wHO iS tIPPING yOUR pOINT??

Malcolm Gladwell wrote "The Tipping Point" its a book about the little things that make a big difference.

The difference for me? People.

There are a few, a very few people that have made a "tipping point" in my life. The ones that are not afraid to challenge me - the non-wimps the ones who can see through my tented glass wall.

Here are those people:

My brother Rod - He is still my hero, and still calls me out on stupidity.

My wife Tami - She is something. She has put up with more s**t from me than one should ever put up with. She is the most authentic person i know.

My Father-n-Law Tom - Outside of Christ, he was the closest thing to perfect

My Son Luke - He teaches ME to be a better dad

My Son Jacob - He has taught me to dance with life.... again.

My friend (and former co-pastor) Brady ward - He pulls the creative out of me. He is a man of his word and is a great listener

My new friend - Tonya Montgomery (Friend of Tami's since 2nd grade) Her and her husband Jim and their kids live in Denver - She is teaching me how to network again and how to live again.

These are my people that cause and continue to cause tipping points in my life.

Who is tipping your point?

looking Back

looking back over 2009 i can honestly say... hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. what a heck of a year. It was very, tough. A man who God let in my life nearly 24 years earlier went home to heaven. It has been a very hard and challenging blow to my wife and the family. It feels as if though there is a gap in our lives. i find myself having a question and wanting to call him. It hurts, and it sucks. He is my hero and i pray that i can become half the man he was. I learned how to be a REAL christian not a church christian. I learned how to accept people and how to strive to be a man of my word.

Another change was after 10 great years me and my family resigned from CrossPoint Church. Wow what a ride.

My son Luke became a senior in High School.

This is Jacobs last year in Elementary.

We moved our dad in with us.

I started working at Kroger.

Tami and i joined Facebook and have reconnected with some great friends.

And now.... Tami and I are getting ready to go back to school.

So whats 2010 hold - I resolve for it to be a year of "Adventurous Simplicity" Irony? yep but lets do this thang!!!!

Hello, my Name Is Randy Wood and I am a........

Do you ever struggle?

I have been a "Christian" for over 22 years now. I have been in "ministry" for about 20 years now.

There are certain things in the "Christian Community" that are Taboo. Just don't talk about it. or use little things like, "I'll be praying for you" to walk around the subject at hand only to never give it another thought.

Hello, my name is Randy Wood and i am a.......

Person who struggles with belief in God

Ouch! For all of you preachers that have say or have said the ole, "I know, that I know that I know that I know......" Well, guess what I struggle with KNOWING.

Hello my name is Randy wood and I am a.....

person who struggles with being a good husband

Yep, I am a dude.. and most dudes struggle with it. I asked a fellow bus driver a few weeks ago how he stayed happily married for 67 years!! he said, "well, happy is not a good word..... I have learned to listen to her and shut up" yep... i struggle with the "shut up" part!

Hello, my name is randy Wood and i am a.....

person who struggles with a bad temper

person who struggles with my emotions

person who struggles with intolerant "christians"

person who struggles with addiction..... of a lot of stuff!

I struggle with the idea of 350 lbs preachers preaching about "gett'n free" when they are bound up in their fat gut!

I struggle with so, so much more.... but I guess I better not elaborate more or I might ruin my "christian profile" LOL!

Hello, my name is Randy Wood and i am a person who dares to laugh at himself.

How bout you?

We are Who we hang with

Have you ever heard the saying, "You are who you hang with" ?

There is so much truth to that.

I love people. All kinds of people.

When i was in college, I hung with my peers Etc....

It's true, we are the company we keep.

It can be a double edged sword though.

Once again, I love people. But not all of them are close. As a matter of fact, most people I know i am not close to.

I only have a small group of people that I am close to. Even a smaller group that I "hang" with.

When i am at work, church, etc. it is easy to take on the attitude of the energy of those groups.

So, with that daily challenge, I hope to take on my own God given daily developed attitude. I would in short, like to be the best me I can be and be the example not the follower.

Dancing with Chaos

There is a theory called "Social Entropy". Its basically another phrase for Dancing with Chaos. Another key phrase is "being fluid"

There is nothing "wrong" with having principals to stand on, but being "non-fluid" is.

With ANY social gathering and or event there MUST be a leader that is willing to dance with Chaos. Why? Because anywhere there are more than one person gathered THERE WILL BE CHAOS. There must be a person, leader that is willing to ALLOW the tension in the room create a rhythm to dance too.

No, i do not like chaos. However, I do like to try and be fluid enough to hear ALL sides of the story to try and come to a resolve.

Its tough, very tough. But someone has to dance. Someone has to "hear the song" and dance. Its the only way to be the agent of change.

At the office, factory, school, or where ever there are people.