by Andy Baker | Dec 14, 2021 | Vital Men Devotions
I’ll be the first to admit that I don’t have the world’s greatest attention span. Sometimes I’m a little bit like the dog in Disney’s Up, constantly distracted by squirrels and basically everything besides the thing I am supposed to focus on. While I tended to...
by Andy Baker | Dec 7, 2021 | Vital Men Devotions
As most of us busy ourselves prepping for Christmas, I’ve reflected on some of the big things I’ve prepared myself for. In college I had to write and defend a senior thesis, which I started the first day of classes, and poured myself into until the day I...
by Andy Baker | Nov 30, 2021 | Vital Men Devotions
This summer our family attended a family reunion in the beautiful state of Colorado. One of the amazing activities we participated in was whitewater rafting. There are many reasons whitewater rafting is popular: the scenery, the thrills, etc. As fun as it is, its also...
by Andy Baker | Nov 23, 2021 | Vital Men Devotions
In his book, Great by Choice, Stanford professor Jim Collins looks at what he calls 10x companies. These are companies, like Apple and Southwest Airline’s, that outperformed all competitors in their industry by a factor of 10. This is so rare that, of the 20,400...
by Andy Baker | Nov 16, 2021 | Vital Men Devotions
There are a variety of “occupational hazards” that come with being in ministry. For example, I always know I will get asked to pray at just about every event I attend. A more awkward hazard is running into people who have stopped attending my church. It is almost...
