Southern California Assemblies of God

July 2011 SoCal Connection

“Check Up”

Posted by Rich Guerra, Superintendent

Just recently I had my annual physical check-up.  The problem was that I put it off for two years.  I just didn’t want to hear what the doctor would say – “You need to lose weight, exercise more, lower your cholesterol, etc. etc. etc…”  Postponing the news from the doctor isn’t going to make the doctor’s news any better.  Why do we choose to ignore information about our...

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I Preach; Therefore I Am?

Posted by Tony Cervero, Assistant Superintendent

Most of you have read (usually in an Intro to Philosophy class) Rene Descartes’ simple axiom: “I think; therefore I am.” In this succinct premise, Descartes tries to capture many core issues of humanity: our identity, our uniqueness, our abilities, and our existence. Descartes proposed that our ability and freedom to think establishes and validates our very existence...

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I Believe In The Details

Posted by Gordon Houston, Secretary Treasurer

I had someone tell me this past month that “being too detailed oriented in an organization is not beneficial in the long run because it limits the structure of the organization by putting up too many hurdles and hoops”.  I know this individual is probably speaking from a place of experience where they had seen the emphasis on details… Continue Reading »

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