Understanding the principle of leaving and entering – Berlin Train Station

Is there a way that we can leave today to set ourselves up for success tomorrow? This short video message recorded in the Berlin train station is about understanding and operating the principle of leaving and entering to do just that… set yourself up to succeed in the future. Enjoy and pass it on. Please join me on twitter.com/pjhburns or facebook or our blog at youtube.com/johnhburns

The Ukrainians are taking back their language and with it their culture. Watch this short video blog recorded in Kiev.

Language carries, defines and creates culture.  When the Ukraine was taken over by Russia, in an attempt to control their culture, they were forced to abandon their mother tongue and speak Russian.  Now that they are free they are aggressively restructuring to bring back their Ukrainian language and with it their culture.  In this short video message recorded in the beautiful city of Kiev, I explain the power of language in its ability to carry, define and create culture.  Please enjoy and pass it on.  Please join me on twitter.com/pjhburns, facebook and youtube.com/johnhburns

this year’s addition to my Santorini video blogs – How Beautiful is this?

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Another gorgeous city on Santorini

I used this magnificent backdrop to teach a short clip about rebuilding… you life, marriage, family, business…

Helen and I are here again for a few days this year celebrating 35 years of marriage.  It just gets better!

Enjoy,

john

A picturesque 35th anniversary honeymoon

Helen and I are celebrating 35 years of marriage back at one of our favorite spots in all the world – Santorini, Greece.  It is so spectacular that I couldn’t resist using the backdrop for a powerful short video message on building our life on the Rock.  Enjoy!

Why use facebook, twitter and blogs

I think the apostle Paul would have been the facebook/twitter king.  His purpose in life was to connect people to God and each other through communication.  He had to write letters to be hand delivered to individuals that hopefully would copy and spread them.  Today our tools of communication are so amazing… we can write a note and in seconds it can individually be delivered to multitudes instantly!  

Much of the church has been guilty of pessimism.  We initially object to everything and later we finally catch on decades after the rest of the world.  I’m hoping we can change that.  Facebook, twitter and this blog are all communications tools.  The power in them is to connect us.  Don’t try to tell people what to do or sell them something… just connect.  The result is the way we think affects the way they think and all cultural change starts in our thinking.

That new way of thinking then needs to be attractive so that it will become the way we WANT to think… this is the 18 inch drop from our head to our heart.  We must embrace it.  We don’t change just from what we hear… we change according to what we embrace.  The proof that this new way of thinking has been embraced will be heard in our language.  Jesus said that out of the overflow of our heart, our mouth will speak.

And last, James teaches us in chapter 3 that the way we talk will steer our behavior which continued over time will become our culture.  So Facebook, twitter and blogs are a great way of connecting with the potential of changing culture and thus changing the world!  Powerful eh?

blessings,

john