Author Archives: Jim Baker

Vulnerability

  Lead with vulnerability. Be human. Don’t set yourself up to be the Hero. Find trusted friends. If you don’t have friends you can trust they probably aren’t friends, find new ones. Growth happens in the light. Growth happens in the context of love. Far from fear, shame, condemnation and judgement. Love keeps the high standard of the freedom we were created to walk […]

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Koke’e Beauty And Life Distractions

There was no cell service at here at Koke’e lookout. Just the beauty of #Kauai. What’s creating a lot of extra noise in your life that’s robbing you of enjoying the beauty? What in your life is causing chaos and warring against your peace? What seems urgent but isn’t? What’s draining your emotional reserves? What are […]

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Trying MEDIUM again.

Just posted this mornings blog to medium. Just experimenting. Lemme know what you think.  I think this website will be overhauled soon and probably not include a blog.  

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LIKE Our FB Page

Please LIKE our new Jimjessbaker FB page.  Are blogs still a thing? Seriously considering getting rid of the blog. So if you read this thing, and prefer this format over other formats you gotta let me know, otherwise it’s going buh bye.  Seriously… comment on here or message me or e-mail me and let me […]

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Korean Worship Leading and Vulnerability

This past Thursday I got to lead worship at the @ywamhonolulu Community Meeting. We have a Korean DTS running right now and I wanted to lead some songs in Korean since all the corporate worship times are in English. One big problem. Although I am Korean I don’t speak Korean. So I had to enlist […]

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Momentum and Leaving People Behind

Preach @daveramsey! I’ve been thinking about MOMENTUM recently. And the reality is if you are GROWING that means you’re leaving some people behind. That sounds harsh but I think it’s reality. Growth is a process of moving FROM something TO something new and better. Your friends and family get to make the choice if they are […]

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He Wouldn’t Give Up

“He just wouldn’t give up.” I heard Doyle half shouting half speaking to Captain. Doyle was talking about our friend Alex and my family was sitting in earshot of this conversation outside of coffee bean. We just finished lunch with Alex and Aubrey and were finishing our first time hanging out together with coffee. Doyle […]

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4 Keys For Revival – Danny Lehmann

  Danny Lehmann spoke at community meeting last night and talked about the 4 keys for revival. 1. Extra ordinary prayer 2. Conviction of sin (before you get caught 3. Effective evangelism 4. Social change He talked about the difference of revival and reformation and shared stories from church history. I was honored to listen […]

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Don’t Stop Dreaming

Are you living the life you want to? Are you moving towards your desire or just complaining about your current circumstance?   As I filled a mop bucket at work I saw this view. I took some time to marvel. I get to live in a beautiful place.   This year I’m learning it’s not […]

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Embrace The Controversy

Share this with someone that needs to hear this today. Who’s getting after it and is moving and shaking things up and is running into adversity. Conflict isn’t bad. Managing conflict poorly is though. @dannylovingonpurpose says “The first goal of conversation: understanding not agreement.” “When a group of intelligent people come together to talk about issues […]

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