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Tim Sanders’ book The Likeability Factor: How to Boost Your L-Factor and Achieve Your Life’s Dreams This book reminded me of Dale Carnegie’s How to Win Friends and Influence People [...]

I will be speaking at some upcoming events in San Francisco, Portland, and St. Paul.  I would enjoy seeing you or your friends.  Feel free to come and/or spread the word to others you know in [...]

The book “Wide Awake” and the series at Mosaic have been so inspiring! I spoke at the 11:15am gathering in Pasadena yesterday on “Adapt.” Here were some of the thoughts I [...]

Tracey Smith from Central Christian Church in Las Vegas with Jud Wilhite has an online community for Small Group Pastors.  Recently he interviewed me about Peppermint-Filled Pinatas.  Here is an [...]

Debbie spent a couple of days this week in downtown Los Angeles as part of the jury pool. After two days, she was excused completing her civic duty for a couple of years. In her jury pool were [...]

Tony Morgan has been partnering with Outreach Magazine to identify innovations in the church. If you would like to help, go to his site to complete a brief survey to identify the innovations [...]

We are ordering pizza and watching the World Series tonight as a family (although Trevi seems to be coloring in her room right now).  I am interested for a few reasons: Caleb’s Tiny [...]

Tragically, a Christian Aid worker was killed by the Taliban in Afghanistan on Monday. Gayle Williams, a 34 year old South African, had been serving impoverished and disabled children through [...]

Jeff Goins from Neue (from the makers of Relevant) interviewed me recently about serving the city. He had some great questions. Here are a few excerpts: Jeff: Eric, why does God care for the [...]

Even funnier than the presidential nominees in the previous post, if you didn’t see the Rap with Sarah Palin on Saturday Night Live, you’ve got to watch it! The SNL opening sketch was [...]