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29 posted on July 29, 2010
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Only At Comic-Con

Only At Comic-Con

This year’s San Diego Comic-Con, the yearly gathering of comic book and pop culture aficionados, ended on Sunday and boy do I wish I could have gone. I’ve always been a bit of a geek and so the ultimate gathering of superheroes…

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Delta Airlines FAIL

8 posted on June 8, 2010
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Delta Airlines FAIL

My parents dropped Lisa and I off at the Airport at 6 AM for our connecting flight. Upon checking in we learned that our flight had been delayed due to “insufficient pilot sleep.” Things went south from there…

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Be Back Next Week

1 posted on June 1, 2010
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Be Back Next Week

This month has been especially crazy for Lisa and I. We’re in Dallas this week and have more short trips here and there. In order to help me catch up and stay on top of everything I decided to take a break from blogging this week…

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Dying Empty

28 posted on May 28, 2010
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Dying Empty

I was recently re-reading Dream Releasers by Wayne Cordeiro (a great book to pick up if you don’t have it already) and I landed on the chapter called “Die Empy.” In it, Wayne talks about the untapped potential and unrealized dreams that so many people take with them to their graves…

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That Was Stupid

25 posted on May 25, 2010
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That Was Stupid

We’ve all made our share of “Oops!” kind of mistakes. Just this morning I was laying in bed willing myself to crawl out from under the covers. Lisa told me that I needed to get up because I had a coffee appointment with someone. I was convinced…

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Monday Mixtape

24 posted on May 24, 2010
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Monday Mixtape

Here’s another Monday Mixtape to wet your musical whistle. This mix has some songs off of some of my favorite albums. Several of the albums represented have seen some SERIOUS play time in my iTunes library such as…

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What’s In Your Shoebox?

21 posted on May 21, 2010
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What’s In Your Shoebox?

We all have a part of our past that we try to keep buried, right? Most of it is relatively harmless but embarrassing nonetheless. Like the picture of you in the 8th grade wearing braces and a mullet that MacGyver would have been proud of…

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Why Kids Take Their Parents To Church

20 posted on May 20, 2010
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Why Kids Take Their Parents To Church

As part of our preparation for planting a church, we’ve had the opportunity as a family to visit a lot of churches over the last year. Over the course of visiting different churches with my family I’ve learned a lot of things but one thing …

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What?!? Only 5 Bucks???

19 posted on May 19, 2010
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What?!? Only 5 Bucks???

I had planned another post topic for today until I got the list of 50 Albums for $5 from Amazon in my email. I know I’ve been writing a lot of music posts lately but there are some amazing albums in this list that are a complete steal at just $5 so I couldn’t wait to share them with you…

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Monday Mixtape: Amazing Covers

16 posted on May 16, 2010
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Monday Mixtape: Amazing Covers

This week’s Monday Mixtape features some of my favorite covers of popular songs by a wide range of artists. There’s always something fun about discovering an artist’s take on a song that is totally different than the original…

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This Is One Tie I Would Wear

14 posted on May 14, 2010
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This Is One Tie I Would Wear

I came across this ingenius piece of men’s accessory apparel this past week. These Recycled Cassette Tape Neckties ties are made out of something called “sonic fabric” which is woven from 50% recorded audio cassette tape…

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Sometimes I Feel Like A Lousy Parent

I’ve got to be honest with you…some days I just feel like a terrible parent. Don’t get me wrong, I love my kids. But sometimes I wonder if I was sick the day they handed out the parenting manuals because…

Blog Posts, Church, Church Planting

Finding God Outside Of Religion

Many churches, in an attempt to reach more people, built large, elaborate structures that they are now dragging like a ball and chain behind them. Instead of opening up new opportunities for ministry, they have found that their ministry now consists of making desperate appeals on Sunday to bring enough in to pay the utilities…

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The One That Didn’t Get Away

I figured that every kid needs to have memories of going fishing with their dad. So yesterday I took the poles and headed out to the pond with Chloe…

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Only At Comic-Con

This year’s San Diego Comic-Con, the yearly gathering of comic book and pop culture aficionados, ended on Sunday and boy do I wish I could have gone. I’ve always been a bit of a geek and so the ultimate gathering of superheroes…

Blog Posts, Makes You Think

Dying Empty

I was recently re-reading Dream Releasers by Wayne Cordeiro (a great book to pick up if you don’t have it already) and I landed on the chapter called “Die Empy.” In it, Wayne talks about the untapped potential and unrealized dreams that so many people take with them to their graves…

Blog Posts, Social Justice

What Does Social Justice Mean To You?

But still, there is something about the use of those two words together – social + justice – that triggers different opinions and, in some cases, puts up walls…

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