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Living Above The Level Of Mediocrity
In one of Charles Swindoll's most popular books ever, he tackles the problem of mediocrity With his trademark stories and practical insight, he boldly confronts the issues of self-discipline, laziness, and our tendency to accept less than what we deserve, drawing clear lines between the pursuit of excellence and the pursuit of success in the eyes of the world. .
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Addicted to Mediocrity: Contemporary Christians and the Arts
In this provocative book, Franky Schaeffer shows how Christians today have sacrificed the artistic prominence they enjoyed for centuries and settled instead for mediocrity. The evidence for this sad state of affairs abounds. We are flooded with "Christian" doodads, trinkets, t-shirts, bumper stickers, etc., that use God's name as an advertising slogan--"Things Go Better with Jesus"--putting the Creator of the universe on the same level as soda pop! Moreover, Schaeffer writes, "Whenever Christians, and evangelicals in particular, have attempted to 'reach the world' through the media--TV, film, publishing and so on--the thinking public gets the firm idea that, like soup in a bad restaurant, Christians' brains are best left unstirred." But it doesn't have to be this way. Schaeffer shows how Christians who care can begin to reverse the slide toward mediocrity: by demanding excellence in the arts and media, and in all areas of life; by giving our time, talents and money to those things which are worthy of our support and are truly honoring to God; by staying away from the cheap, the shoddy, and the make-a-fast-buck mentality. Schaeffer offers not only an unflinching critique, but specific and practical direction for becoming "unaddicted," and for recovering artistic excellence. The punch, humor and satire of the text is effectively enhanced by nineteen original drawings by Chicago artist Kurt Mitchell. .
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Coming to Terms with Mediocrity: One Life Lesson at a Time
Unless there is something unique about you, such as you're an alien or superhuman or totally full of sh*t, you live your life like the rest of us - one mundane, mediocre moment at a time. That's what this book is about. It's about moment-to-moment personal endeavors and the lessons they can teach to the people who live a daily life - us. The topics range from the underlying fear that the author is wasting her life by not getting to the things she knows deep down she should do, to why Mother Nature is a rat-eating assh*le. Some other topics covered are: dieting; the dreaded plateau; money (or lack thereof); asking for help; a man's relationship to food; how expectations can make us miserable; the role of flatulence in marriage; the anxiety of writing a book and risking ridicule and failure; and the horrifying discovery that she's not a supermodel, rock star or racecar driver, and is, instead, a nervous wreck. The book is personal, unpretentious, totally open, and pretty darn funny, too..
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BEFORE I LET GO: I will not settle for mediocrity
ARE THEY FORGOTTEN? Does HE know their names? Life is not always a smooth road. It can be chaotic - almost unbearable at times; but the women of the SUCCESSFUL U retreat have one thing in common-FAITH...or do they? When the tears of life become an incessant flow of water... The glare of the sun is blazing their eyes...and the mountain seems way too hard climb... Is settling for the temporary negative deterrents that plague their journeys an option, or do they embrace life's lessons, move fearless into the unknown and change in the process? Will they recognize the true meaning of HIS wishes and believe that they can have everything their heart desires...or will they succumb to the pressures of life and check out...for good?.
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