Benchmarks

I sometimes try to impress the 7 people who read this blog with my massive traffic numbers...

Recently I've surpassed the 30,000 mark in visitors to this site.  I guess this is good but recently my daily totals have been way down... mainly due to my lack of any content whatsoever.  I don't blame you for not visiting lately but you better come back and check in post-January 7th when we're back in Ukraine.

Also, over at ARiskADay.org we have gotten some pretty great indicators that people are interested in the concept.  We have 40 email subscribers to the daily risks and our facebook group has over 170 members at last check.  If you haven't seen it, get over there and let me know what you think.

Risks are flowing

Due to busyness, I neglected mention that ARiskADay.org is up and running at full speed.  Today (Sunday) marks the second day of risks so go check it out.  Incidentally, today's challenge is to honor the Sabbath and back away from the aforementioned busyness.

Have a great day and take a risk!

A Risk A Day site is set, risks coming soon!

Last month I explained a new site called ARiskADay.org.  It's a GA side project that is currently being designed and managed by my co-worker Ryan McKeel and I (but was started by the lovely Vikki Walton).  

We have a site...

...we have 'Risks' written and ready to post...

...we even have a group on facebook... 

...and now we also have a logo (which will soon be available as a badge for your own site).  

Here is the first thing you'll see when you go to our page.....

First, follow the link in the first sentence to read the explanation of our goals and how it will work.

Then, go to ARiskADay.org and subscribe to the risks via RSS or an easy daily email sign-up.  The content will be flowing daily very soon.....

Awesome webbiness @ A Risk a Day

Some of you may have already heard me talking about this new side project a few of us GA people have been doing for the past month-ish, but this is the official info post regarding the idea.  This is as short an explanation as I can give so please take minute to read.....

Global Action's vision statement is "challenging people to become risk-takers for God."  It's intentionally vague and broad so that we have a mandate to jump on any opportunity that Lord lays in our path - flexibility is part of our organizational culture.

With that in mind, my co-workers Ryan, Vikki and I have created a website that takes this vision and applies to people's everyday lives.  It's called "A Risk a Day" and its concept is fairly self-explanatory; each day we challenge people to take a specific intentional risk for the Kingdom of God.  We will have a site that can be visited or one can subscribe for the daily email.

The risks are easy, generally free and ranging from 'green' to mega-church in their appeal.  Here are some samples of the types of risks we'll send:

• write a letter or email of encouragement to your pastor
  
• forego your regular coffee today and use or donate that money to a better cause
  
• contact the manager of your retirement funds (or other funds with which you're associated) and ensure that you are not invested in funds that promote or ignore human rights abuses
  
• contact a missions agency and learn more about a short-term trip
  
• buy an umbrella or rain poncho and keep it in your car until you can give it to someone who needs it

The risks transcend denomination, organization and location to help create an intentional daily mindset of taking minor risks for God.  Though it's based on our mission statement, it's not about Global Action.  It's about purposefully rising above our daily drudgery to make a difference to someone everyday.

If you miss a day, no big deal.... its about giving people the chance to be reminded daily to think outside themselves.

Ideally the site will become a network of people sharing how they did with their risk that day and then suggesting future daily risks.... a true community.

What do you guys think?

Either way, keep an eye out for a post letting you know when the site (we already have a domain name purchased) goes live in the next month or so....