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    Personal reflections on my life and experiences.

    Ramblings | August 26, 2013

    by  • August 26, 2013 • Dear Diary • 0 Comments

    Tullian had a post today on his blog about the centrality of the gospel in the Christian’s life, and how for many, it is viewed as simply the gate one passes through to join the club, instead of as the path one must walk down into Christ’s kingdom. He makes the point that preachers...

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    Ramblings | August 22, 2013

    by  • August 22, 2013 • Dear Diary • 0 Comments

    It’s been a kind of tough week. First, my truck gets sick, which results in a sizable repair bill (yeah, it was the clutch). I guess maybe before first, my body has not felt well for a couple of weeks now. I have periodic bouts with abdominal discomfort, colon unhappiness, limb aches, and esophageal...

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    Maintenance Matters

    by  • August 19, 2013 • Dear Diary • 0 Comments

    Driving to and from work today kind of describes how the ride of my life has felt over the last few weeks. It all started yesterday afternoon as I drove my truck home from an event after church. In the lower gears, I noticed as I went to up-shift and down-shift, it felt like...

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    Ramblings | August 17, 2013

    by  • August 17, 2013 • Dear Diary • 0 Comments

    It’s almost midnight, and I am up cooking a lasagna for a staff appreciation dinner our small group is giving for the Sagebrush Highland leaders. We just wanted to do a small thing to say thank you to them for their service and their leadership at our campus, and the dinner after church tomorrow...

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    Some Unspoken Rules about Playing Slots

    by  • August 16, 2013 • LifeStuff • 0 Comments

    I don’t play slots much, but as I thought today about gambling via these machines and taking chances in life, a few observations came to mind. Feel free to tack on a few of your own. 1. If you decide to play a slot machine that is clearly marked with an “Out of Order”...

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    Worth A Watch: “The Innovation of Loneliness”

    by  • August 14, 2013 • LifeStuff • 1 Comment

    It’s funny- we think because we are tied into social networks, we would feel ourselves more intimately connected with others in our life and in our world.   Not the case, creator Shimi Cohen argues in this remarkable short video.  Shimi makes some poignant observations about the human heart in modern times.  Loneliness remains...

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    Ramblings | August 14, 2013

    by  • August 14, 2013 • Dear Diary • 3 Comments

    I think I like the evening post better than the morning post since I usually review my day to find things to talk about.  In the morning, just not a lot has happened yet, and I have already forgotten many of the highlights the previous day.  I don’t know.  This writing things is a...

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    Ramblings | August 13, 2013

    by  • August 13, 2013 • Dear Diary • 0 Comments

    As a change, I’m actually writing this here post at 7 in the morning, as opposed to trying to write it at 11 PM.  It is nice to be up with the feeling that a new day is ahead, and that I am somehow a little less tired than I was 8 hours ago....

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    When A Church Hurts Us

    by  • August 7, 2013 • Dear Diary • 1 Comment

    I had a friend message me today on Facebook, asking me if I could give her the link to a blog a like.  I had  shared a link to it earlier in the week, and I guess it stood out enough for my friend to remember it to ping me to ask me about...

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    45 for 45

    by  • August 4, 2013 • LifeStuff • 0 Comments

    I’m not the biggest fan of birthdays.  I mean, it is something to make it another year, but birthdays also remind me that, well, I am a little older, and there is still a lot in life I thought I would have accomplished or experienced in life by now, but I haven’t. Still, I...

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    “Date Night”, A Short Comedy

    by  • July 31, 2013 • LifeStuff • 0 Comments

    I had to post this little film because it was made by, among others, my nephew Brett while attending the 10th Annual Film Camp for Teens this month, a camp which is promoted by UNM Continuing Education and hosted by DATA Charter High School here in Albuquerque. Brett has been interested in film for...

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    When Your Small Group Doesn’t Grow

    by  • July 22, 2013 • LifeStuff • 0 Comments

    It seemed to start well enough. Our church campus at Highland started two years ago. After about six months, a friend and I decided we would support the campus and start a small group. After all, our church strives to built on small group communities. Out of the gates, we had a good core...

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    The Distance

    by  • July 20, 2013 • LifeStuff • 0 Comments

    It’s an odd thing to be at this point in life and yet regularly feel about 20 steps behind most other people. When I was in seminary, there was a guy that lived down the hall in the dorms from me and he was a nice dude, except he had a pretty prominent flaw...

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