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Five Iron Frenzy Is Back!
Yesterday Five Iron Frenzy, (one of my favorite bands of all time) announced that they were going to record a new album and start performing live shows again. This is great news, and not just because I can’t stand the Stepford Wives style carbon copies of “cool” and “alternative” bands being forced at me on…
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Things That Didn’t Used To Matter But Now Do, Part 2
Here is my second installment of “Things That Didn’t Matter To Me That Now Do (Part 2).” For a complete picture, you also need to see Part 1, and Part 3 as well as my Top 10 List of Things I Don’t Care About Anymore (Part 1 and Part 2). 2. Sleep: Two kids will do that to you. As…
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Things That Didn’t Used To Matter But Now Do, Part 1
Here is my first installment of “Things That Didn’t Matter To Me That Now Do (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3).” For a complete picture, you also need to see my Top 10 List of Things I Don’t Care About Anymore (Part 1 and Part 2). 1. Consensus: This is mostly for my American audience, as we share…
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Parenting: My kids do not exist for my benefit
My kids do not exist to make me happy or fill a void in my life. As a parent, I am not looking to my boy to somehow give my life meaning and to my daughter for fulfillment that only God can provide. My role is to help shape him as a man turn him…
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Top 10 Things I Don’t Care About Anymore, Part 2
Here is Part 2 my “Top Ten” (Part 1, 10 -6 was published yesterday) list of things I don’t care about anymore. Next up: Things that didn’t used to matter to me that now do! TOP 10: Things I Don’t Care About Anymore (Part 1): 5. Arguing With You: I just don’t want to do this. Folks, all…
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Top 10 Things I Don’t Care About Anymore, Part 1
Here is my “Top Ten” (Part 1, 10 -6) list of things I don’t care about anymore. Tomorrow I’ll publish 5-1. Next up: Things that didn’t used to matter to me that now do! TOP 10: Things I Don’t Care About Anymore (Part 1): 10. Fitting In: I spent so much of my life stuck…
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The Gospel According to James Brown
The late, legendary “Godfather of Soul” James Brown was known for his high energy dance moves and unique voice. In his live shows he performed with every ounce of his soul: singing, dancing, and that patented howl. Every shake, jitter, and jiggle looked like it was hammered out with so much passion it was painful.…
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Trick or Treat!
On Halloween, our place as a family is in our neighborhood surrounded by people, not sequestered away from it. Today is Halloween. That means every family in my neighborhood will be outside walking around at the same time. Every parent will be going door to door with their children, laughing as they scream for candy, and…
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Moneyball And The Church
While working with college age young adults and singles, I saw a lot of turnover as younger folks tend to move away, marry away, serve away, and even walk away from the church. This led me to invest heavily into our leader development and small group coaching. I finally saw the movie Moneyball and I believe there…
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Parenting: Sometimes we see painful reminders
There are some people I just can’t understand. Walk through a store like Wal-Mart some time and you’ll generally see at least one parent shouting insults at their child in front of everyone else. I just don’t get that. Everyone’s home life is different, from schedules to relationships. I totally get that and I realize…