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Learning, growing, and maybe ranting.
21 Days at the Crack
One of my friends calls it the "butt-crack of dawn". I laugh each time she says it. Now I know why she calls it that. Last month, I was watching a TED talk where a presenter talked about how getting up at 4:30 every morning changed his life dramatically. He talked...
The Power of Fathers
You've probably heard before that this is a fatherless generation. 20 million children live in homes without fathers. This is a reality that is leaving a gaping wound on our society. Every summer, our church sponsors a camp for abused and neglected foster children...
45 Days Without Facebook
This year I gave Facebook up for Lent. I had never given up something for Lent before, and I wanted to give it a try. A few weeks before Lent, I used a device called Circle to limit my Facebook time to 30 minutes a day, and I noticed that it was having a positive...
Big Announcement! Seriously!
Hey, friends! It's time to make a big announcement! I am wrapping up my first novel! Those of you who have been with me for a while have probably noticed that my blog posts have been few and far between over the last year or so. That's because I've been spending all...
Caption This!
I captured this from a Japanese monster movie because the phone cracked me up. Add a funny capture for me and make my weekend!
Keep Pushing the Swing
I’ve been sitting in my car at the playground parking lot for 45 minutes. It’s a routine I often do on Sunday mornings before most of the volunteers show up at church. It’s my calm before the storm. I eat something I probably shouldn’t, consume a high dose of...
A Walk by the Lake
I was out for a walk this morning and the lake was so still.
An Easter Prayer for the Church
Dear Lord, We are not as you intended We're like sheep who resist the safety of the sheepfold We ignore the Shepherd's call and choose the siren's song of seduction We claim to want relationship with our redeemer but our claims are false Our actions speak louder than...
Put Your Focus In the Right Place
I’m learning that amazing things can happen when we live with the awareness that God uses our availability more than our abilities. When we focus on our abilities, then it’s too easy to disqualify ourselves from the opportunities God brings our way, because we feel we...