Coach's Corner

Does Design Matter?

Posted on 09. Apr, 2010 by markdoebler.

I have a wide variety of authors/bloggers/writers that I read on a regular basis.  They cover the gamut from theological thinking to tech stuff to business management to humor.  One such blogger, Mike Myatt, covered a topic this morning that caught my interest.  He is a business leader who decided to take on the issue [...]

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Tiger Woods and Second Chances

Posted on 07. Apr, 2010 by markdoebler.

Man oh man….I must admit that I have truly struggled with this one over the last several months. This is one of those rare circumstances where multiple interests intersect in my life in clashing ways.  And it’s not very comfortable.

I’m a golfer who absolutely loves the sport.
I’m a minister who loves truth and justice.
I’m a [...]

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iDolatry Prevention for Geeks (and most of the rest of us too)

Posted on 31. Mar, 2010 by markdoebler.

Let’s face it… in a wirelessly connected world, we like our gadgets (I speak from personal experience here).  Guys (and by guys I mean “ME”… but I think I have company) love getting their hands on the next techie gizmo.  From iphones to ipads to ipods to whatever else catches your “i”, we (I) love [...]

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Is Facebook Killing the Church?

Posted on 24. Mar, 2010 by markdoebler.

I just read a truly fascinating article about the decline in church attendance.  We all know that fewer and fewer people are heading to church these days.  We have understood the causes to fall into the following categories:

Church is boring and irrelevant
Church is full of hypocrites
Church is too judgmental

There are more, but those have been [...]

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The Bible, The Constitution, Health Care and Soul Care – Part 2

Posted on 23. Mar, 2010 by markdoebler.

Yesterday, I began part one of this post by addressing the Constitution and Health Care. I don’t want to go back and rehash all of that, you can reread it for yourself. However, I want to use the ideas from yesterday as a parallel to what I believe is an even greater challenge [...]

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