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Write it down.

Great advice from Steven Furtick – right every idea you have down – in a notebook, in a journal, on your phone, on a paper towel, wherever. You can read his entire post here. By the way, last weeks message was put together from things I had entered into my phone, written into my journal, both […]

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Follow my example

The other day my son was wandering aimlessly around my room.  He does this on a regular basis.  He’s a lot different than his sisters.  He likes to explore.  He looks for things to play with, destroy, toss around the room.  Anyway, the other day as he wandered around my room he glanced over at […]

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The risk of staying…

I read this on blainehogan.com and absolutely loved what he had to say. Recently, he and his wife were given the opportunity to consider a job opportunity at another church. As I read the blog entry, I got a sense that Blaine was used to moving around. He left home at age 18 to embark on a […]

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Space

I like spaces.  I especially like creative spaces, spaces with lots of color and interest.  With four kids it can be hard to have a space just to myself.  A few years back I remember losing the last little bit of space I called my own.  My space became space for the kids to play. […]

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What am I living for?

Recently, I was struck by Acts 12. In Acts 12:21 it says, “On an appointed day Herod put on his royal robes, took his seat upon the throne, and delivered an oration to them. And the people were shouting, “the voice of god, and not of man!” Immediately an angel of the Lord struck him […]

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