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Letter #5: To My Mom

Posted in 100 Letters, Family, Reflections on Life, Relationships, faith, parenting, tagged , , , , , , on February 7, 2010 | 1 Comment »

For the last several months I’ve been reflecting on the fact that I turned 35 this year.  It seems like a “halfway point” of sorts, and I’ve decided to spend the next year thanking 100 people who have made a real difference in my life.  I also plan to post each letter on my internet [...]

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Is Christ Enough?

Posted in Christianity, Discipleship, Jesus, Joy, Leadership, Reflections on Life, Spirituality, Theology, faith, ministry, tagged , , , , , on February 6, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

This year I have been doing a lot of reflecting on life. I’m 35 years old and by this point, nearly all of my friends from high school and college have settled in their lives. Most of us have families, careers and a life trajectory that will probably not change too drastically over the next [...]

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Letter #4: To My Son Ben

Posted in 100 Letters, Family, Reflections on Life, Relationships, parenting, tagged , , , , on January 5, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

For the last several months I’ve been reflecting on the fact that I turned 35 this year.  It seems like a “halfway point” of sorts, and I’ve decided to spend the next year thanking 100 people who have made a real difference in my life.  I also plan to post each letter on my internet [...]

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Letter #3: To My Brother Don

Posted in 100 Letters, Family, Reflections on Life, Relationships on August 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

For the last several months I’ve been reflecting on the fact that I turn 35 this year.  It seems like a “halfway point” of sorts, and I’ve decided to spend the next year thanking 100 people who have made a real difference in my life.  An average of two letters a week for nearly 52 [...]

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Inspiration from Walt Disney (Part 2)

Posted in Arts, Books & Reading, Leadership, Personal growth, Reflections on Life, Spirituality, faith, ministry on July 20, 2009 | 2 Comments »

Here’s another great quote from The Quotable Walt Disney:
“Somehow I can’t believe there are many heights that can’t be scaled by a man who knows the secret of making dreams come true. This special secret, it seems to me, can be summarized in four C’s. They are Curiosity, Confidence, Courage, and Constancy, and the greatest [...]

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Another Guy with a Cardboard Sign

Posted in Discipleship, Reflections on Life, ministry, tagged , , , , , , on July 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

As if the last post wasn’t strange enough, the story keeps getting stranger. I wrote the original post this afternoon. Later on, I was out again, this time with my son. I was on Hwy. 70 west and turned onto the Mid Rivers Mall Dr. exit, and was shocked to see yet another man with [...]

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Responding to a Guy with a Cardboard Sign

Posted in Personal worship, Reflections on Life, ministry, tagged , , , , , , on July 10, 2009 | 1 Comment »

There have been relatively few times in my life when I’ve felt that God was communicating something to me directly. I believe God communicates through various means (the Bible being the most important), and I enjoy a conversational relationship with God. But once in a while I get a very direct, undeniable impression about something [...]

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100 Letters

Posted in 100 Letters, Reflections on Life, Relationships, ministry on June 7, 2009 | 4 Comments »

A couple of years ago a good friend of mine (who is in his 40’s) gave me a valuable insight: “When a man gets into his mid-30’s he starts to think very differently. His perspective and his priorities change.” He didn’t use those exact words, but the sentiment was very close. There is probably a [...]

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Lessons from My Interim Ministry, Part 2

Posted in Corporate Worship, Discipleship, Family, Leadership, Preaching, Reflections on Life, Transitions, ministry, tagged , , , , on May 27, 2009 | 2 Comments »

Way back in January I posted some reflections on an interim preaching ministry where I served for much of last year. You can find Part 1 here. Part 2 has been sitting in the “draft” folder for several months, but I’ve dusted it off and hopefully have a few interesting things to share as I [...]

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These Fleeting Moments

Posted in Family, Reflections on Life, Uncategorized, tagged , , , on February 23, 2009 | 2 Comments »

I stood in the middle of my home office and surveyed the damage. What a mess. Toys, papers, books, stuffed animals, and a number of other items lay strewn across the floor. Melanie, Ben and I had all been home most of the weekend and it showed. How quickly a perfectly clean room can become [...]

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