The Avengers is an absolutely amazing movie! Movie favorites Iron Man, The Hulk, Thor, Captain America, along with Black Widow and Hawkeye, are forced to join forces to battle the evil Loki, played by Tom Hiddleston. Loki and his alien forces who have stolen a device called the tesseract which gives its owner unlimited power. In our heroes’ effort to save the […]
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9 Leadership Quotes and Lessons From Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol
Brian Dodd on April 16, 2012 in Movies, Relationships
I love the Mission Impossible series. They are absolutely fun, full of special effects and action, plenty of stuff blows up, basically implausible, and just plain entertaining. The fourth installment of the Tom Cruise series, Ghost Protocol, is no exception. With the dvd being released this Tuesday, I wanted to re-visit my thoughts on the film […]
16 Leadership Lessons And Thoughts From The Help
Brian Dodd on April 6, 2012 in Character, Movies
I have known dozens of individuals in my lifetime who were overt racists. Last night my wife, daughter, and I finally saw the Academy Award nominated movie The Help. I am embarrassed to say that it took me this long to see it. The film is absolutely amazing but at the same time gut-wrenching. How did this movie not win Best Picture? […]
Top 10 Most Popular Posts Of March 2012
Brian Dodd on March 31, 2012 in Character, Church Leadership, Family, Most Read, Relationships, Sports Leadership
March was a very memorable month for this site. I had an absolute blast writing these posts and hope you enjoyed them as well. The following are the Top 10 posts as determined by you the readers. On a side note, I am really happy with the top post of the month. There was a […]
11 Leadership Quotes And Principles From October Baby
Brian Dodd on March 24, 2012 in Movies
“You saw me before I was born.” Psalm 139:16 (NLT) Today I chose to October Baby over Hunger Games and I am glad I did! October Baby is an incredibly moving story that tells us the importance that every human life has. This film by Jon and Andrew Erwin follows the story of a college student named […]
How I Feel About Declining Churches
Brian Dodd on February 21, 2012 in Church Leadership, Movies
Very rarely do movies affect me deeply. You know, I’m a guy. “Let’s blow stuff up for two hours and then move on” I say! However, I cannot get the movie Moneyball out of my mind. I sat riveted this past weekend watching Billy Beane, played by Brad Pitt, and Peter Brand, played by Jonah Hill, turn […]
26 Leadership Quotes And Principles From Moneyball
Brian Dodd on February 19, 2012 in Church Leadership, Great Teams, Movies, Sports Leadership
I just watched the incredible Moneyball which was released on dvd on January 10th. It is the true story of Oakland A’s GM Billy Beane, played by Brad Pitt, and his completely out-of-the-box approach to building a championship team on a shoestring budget. Beane changed the way the game is evaluated and played. It is time for […]