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I hate loading the dishwasher. I really do. It's not because I don't like clean dishes, I very much like clean dishes. What I hate about it the mundane, never-endingness of it all. Every day. Unload the dishwasher... load the dishwasher. It happens every day... without fail. There is something about the monotony of this …
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One of my favorite movies is the Replacements. The movie tracks a team of ‘scabs’ who fill in when pro football players go on strike. During one team meeting in the locker room, the coach asks what are they afraid of. One guys says spiders. Another says bees. When the quarterback says quicksand, the team …
It is good to see you. I hope you enjoy what you read and see here. This website is similar to the journey of my life, it has taken several twists and turns to get it to where it is today. No matter what it has looked like throughout the time it has been around, …
Change is hard for many reasons for many people. While each of us likely have different reasons change is hard, the common denominator here is that change is hard. And we don’t like it. Maybe, I’m speaking more for myself than anyone else here. I hate change. It’s rough, it’s coarse, it gets into everything… …
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One of our recent adventures to the mountains of North Georgia I don't have many real adventures in my life. I don't have many things that I do that are very adventurous or exciting. Yeah, every now and then we go on a hike, we go on a long run, or we go on a …
Many well-meaning and good intentioned people throughout the history of history have recited those words in an effort to encourage others. The difficulty with those encouraging words is they are a potentially a misquote of scripture. Without boring you with the details of a hermeneutical study of New Testament Greek, the scripture verse that comes …
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When describing Tatooine to R2-D2 and C-3PO, Luke said, 'If there's a bright center to the galaxy, you're on the planet that it's farthest from.' That feels like the most accurate description of me, when having a conversation about patience. I don't find myself to be patient in most endeavors of my life. I often …
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What do we do when our normal is challenged? Do we rise above the circumstances of that which is challenging us or do we falter, crumble, and begin to fall apart? Not that these are the only two responses, but they seem to be opposite ones that I most struggle against when things change in …
Let's be honest, nobody really cares what you had for breakfast or dinner last night. Nobody cares how your workout was or that you went to the gym 75 times this week. And nobody especially cares that you had an awesome vacation that none of the rest of us were able go on. But what …
I have been thinking quite a bit about detours. What I mean by detours is those times when you thought you knew how life was going to go or you were pretty sure you knew what direction you were taking, only to have the script flipped on you. So you had to detour. Generally, I …
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