This one is appropriate - after a great weekend of sports on TV. Check it out:
June 16, 2008
Sunday, May 3, 2009
Saturday, May 2, 2009
#9 Favorite Blog of the Year
I don't really have a basis for picking my favorite blogs. In the case of today's favorite of the year of blogging, I'm picking a memorable moment of the year - one that I will never forget. Actually, this is one I wish I didn't have to write.
I remember where I was when I heard the news of Steven Curtis Chapman's daughter's accidental death. I wrote about what he meant to me in this blog...#9 Favorite of the Year:
May 22, 2008
Friday, May 1, 2009
Coming up on One Year of Blogging
Well, I've almost been blogging for an entire year. Lots of memories. I'm going to reflect on my Top 10 favorite blog posts of this year since the first post on May 9, 2008. Here's #10:
My Sedona!
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
CTA Intl Annual Report
ChristianTrade Association International
Annual Report to Members
13 July, 2008
Orlando, Florida USA
(From a presentation by Sylvester Ejeh, Chairman, ChristianTrade Association International during the
International Vision Celebration held during CBA America’s International Christian Retail Show)
2007-2008 has been another miracle year for
ChristianTrade Association International! We
reached most of our important goals, expanded
our programs, and ended the year with cash in the
bank. Praise God!
Two highlights deserve special mention:
Marketsquare International and Marketsquare
Asia. In 2007, CBA America announced it was discontinuing the January
Advance convention. Immediately, international buyers—you!—began telling
ChristianTrade you needed a January convention. So, we launched the first
Marketsquare International convention in Toronto, Canada, and more than 300
attendees participated. The convention was a resounding success.
Marketsquare International 2009 will be 15-17 January at the Sheraton Gateway
hotel in Atlanta, Georgia. It launches with a two-day Professional Bookseller
Institute on 14 & 15 January. Please plan to join us!
A second item of particular praise was the revitalized Marketsquare Asia
convention. Thirty-five mainland China Christian booksellers received
scholarships to this convention last fall. This September, more mainland Chinese
Christian booksellers will attend—plus 30-35 publishers from that vast country.
Marketsquare Asia has become a key convention for Asian buyers and product
producers as well as for American and other international suppliers.
Some changes for the coming year:
• The strongest support for Marketsquare Europe has been from Central
and Eastern Europe—areas underserved by Europe’s major secular book fairs.
So, in 2009, Marketsquare Europe will move
east—possibly to Budapest, Hungary—timed
just prior to the October Frankfurt International
Book Fair.
• A series of three connected
Marketsquare Africa conventions will be held in
fall 2009: in Accra, Ghana; Lagos, Nigeria; and
Nairobi, Kenya. The last will be in cooperation
with Media Associates International’s LITT-
WORLD convention.
• Marketsquare Caribbean will not be held in 2009. Attendance and
supplier participation has not been adequate to continue this event.
Membership grew this past year. A significant new member recently joined: the
Spanish Evangelical Products Association. SEPA represents Spanish-language
suppliers, distributors, and retailers worldwide, and we’re so pleased they have
chosen to identify with the ChristianTrade world.
We published the third International Market Directory in June. A record number of
countries—64—are represented this year. We thank God this powerful tool can
connect so many member nations and suppliers to suppliers in other countries.
One reason more countries are represented in the International
Market Directory is because we have more member companies.
The number of “direct” members—who pay dues directly to
ChristianTrade—has grown. The number of nation members has
decreased because several ChristianTrade nations now have
fewer retail and supplier members.
Finally, we praise Jesus for our solid financial basis. Though the association is
just three years old, each year has ended with more reserves for future needs.
Our ending numbers for fiscal 2008, which ended 31 May:
ChristianTrade is governed by a board of directors elected by our member
nations at the Annual General Meeting held at ICRS. Our mission is to support
the growth of the Christian trade worldwide. We crave your prayers as we look to
the Lord for His leadership in our association. If you have any suggestions or
recommendations, please contact Jim Powell, our president, or any board
member.
For God is not a God of confusion but of peace
From "The Daily Verse"...
"For God is not a God of confusion but of peace."
- 1 Corinthians 14:33a
If you're looking for God to show you something clearly, don't over-pollute what He's showing you with the thoughts and reasoning of your own mind. God has given you a mind to use, and at the same time, He has given you the Holy Spirit to help, guide and discern what is of Him and what is of the flesh. Use both, but rely most on the unchanging nature of God to ultimately guide you in the way that you should go.
Monday, April 27, 2009
He Gives and Takes Away
I received this from my mom this morning. Thought it was worth posting...
Concentrate on this Sentence
'To get something you never had, you have to do something you never did.' When God takes something from your grasp, He's not punishing you, but merely opening your hands to receive something better. Concentrate on this sentence... 'The will of God will never take you where the Grace of God will not protect you.' Something good will happen to you today; something that you have been waiting to hear.
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