dreams vs. submission part three – the simplicity of difficulty

It continues to resonate in my head. And in that continuance, it becomes ever harder to adhere to. Then he said to them all: “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross daily and...

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dreams vs. submission part one

I’ve contemplated writing a post about how my next few posts are going to epitomize the midlife struggle. but, I’m not sure I want to dedicate myself to that. I read those silly quotes about focusing on the future...

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15 seconds

Gracie and I have discussed writing a movie or series about how life choices shape the future. We would show an event, a chance meeting or a specific good/bad event and then show the paths that could have developed...

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leading to nowhere?

Unfortunately, the greatest thing on my mind the past week+ is the new job. I’ve already written my blog post about my first day in my mind. I’ve already determined what will happen and my thoughts about that first...

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how church does church

I’ve been thinking (and struggling) with the notion of church lately. Before you get up in arms about that, let me say that I’m not leaving the established modern Western evangelical church. But there are definitely times where I...

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and then the next day… (the purpose is the process)

So, I’m an off-and-on reader of My Utmost for His Highest. Overall, I SHOULD be only and ON reader of it, but, well… you know… Today, Ozzy kicked me in the nuts. I’ve always been a “journey guy”. You know,...

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achievement

I was watching a tv show a couple of weeks ago. Not even sure which show it was. I think it was “Madame Secretary”. Whatever, it was a show I have really never seen before. It just happened to...

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It’s becoming more and more evident…

… that I need to “take the bull by the horns” by myself. The hard part for me is that I am very self-evident in my need/longing or dare I say it, my dependencies on the combined effort. I.E.,...

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ozzy nails it again

Never let the sense of past failure defeat your next step.

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surreal day – a collision of times, at Tabor College

I peer out the window during a small worship gathering this morning. A collision of “times” hits me. outside one window is the graveyard in which my grandparents are buried. Much of my physique (as amazing as it is!)...

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