To get your creative juices flowing and distract you from your actually working, some interesting links:

• Get a free audio book from everyone’s favorite author TIm Keller – Ministries of Mercy

• A ridiculous/interesting article chastising Tim Tebow for “blowing” his entire $2.5 million signing bonus on donations to charities (what a great imitation of our Prodigal God; prodigal= recklessly extravagant).
He’s so adept at handling the media’s bewilderment at his “strange” values (remember the “are you a virgin” episode?)
From an admitted non-Christian: “we need to be celebrating Tebow for exhibiting that much backbone under such heavy public scrutiny”
Love how he uses humor to defuse the situation (with the comment about hookers) as he did with the virgin question:
“I think you’re stunned right now,” Tebow joked with reporters after revealing his virginity. “You can’t even ask a question. … I was ready for that question, but I don’t think ya’ll were.”

• Great short (4 minute) video by Andy Stanley on Leadership (emailed to me by my friend, Chris, who needs to start blogging. Yes, since I’ve started blogging I’ve become a blogging bully. But a bully with a great cause – read this for encouragement on why you should share the wealth via a blog instead of emailing):
• First Myth: Great leaders are good at everything
• Second myth: we should focus on our weaknesses rather than maximizing our strengths

• Brian Barela details on his blog how Guy Chmieleski is bringing 20 college ministry bloggers together in 1 place on Tuesday

• If you work with young people – high school or college (or have kids) you have to start reading Tim Elmore’s blog (I know many of you already do). Though I’ve received his e-mails for years (and have some of his books) I just checked out his blog for the first time this weekend. Incredible insights. This post in particular is good.
• Great quote from it: This generation of students are “upload kids forced to attend download schools”

• Another great resource for college ministers that some of you may have missed: Subscribe to the monthly emails from Ivy Jungle. Great bullet point news items that relates to college students and college ministry.