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It’s a Self-Centered Life
My family and I were taking a walk down a nice new path that they made next to a “bypass” from the southern to the eastern side of our little town. It’s only been open for a month or so. There’s still straw in all of the ditches not grass. What really struck me is…
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My Kind of People
I just got back from a three day seminar on how to build a speaking business. It covered everything from discovering your own personal passions to creating products to augment your topics. The best part of the whole event though was the people. Ever since I started down this path of self-employment, I’ve discovered that…
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Creating a Brand New Church
Shannon O’Dell’s Transforming Church in Rural America is a must read for anyone in church leadership. This book chronicles the successes and failures of the author as he moved from a mega-church to a rural church with an attendance of less than 50. He lays out the key strategies that he used to grow this…
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All In or Just In the Trial Period?
I’m listening to Lifehouse’s newest album Smoke & Mirrors right now. The title of one of the songs is “All In”. The key line is “I’m all in for life”. Are you all in for life? I can make so many parallels to this. In your marriage, are you all in for life? Are you committed…
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Soothing the Savage Beast
I love music. I always have. I’m not musically talented really. I just enjoy listening to it. I did play trombone in high school and have dabbled in guitar and piano, but that’s about it. I like just about any genre of music. The one thing it has to have though is meaning. I don’t…
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I’m Right and You’re Wrong
Have you ever gotten the impression that some people think that the world revolves around them? Or perhaps they think that their opinion is the only one that counts? The other week I had an interesting occurrence. I run the sound system some weeks at our church. During communion time, we often play some music from…
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Dying To Get Together
My grandpa passed away about a week and a half ago. We travelled up to Michigan for the funeral. I’ve never been much of one for attending funerals. I’m not much of one for crowds in general, so a funeral just adds another level of uncomfortableness to it. This one was different though. The actual…
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Tomorrow Never Comes
Have you ever found yourself stuck in a cycle of anticipating the next event in your life? Do you start to think about your upcoming birthday only to start thinking about your upcoming vacation once your birthday actually arrives? I find myself in that situation often. I’m always looking toward the next thing. Always rushing.…
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Outlive Your Life
Max Lucado does an excellent job of conveying the simple truths of the Gospel in his latest book Outlive Your Life: You Were Made to Make A Difference. The author uses very simple and plain language to give us the why and how of getting back to the original message of Christianity. He uses a…
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Change the World
The Boy Who Changed the World by Andy Andrews is a colorful children’s book that talks about the impact even a small action can have on the world. The book is adapted from Andrews’ inspirational book The Butterfly Effect in order to bring it down to a child’s level of understanding. It is graphically and…