ocean and it will happen.  Cool.  Mountain go get wet!  Go to Daddy with your mud and He will clean you up and bring you comfort.</p>
<p>3Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, 4who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves have received from God. 5For just as the sufferings of Christ flow over into our lives, so also through Christ our comfort overflows. 6If we are distressed, it is for your comfort and salvation; if we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which produces in you patient endurance of the same sufferings we suffer. 7And our hope for you is firm, because we know that just as you share in our sufferings, so also you share in our comfort.</p>
<p> </p>
<p><a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?book_id=54&#38;chapter=1&#38;version=31&#38;context=chapter">2 Corinthians 1</a></p>
<p>Key Verse:</p>
<p><strong><a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?book_id=54&#38;chapter=1&#38;verse=8&#38;version=31&#38;context=verse">2 Corinthians 1:8</a></strong><br />
We do not want you to be uninformed, brothers, about the hardships we suffered in the province of Asia. We were under great pressure, far beyond our ability to endure, so that we despaired even of life.<br />
<a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?book_id=54&#38;chapter=1&#38;verse=7&#38;end_verse=9&#38;version=31&#38;context=context">2 Corinthians 1:7-9</a> (in Context) <a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?book_id=54&#38;chapter=1&#38;version=31&#38;context=chapter">2 Corinthians 1</a> (Whole Chapter)</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Week <strong>37</strong> for those of you doing the Bible in 52 weeks program, <a href="http://www.c2cministry.org/Bible">http://www.c2cministry.org/Bible</a></p>
<p> </p>
<p>Send your questions to us if you need help.  There is a link on our web site called "Ask The Pastor".  We will answer all questions live on our weekly Ask The Pastor program on Saturday nights from 8-10 PM and if you want an emailed reply be sure to include your email address.  Remember the only dumb question is the one not asked. All names are kept confidential unless you say it is ok.</p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p>PEACE and AGAPE LOVE, Pastor, Dad, DJ Dude</p>
<p> </p>
<p>From The Desk Of:</p>
<p>Pastor Stephen Eldridge</p>
<p><a href="http://c2cministry.wordpress.com/wp-includes/js/tinymce-245/plugins/paste/Documents%20and%20SettingsAdministrator.STEVEDesktopsteve@c2cministry.org">steve@c2cministry.org</a></p>
<p>c2C    <a href="http://www.c2cministry.org/">http://www.c2cministry.org</a></p>
<p> </p>
<p><strong>Got Jesus? </strong></p>
<p><strong>Matthew 7:7-8                  </strong></p>
<p><strong>"Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.  For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened."</strong></p>
<p> </p>
<p>We're on TV!!!  We are building new content daily and will roll out new format for radio and TV on October 31, 2008.  Just another way that c2C Ministry is being a Light in the darkness in the name of Jesus Christ.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Just A Thought 09-08-2008]]></title>
<link>http://c2cministry.wordpress.com/?p=450</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2008 01:16:24 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>c2cministry</dc:creator>
<guid>http://c2cministry.fr.wordpress.com/2008/09/08/just-a-thought-09-08-2008/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Complacency is the sin of Christians.  Thinking that we can just go and hide amongst the four walls]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Complacency is the sin of Christians.  Thinking that we can just go and hide amongst the four walls of our church and hide from the world.  We have developed our own society and now it looks just like the secular society that we think so horrible because of the sin.  Just a thought.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Blog 09-08-2008]]></title>
<link>http://c2cministry.wordpress.com/?p=448</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2008 01:13:46 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>c2cministry</dc:creator>
<guid>http://c2cministry.fr.wordpress.com/2008/09/08/blog-09-08-2008/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Monday
PRaP 9/8/08 
 
&#8220;How Can God Bless America?&#8221;
 
Come to America the home of the ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a name="OLE_LINK1">Monday</a></p>
<p>PRaP 9/8/08 </p>
<p> </p>
<p>"How Can God Bless America?"</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Come to America the home of the free the brave the homosexuals and baby killers go free and romp around all they want!  Come to America where you can lie and be exonerated by the courts because you were trying to get political attention.  Come to America where you can squander your wealth on material things and let the hungry go hungry.  Come to America where you can get the position of a man of God and get rich while your congregation starves.  Come to America where you can make thousands of dollars a night by showing your body to depraved perverted men and women.  Come to America where you can climb the corporate ladder and step on the little guy on the way up and nobody cares.  Come to America where the stars have become idols and the idols become public leaders.  Come to America where he who dies with the most toys wins!  Come to America where you go to the club to get your daily debauchery.  Come to America where the schools have to have metal detectors and police at the doors to keep out violent children.  Come to America where the divorce rate in the Church is the same as the un-churched.  Come to America where kids have friends with benefits and think it's OK.  Come to America where public schools are teaching that homosexuality is normal behavior.  Come to America a place that if you don't like what you see you can have plastic surgery to make it what you want instead of what God gave you.  How can God bless America?  His blessings come from obedience.  Do the things I have listed above sound like obedience to God?  So how can God bless America?  But not all people in America are this way.  So you are telling me that you have never done any of those things I have listed?  Is your name Jesus?  You are either too young to have experienced these things and God willing you never will or you are lying.  There is hope though.  Jesus already paid the price for the sins of this country but this country has to turn it around.  You say the Bible is just a book of stories?  Read about the Israelites in the Old Testament and see what God did to them because of their disobedience.  What makes us any different than them?  He created us just like He created them there is not one person here that is not of His hand.  The remnant of Christ in America can make the change through Christ who strengthens us.  We have to come together as one voice, one nation under God, indivisible.  We have to pledge our allegiance to the Lamb of God and that is how God can bless America again.</p>
<p> </p>
<p><a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?book_id=50&#38;chapter=3&#38;version=31&#38;context=chapter">Luke 10 </a></p>
<p>Key Verse:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?book_id=49&#38;chapter=10&#38;verse=21&#38;version=31&#38;context=verse">Luke 10:21</a><strong>    </strong><br />
At that time Jesus, full of joy through the Holy Spirit, said, "I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children. Yes, Father, for this was your good pleasure.<br />
<a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?book_id=49&#38;chapter=10&#38;verse=20&#38;end_verse=22&#38;version=31&#38;context=context">Luke 10:20-22</a> (in Context) <a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?book_id=49&#38;chapter=10&#38;version=31&#38;context=chapter">Luke 10</a> (Whole Chapter)</p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p>Week <strong>37</strong> for those of you doing the Bible in 52 weeks program, <a href="http://www.c2cministry.org/Bible">http://www.c2cministry.org/Bible</a></p>
<p> </p>
<p>Send your questions to us if you need help.  There is a link on our web site called "Ask The Pastor".  We will answer all questions live on our weekly Ask The Pastor program on Saturday nights from 8-10 PM and if you want an emailed reply be sure to include your email address.  Remember the only dumb question is the one not asked. All names are kept confidential unless you say it is ok.</p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p>PEACE and AGAPE LOVE, Pastor, Dad, DJ Dude</p>
<p> </p>
<p>From The Desk Of:</p>
<p>Pastor Stephen Eldridge</p>
<p><a href="http://c2cministry.wordpress.com/wp-includes/js/tinymce-245/plugins/paste/steve@c2cministry.org">steve@c2cministry.org</a></p>
<p>c2C    <a href="http://www.c2cministry.org/">http://www.c2cministry.org</a></p>
<p> </p>
<p><strong>Got Jesus? </strong></p>
<p><strong>Matthew 7:7-8                  </strong></p>
<p><strong>"Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.  For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened."</strong></p>
<p> </p>
<p>We're on TV!!!  We are building new content daily and will roll out new format for radio and TV on October 31, 2008.  Just another way that c2C Ministry is being a Light in the darkness in the name of Jesus Christ.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Think digital for retail success in China]]></title>
<link>http://retailnu.wordpress.com/?p=994</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 07:38:56 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>retailnu</dc:creator>
<guid>http://retailnu.fr.wordpress.com/2008/09/05/think-digital-for-retail-success-in-china/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Shanghai. CHINA - While social networks have been very hot until early this year, in the past few mo]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Shanghai. CHINA - While social networks have been very hot until early this year, in the past few months we saw interest growing about e-commerce from many clients. As we were deepening our research, we were in for quite a surprise.</p>
<p><strong>Status of e-commerce</strong><br />
The first thing we noted is that it is quite difficult to compare the status of e-commerce development in different countries due to market size, Internet population, GDP and purchasing power. How can one compare properly between such diverse markets as the United States, China, Japan and South Korea?</p>
<p>After working on various models, we identified the share of e-commerce as part of the total retail market as a usable metric to highlight the development of e-commerce. This confirmed our intuition that South Korea is the most advanced, with 6.5 percent of all retail being e-commerce. The United States and Japan are somewhere around 4 percent, while China is still at a very early stage with 0.63 percent, but poised for explosive growth.</p>
<p>If Japan is not that advanced in e-commerce, it is the world leader in mobile commerce; the leading B2C player Rakuten gets 20 percent of its revenue from mobile commerce. The whole market represented over $6 billion in 2007, far ahead of any other market and even close to the entire Chinese EC market at $8 billion.</p>
<p><strong>Why and how to grow a successful EC market</strong><br />
This was a question discussed at a recent seminar between China's Ministry of Commerce and the European Union where we contributed as invited experts. A successful e-commerce market actually develops the retail market and helps companies sell more, but more than anything is able to create jobs. Well over a million users make a living from eBay globally and there is huge potential in job creation with Taobao and other services in China.</p>
<p>One might then wonder how to enable e-commerce and accelerate its development. There are many reasons for e-commerce development that can be attributed to culture, purchasing habits, regulations, logistics reliability, credit card usage and GDP development, but once we completed the following graphic, we became quite convinced that the main enabler for e-commerce or mobile commerce was IT infrastructure.</p>
<p>Korea leads in Internet speed and in e-commerce, while Japan leads in 3G and mobile commerce, which seems in line with their IT infrastructure development. The key element aside from the presence of a sophisticated IT infrastructure seems to be the length during which said infrastructure has been around. For instance, Japan developed its fixed broadband more recently than Korea and has less experience with it, but Japan is expected to grow rapidly.</p>
<p>Just as governments have a responsibility in developing roads, bring electricity and water, we tend to think that building a strong IT infrastructure is the best enabler to develop the knowledge economy and retail market, and that governments should - directly by financing or indirectly by stirring up competition - support rapid IT development to enable economies to go digital.</p>
<p><strong>Future trends</strong><br />
As a conclusion, here are some key trends in e-commerce we identified:</p>
<p>(1) B2C (e.g. Amazon) and C2C (e.g. eBay) models are converging. B2C is generally a guarantee of quality but not of price, while C2C offers good price, but quality and payment is generally more risky. This year, eBay's "fixed price auctions" are going to represent half of its revenues.</p>
<p>(2) Mobile commerce is going to happen. In fact, it is already happening in Japan because of their advanced infrastructure. Other countries will have the same happening when they will catch up, within the next few years.</p>
<p>(3) Social networks will blend with e-commerce. Remember the time when there was no Internet? There was also a time when there was no advertising. At that time, people mostly asked their friends about what to buy and what was good. As people become more and more disenchanted by advertising, this time is coming back and we saw the first signs of convergence in some services like Alimama and Japan's NicoNico Video.</p>
<p>(4) Online and offline will connect. While an increasing number of offline stores are going online, already some online stores in South Korea are opening offline shops. Some Korean and Japanese auction and e-commerce sites are using existing retail networks such as convenience stores or subway stations as delivery and pick-up points.</p>
<p>(5) Meta-shopping will develop. This is a new concept in Korea. If you remember Korea is the world's most advanced e-commerce market, this is worth looking into. It follows the development of numerous online shopping malls (several thousands in Korea), and provides a sophisticated-yet-easy-to-use combination of price comparison and user reviews. It has been created by Korea's largest Internet portal Naver, who call this service "Knowledge Search".</p>
<p>Just as China sells today more music online (PC and mobile) than offline, we think the combination of strong SNS usage and online shopping developments are able to help the country leapfrog from an offline to an online economy. Moreover, for retail success in China, China has the advantage of having very few barriers compared to other countries which have a strong offline retail legacy. So here is our advice to retailers in or coming to China: <strong>think digital!</strong></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Just A Thought 09-05-2008]]></title>
<link>http://c2cministry.wordpress.com/?p=439</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2008 23:05:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>c2cministry</dc:creator>
<guid>http://c2cministry.fr.wordpress.com/2008/09/04/just-a-thought-09-05-2008/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[To stay in love?  If you start off your life with God in your marriage you will stay together for w]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>To stay in love?  If you start off your life with God in your marriage you will stay together for what God has put together let no man take apart.  Before you have sex, before you live together, even before you kiss you should work on your relationship with Jesus.  Your love for Jesus will rescue your marriage when times get tough.  Just a thought.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Blog 09-05-2008]]></title>
<link>http://c2cministry.wordpress.com/?p=437</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2008 23:02:33 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>c2cministry</dc:creator>
<guid>http://c2cministry.fr.wordpress.com/2008/09/04/blog-09-05-2008/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Friday
PRaP 9/5/08 
 
&#8220;Staying In Love&#8221;
 
If you are in a relationship or married and]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a name="OLE_LINK1">Friday</a></p>
<p>PRaP 9/5/08 </p>
<p> </p>
<p>"Staying In Love"</p>
<p> </p>
<p>If you are in a relationship or married and you want to stay in love you have to do the same thing you did before you fell in love and that is be in love with Jesus first.  Men you should be honored that your wife has Jesus as her First Husband because you know absolutely without a doubt that she knows how true love is.  If she falls in love with Him first and learns true love you will have a woman that loves you back and that is a bonus because she is not commanded in the Bible to love you as a husband.  Everything I have read is that we as men are to "LOVE" our wives as Christ loves the Church and how are you going to do that without loving Jesus first?  Children, don't miss out on true love because there is none without Him.  Who better to learn these things from then the one who is Love?  The thing is that there can be no love without the Love.  You can go through the motions of love and then love becomes just an emotion but true love is deeper then this.  True love is spiritual first!  The physical part of love doesn't happen until after the commitment of life partnership through Jesus Christ in marriage.  I say these things and I teach these things yet no one seems to listen to them.  I am sure those are the words that Jesus says all the time.  Look before you leap and if it is too deep turn around and walk away before you get in over your head and you get hurt or worse yet you hurt someone else in the process.  One more thing and I know I have said this before but some still need to hear it.  Marriage is between ONE man and ONE woman PERIOD!  How can God bless us if we keep on sinning against Him. </p>
<p> </p>
<p><a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?book_id=50&#38;chapter=3&#38;version=31&#38;context=chapter">John 3</a></p>
<p>Key Verse:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?book_id=50&#38;chapter=3&#38;verse=29&#38;version=31&#38;context=verse">John 3:29</a><br />
The bride belongs to the bridegroom. The friend who attends the bridegroom waits and listens for him, and is full of joy when he hears the bridegroom's voice. That joy is mine, and it is now complete.<br />
<a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?book_id=50&#38;chapter=3&#38;verse=28&#38;end_verse=30&#38;version=31&#38;context=context">John 3:28-30</a> (in Context) <a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?book_id=50&#38;chapter=3&#38;version=31&#38;context=chapter">John 3</a> (Whole Chapter)</p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p>Week <strong>36</strong> for those of you doing the Bible in 52 weeks program, <a href="http://www.c2cministry.org/Bible">http://www.c2cministry.org/Bible</a></p>
<p> </p>
<p>Send your questions to us if you need help.  There is a link on our web site called "Ask The Pastor".  We will answer all questions live on our weekly Ask The Pastor program on Saturday nights from 8-10 PM and if you want an emailed reply be sure to include your email address.  Remember the only dumb question is the one not asked. All names are kept confidential unless you say it is ok.</p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p>PEACE and AGAPE LOVE, Pastor, Dad, DJ Dude</p>
<p> </p>
<p>From The Desk Of:</p>
<p>Pastor Stephen Eldridge</p>
<p><a href="http://c2cministry.wordpress.com/wp-includes/js/tinymce-245/plugins/paste/steve@c2cministry.org">steve@c2cministry.org</a></p>
<p>c2C    <a href="http://www.c2cministry.org/">http://www.c2cministry.org</a></p>
<p> </p>
<p><strong>Got Jesus? </strong></p>
<p><strong>Matthew 7:7-8                  </strong></p>
<p><strong>"Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.  For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened."</strong></p>
<p> </p>
<p>We're on TV!!!  We are building new content daily and will roll out new format for radio and TV on October 31, 2008.  Just another way that c2C Ministry is being a Light in the darkness in the name of Jesus Christ.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Mashables, Sociables, Feedables....]]></title>
<link>http://theworkplace.wordpress.com/?p=30</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2008 20:45:53 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>47project</dc:creator>
<guid>http://theworkplace.fr.wordpress.com/2008/09/04/mashables-sociables-feedables/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[It has been such a long time since I&#8217;ve posted on this blog and I&#8217;m sorry.  
So I&#8217;]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It has been such a long time since I've posted on this blog and I'm sorry. :-)</p>
<p>So I've recently become a Senior Manager of Social Media for a huge company that is a world leader in the digital storage space. I've set us up on blogs, on FriendFeed, on Del.icio.us, on Digg, on Facebook, on MySpace, on Twitter...etc...</p>
<p>Now then....</p>
<p>The evolution of connecting C2C started with creating the best social network technology or platform. Then once the best most popular platforms were established, micro blogging came out. Then we got to the point where people had an account on multiple sites social/networking/bookmarking/micro-blogging, etc. Now it seems like everyone has these standard accounts on places and we're kind of stumped at the FriendFeed level. FriendFreed is awesome, conceptually and for the most part the actual current offering but I still see the challenge existing for people who are trying to figure out how to tie all their marketing and social efforts, personal and/or business, to one easy-to-use, centralized location. FriendFeed is the closest that it has come but I don't think it's the end all.</p>
<p>Personally I've been using Flock for a browser at work so that I have a Firefox based browser with emphasis on Social/Feeds/Blogs and it's the best thing I can have right now for what it is I do. I guess I'm just wondering when and at what point the one and only true portal will arrive for everything that is nice, fast, easy-to-use, customizable, etc. to integrate our entire online lives so that we never have to look again. We need a Google or Microsoft of Social portals to come lay the land for this and set it in stone and continue to develop for it and improve on it.</p>
<p>With all the widgets and platforms and accounts and audiences and generations of 13 year olds that are essentially penetrating, and will permanently be a part of, the tech C2C audience as a lifestyle and way of humanity.....how will we consolidate and fully harness all of it for online business?</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Just A Thought 9-4-2008]]></title>
<link>http://c2cministry.wordpress.com/?p=435</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2008 01:33:39 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>c2cministry</dc:creator>
<guid>http://c2cministry.fr.wordpress.com/2008/09/04/just-a-thought-9-4-2008/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Where do you go to look for love?  Some say you need to go to Church to find that just right person]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Where do you go to look for love?  Some say you need to go to Church to find that just right person.  Some say you are better off just going to the club.  Some will even have you believe that the Internet dating services are the way to go.  Well if you want fleshly love then I guess they are all correct but I want to find a love that is on a deeper level than flesh.  Where do I go?  Bible.  Just a thought.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Blog 09-04-2008]]></title>
<link>http://c2cministry.wordpress.com/?p=433</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2008 01:29:55 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>c2cministry</dc:creator>
<guid>http://c2cministry.fr.wordpress.com/2008/09/04/blog-09-04-2008/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Thursday
PRaP 9/4/08 
 
&#8220;Falling In Love&#8221;
 
Lot&#8217;s of single people out there lo]]></description>
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<p>PRaP 9/4/08 </p>
<p> </p>
<p>"Falling In Love"</p>
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<p>Lot's of single people out there looking for love.  I have a suggestion for you.  Fall in love with Jesus first.  Stop looking for love in all the wrong places.  The world will reject you but your Father in Heaven will receive you.  Once you find true love that only Jesus has for you then you can go out and receive what God has planned for you.  Got too much time on your hands?  Don't turn on that television, open your Bible and read about true love.  Most women like those romance novels well I tell you that God has put together a book that blows those things away.  There is always loss in those romance novels and there is always pain and tears.  Well Jesus has said that He will wipe away every tear and take away every pain.  The difference is that He can really do this for you in real life not just amongst the pages of a paper back book.  Fall in love with the Bridegroom and be His bride.  I know men have trouble with those words.  Jesus loves us and we should love Him back and the way we do that is through prayer and obedience to His Word.  Want to be the best lover in the world?  You have to love Jesus first.  His Love can never be taken from you.  Let Him know how much you love Him and show Him that you are ready to be obedient and reach out for the kingdom of heaven and all the desires of your heart will be given you.</p>
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<p><a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?book_id=47&#38;chapter=6&#38;version=31&#38;context=chapter">Matthew 6</a></p>
<p>Key Verse:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?book_id=47&#38;chapter=6&#38;verse=33&#38;version=31&#38;context=verse">Matthew 6:33</a><br />
But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.<br />
<a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?book_id=47&#38;chapter=6&#38;verse=32&#38;end_verse=34&#38;version=31&#38;context=context">Matthew 6:32-34</a> (in Context) <a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?book_id=47&#38;chapter=6&#38;version=31&#38;context=chapter">Matthew 6</a> (Whole Chapter)</p>
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<p>Week <strong>36</strong> for those of you doing the Bible in 52 weeks program, <a href="http://www.c2cministry.org/Bible">http://www.c2cministry.org/Bible</a></p>
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<p>Send your questions to us if you need help.  There is a link on our web site called "Ask The Pastor".  We will answer all questions live on our weekly Ask The Pastor program on Saturday nights from 8-10 PM and if you want an emailed reply be sure to include your email address.  Remember the only dumb question is the one not asked. All names are kept confidential unless you say it is ok.</p>
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<p>PEACE and AGAPE LOVE, Pastor, Dad, DJ Dude</p>
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<p>From The Desk Of:</p>
<p>Pastor Stephen Eldridge</p>
<p><a href="http://c2cministry.wordpress.com/wp-includes/js/tinymce-245/plugins/paste/steve@c2cministry.org">steve@c2cministry.org</a></p>
<p>c2C    <a href="http://www.c2cministry.org/">http://www.c2cministry.org</a></p>
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<p><strong>Got Jesus? </strong></p>
<p><strong>Matthew 7:7-8                  </strong></p>
<p><strong>"Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.  For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened."</strong></p>
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<p>We're on TV!!!  We are building new content daily and will roll out new format for radio and TV on October 31, 2008.  Just another way that c2C Ministry is being a Light in the darkness in the name of Jesus Christ.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Comment on "Image vs Selling" at amaliamaulana.com]]></title>
<link>http://xlnworld.wordpress.com/?p=83</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2008 03:57:56 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Membangun brand image rasanya tidak mudah, mungkin dari 1000 brand atau lebih hanya satu yang akhirn]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Membangun brand image rasanya tidak mudah, mungkin dari 1000 brand atau lebih hanya satu yang akhirnya bisa benar2 ter-build setelah melewati masa-masa panjang.</p>
<p>Konsep untuk inovasi dan diferensiasi juga terkadang sulit diwujudkan, karena tidak semua para marketer ini ternyata cukup inovatif. Kadang-kadang orang yang terlahir "kreatif" yang akhirnya punya peran untuk itu. Tapi saya juga pernah ikut workshop bahwa itu bisa dibentuk, dan saya sangat setuju.</p>
<p>Saya sendiri yakin secara jangka panjang, image jauh lebih penting daripada short-term selling. Karena selling ini kan lebih banyak tergantun pada "People", tapi bicara "image" lebih kepada "system" yang didesain.</p>
<p>Apapun istilahnya, tiap bagian punya pekerjaan masing2. Marketer ya menciptakan image, sementara salesman ya menciptakan sales itu sendiri. Toh ini bukan pilihan mau yang mana kan, tapi dua-duanya yang harus dicapai.</p>
<p>Untuk menciptakan "image" secara instant, ya mungkin harus benar2 "inovatif" seperti google, air asia, "brand sedaap" dari wings, dan juga resto2 yang terkenal di jakarta, juga contoh "brand baru" yang cepat terkenal. Bahkan trend sekarang mengarah kepada C2C marketing ya? Bahwa membangun image tidak harus mahal, konsumen tidak jenuh, harus benar2 terkonsep dan Boom.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Opportunity behind Lytacur]]></title>
<link>http://xlnworld.wordpress.com/2008/09/03/opportunity-behind-lytacur/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2008 00:51:52 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>xp</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[When first launched, I assumed lytacur was positioned to be the direct competitor of curcuma plus. U]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img src="/DOCUME~1/Satrio/LOCALS~1/Temp/moz-screenshot.jpg" alt="" /><img src="/DOCUME~1/Satrio/LOCALS~1/Temp/moz-screenshot-1.jpg" alt="" /><a href="http://xlnworld.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/lytacur.jpeg"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-80" src="http://xlnworld.wordpress.com/files/2008/09/lytacur.jpeg" alt="" width="180" height="129" /></a>When first launched, I assumed lytacur was positioned to be the direct competitor of curcuma plus. Unfortunately, its marketing activities were not big enough to spread the awareness, especially to make the consumer to buy the product. And this year, the noise of Lytacur in the Market is declining. This is my point of view about Lytacur opportunity.</p>
<p><em>[Picture of Lytacur is taken from Dexa Medica website]</em><!--more--></p>
<p>Instead of stimuno which is the market still in development stage, the market of lytacur is already established. It reached the common needs among children to consume more food.<br />
Children market is very attractive, since most parent likely more have attention to their children than themselves. Those concerns bring lots of opportunity to create product that is beneficial for both parent and children.</p>
<p>Lets go back to Lytacur discussion. Just relying on BTL activities is also not recommended. Especially when the price is not too-expensive. Creating awareness is very important, so if the budget is very limited we must choose the right method to create awareness.</p>
<p>Here are the 4P's approach to analyze Marketing Plan for Lytacur:</p>
<ol>
<li>Product. It's a good product, but not innovative one unfortunately. No Exact Positioning to make it competitive. Ingredients of the product seems more complete than its competitor. So, the possible positioning for the product is "The Complete supplement for children to maintain Vitamin and increase body defense".</li>
<li>Price. Since the ingredient is more complete than its competitor, it can be priced little bit higher. And it's already correct. Deviation of IDR 2000 - 3000 is not significant for the market to choose the better one. But, for product challenger like Lytacur the initial price should not higher. The marketer can use it as "value for money" positioning, ex: "for the same price you get better product".</li>
<li>Promotion. This the most expensive activities in the marketing. So we must carefully choose the marketing channel.
<ul>
<li>TV Ads according to many researcher is no longer effective to create awareness. And that is true. But again, please wisely choose your Target Segment. Analyze their behavior, so you can choose the right communication channel. I think the target segment for lytacur is for young mothers.</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>Todays young mothers is no longer watch TV in the morning, at least the trend seems to be like that. But most of them, do have cellphone. Why not trying to promote using cell phone channel.</li>
<li>Others channel seems to be more effective is through mailing list, community of young mothers.</li>
<li>The point is, try to make word-of-mouth between consumers. If necessary state the brand ambassador and give them reward. That's today marketing trend.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Place. Many ways to put your product closer to the market.
<ul>
<li>The simplest way is to ensure every store nearby the target segment is product available.</li>
<li>Todays trend also using your ambassador as the channel distribution. As they always bring the product, they can give free sample for your prospect consumers.</li>
<li>School if possible will also become alternative channel through its "Koperasi Sekolah" or  cafetaria.</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ol>
<p>Remember that todays marketing trend is developing the C2C marketing model. Encourage the consumers to become ambassador of your product. Since we involve the consumer in our marketing activities, many inputs can be gainned to improve out product and also marketing quality.</p>
<p>It's no longer about the quality of the product we can make, but how the consumers are involved in generating quality products. So it can be purely fulfill their needs right on the target.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Just A Thought 09-03-2008]]></title>
<link>http://c2cministry.wordpress.com/?p=429</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 02 Sep 2008 23:13:45 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>c2cministry</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Celebrate the good times and the bad times.  God wants praise in all times.  He will inhabit the p]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Celebrate the good times and the bad times.  God wants praise in all times.  He will inhabit the praises of His creation that is you and me. Just a thought.</p>
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<link>http://c2cministry.wordpress.com/?p=427</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 02 Sep 2008 22:32:01 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>c2cministry</dc:creator>
<guid>http://c2cministry.fr.wordpress.com/2008/09/02/blog-09-03-2008/</guid>
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PRaP 9/3/08 
 
&#8220;SING PRAISES TO GOD!&#8221;
 
God is Mighty and we sing praise to]]></description>
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<p>PRaP 9/3/08 </p>
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<p>"SING PRAISES TO GOD!"</p>
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<p>God is Mighty and we sing praise to His Name Above all other names.  God is good and He is Great and he is always there for us.  We only need to be patient and obedient to His word and He freely gives all good blessings.  Have you been waiting for that next door to open?  Give Him praise!  Have you been waiting for Him to heal you?  Give Him praise!  Have you been struggling financially?  Give Him praise!  Is your marriage failing?  Give Him praise!  Do you feel stuck?  Give Him praise! In ALL things give Him praise!  He fills the praise of His people!  He shows Himself to those who sing Him praise!  What ever hardship you may be going through give Him praise!  When He comes through and opens the door you better give Him praise!  Down to your last penny?  Give Him praise!  Teen pregant?  Give Him praise!  Prodigal son has returned home?  Give Him praise!  Shout it out to the top of your lungs.  GIVE HIM PRAISE!  GLORY BE TO GOD IN THE HIGHEST IN HEAVEN AND ON EARTH FOR HE IS WORTHY TO BE PRAISED ABOVE ALL THINGS!  If you don't give Him praise the rocks and the trees will!  Go ahead give it a try!  Shout GLORY TO GOD!  Come on shout it out!  Don't be afraid.  GLORY TO GOD!  GLORY TO GOD! GLORY TO GOD!  GLORY TO GOD IN THE HIGHEST!</p>
<p>Here is a praise you can sing to God to whatever tune you want to sing it to:</p>
<p>1 May God be gracious to us and bless us and make his face shine upon us,</p>
<p> Selah</p>
<p> 2 that your ways may be known on earth, your salvation among all nations.</p>
<p> 3 May the peoples praise you, O God; may all the peoples praise you.</p>
<p> 4 May the nations be glad and sing for joy,  for you rule the peoples justly and guide the nations of the earth.</p>
<p>Selah</p>
<p> 5 May the peoples praise you, O God; may all the peoples praise you.</p>
<p> 6 Then the land will yield its harvest, and God, our God, will bless us.</p>
<p> 7 God will bless us, and all the ends of the earth will fear him.</p>
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<p><a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?book_id=23&#38;chapter=67&#38;version=31&#38;context=chapter">Psalm 67</a></p>
<p>Key Verse:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?book_id=23&#38;chapter=67&#38;verse=3&#38;version=31&#38;context=verse">Psalm 67:3</a><br />
May the peoples praise you, O God; may all the peoples praise you.<br />
<a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?book_id=23&#38;chapter=67&#38;verse=2&#38;end_verse=4&#38;version=31&#38;context=context">Psalm 67:2-4</a> (in Context) <a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?book_id=23&#38;chapter=67&#38;version=31&#38;context=chapter">Psalm 67</a> (Whole Chapter)</p>
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<p>Week <strong>35</strong> for those of you doing the Bible in 52 weeks program, <a href="http://www.c2cministry.org/Bible">http://www.c2cministry.org/Bible</a></p>
<p> </p>
<p>Send your questions to us if you need help.  There is a link on our web site called "Ask The Pastor".  We will answer all questions live on our weekly Ask The Pastor program on Saturday nights from 8-10 PM and if you want an emailed reply be sure to include your email address.  Remember the only dumb question is the one not asked. All names are kept confidential unless you say it is ok.</p>
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<p>PEACE and AGAPE LOVE, Pastor, Dad, DJ Dude</p>
<p> </p>
<p>From The Desk Of:</p>
<p>Pastor Stephen Eldridge</p>
<p><a href="http://c2cministry.wordpress.com/wp-includes/js/tinymce-245/plugins/paste/steve@c2cministry.org">steve@c2cministry.org</a></p>
<p>c2C    <a href="http://www.c2cministry.org/">http://www.c2cministry.org</a></p>
<p> </p>
<p><strong>Got Jesus? </strong></p>
<p><strong>Matthew 7:7-8                  </strong></p>
<p><strong>"Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.  For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened."</strong></p>
<p> </p>
<p>We're on TV!!!  We are building new content daily and will roll out new format for radio and TV on October 31, 2008.  Just another way that c2C Ministry is being a Light in the darkness in the name of Jesus Christ.</p>
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