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  • February 16, 2010

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    Less Stuff is More Better

    Pulling the Plug – Three Month Update!

    Three months have passed since I canceled internet at my apartment. Yet lo and behold, I am still alive. Yes, it is a pain. But for me… it has been totally worth it. Though I do still have access at school and my parents house,…

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  • November 16, 2009

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    Less Stuff is More Better

    Pulling the Plug – Can I Live Without Internet at Home?

    I am officially without internet at my apartment now. I called COX Saturday and had them cancel my account. The representative asked me why. I tried to dismiss it with a nonchalant, “Well, you know, I have access other places.” “Man!” he said, “I just…

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  • November 12, 2009

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    Devotional

    The Impact of Our Thought Lives

    Perhaps you’ve heard the pithy ditty: “Sow a thought, reap an action. Sow an action, reap a habit. Sow a habit, reap your life. Sow your life, reap your destiny.” These days I’m becoming increasingly convinced of the truth behind that saying. Of course, Jesus…

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  • November 5, 2009

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    Questions, Tales From a Classroom

    Are We Listening?

    It’s easy to talk. It’s harder to listen and I think even harder to ask good questions. As a Math Tutor in the public schools I am reminded over and over the importance of listening. A student asks me for help so I kneel next…

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  • September 21, 2009

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    Church, Readings Got Me Thinking

    Too Small to Ignore – Community

    Dr. Wess Stafford writes, “…let’s consider the church, which we fondly refer to as ‘the family of God.’ It is a place meant for inclusion and nurture, we tell ourselves. Then why do the various ages scatter in opposite directions the minute we pull into…

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  • September 10, 2009

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    Tales From a Classroom

    What’s for Lunch?

    Every morning in the High Schools I’m working in there are morning announcements broadcasted to all the students via intercom. Usually among the announcements a lunch menu for the day is given. Recently I heard one particularly un-appetizing sounding lunch menu, I forget what it…

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  • September 5, 2009

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    Devotional

    Not Being a Hypocrite

    Lesson 7 from Matthew 6:1-6, 16-18 Here is the question this weeks’ study starts off with: “Which of my words or actions might a person find hypocritical?” For me, reflecting on that question is convicting. Jesus says we are not to: do our acts of…

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  • September 5, 2009

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    That’s the Story of My Life

    Labor Day: Weather & Prayer

    Earlier this week, a friend of mine and I specifically prayed it wouldn’t rain over Labor Day. At the time we prayed, the weather forecasters were predicting scattered thunderstorms all weekend. We wanted to take a couple guys out camping on my big boat (before…

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  • September 1, 2009

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    Slapdash

    Being a Simple Follower of Jesus is Hard

    G. K. Chesterton observed: “It is not that Christianity has never been tried and found wanting; rather, Christianity has been found difficult and never been tried.”

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  • August 20, 2009

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    Readings Got Me Thinking

    Finding Home

    The book Finding Home: An Imperfect Path to Faith and Family is primarily about Jim Daly’s young life. It’s not until pg. 173 he even turns thirteen years old. However, he sure went through the ringer as a kid! The part of his story which…

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