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  • Perspective Adjustment, or How We Lost Our Van

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    Having three kids is hard. Actually, having two kids under 5, and an infant is hard. My daughters are now pretty easy to handle. When they’re obedient, they’re tons of fun. After the arrival of our new son though, it has been a struggle to keep the right perspective. Then something kinda crazy happened. Three…

  • Strong Athletes, Strong Witnesses

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    Rich Froning was the winner of last year’s Crossfit Games. In a series of physically demanding challenges he proved that by Crossfit’s standards, and most reasonable human standards, he was the fittest man on earth. But there’s something a little different about Froning. He’s a believer. A real believer. Not just in a name but…

  • Self Imposed Labels, or Why I Love CrossFit

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    I’m not the kind of person who works out. Nor am I the kind of person who gets up early. Additionally, I am not the kind of person who eats vegetables and whole foods, who buys cage-free eggs, and has great concerns about the way we are processing food in this country. I am a picky eater.…

  • Uncommon Knowledge, with Thomas Sowell

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    I saw this video on Friday morning, and though it’s a bit dated (about 2 years ago), this guy is brilliant. I especially loved the takeaway at the end.

  • Autonomous Loneliness

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    We live in a very exciting technological time. Ten years ago, the internet looked a lot different than it does now, almost everyone has a smart phone, and I don’t know if anyone had any clue how many different ways there would be to communicate. “I don’t know how many things about “me” are actually…

  • Lead Me

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    I heard this song the other day. It literally moved me to tears. The lyrics are true and beautiful. At the end of the song, the lyrics change to “Father Lead me…”: So Father, give me the strength To be everything I’m called to be Oh, Father, show me the way To lead them Won’t…

  • A few ideas for Netflix…pro bono

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    I’m always going on and on to my wife about how a company could be more effective at a, b and c. Probably too much. Anyway, since this is my blog where I share my thoughts, here are a few things I’d like to see netflix do with digital distribution. Create a viable tv/movie viewing…

  • Loving Summer

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    When my wife and I got married 5 1/2 years ago, we had in common that we both preferred the winter over summer, I can’t say the same anymore. This past winter was very frustrating with all the snow. We were stuck inside a lot and with a one-year-old, it’s not much fun being cooped…

  • Finding Peace and Contentment

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    The house we liked is now contingent to sell. It’s been over a month and we haven’t had one person come to see our house. This past week my wife and I have both resolved to stay, and I’m ok with that. It is the case that when you want something, if you wait, the…

  • Waiting on the Lord

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    Today at church was the second sunday where instead of a message from our pastor, a few people were called to share ways that they have had to wait on God and how he has deepened their trust and knowledge of him. they have been really encouraging and enjoyable stories. I’m now finding myself able…