Alberto is an older Hispanic gentleman I met a few months ago at our church. Gray-haired and slightly stooped, Alberto switches from large-rimmed reading glasses to giant-framed blackout sunglasses, depending on where he is in the sun or in the building. He is clearly not wealthy, but when he talks, you can hear he...
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After dinner tonight, I stood out in the lot in front of the restaurant, between our cars, with my dad while my mom visited with some church friends inside. The sun was dropping and a slight chill was in the breezy air, and we just talked a little about the day, and in a...
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It’s 9:35 PM, and I just might make it to be before 10 tonight. That would be appreciated because my body wants the rest. And my mind. I stayed at work until about 8 tonight working on updating an application that doesn’t want to let go of me. It was developed by someone else,...
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I’ve been listening to this on repeat for the last three or four days, if not watching the video. Why? I don’t know. Yeah- I know, it’s old. I know. Everyone had their day loving it. Yeah- it was a big hit. It’s typical super pop fare. Still, I love it. I totally dug...
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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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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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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...
Read more →This is just a great ride. Modern stylings overlayed with an 80’s synth sound.
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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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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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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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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...
Read more →As with most things interwebbed, I came across this powerful post through a friend on Facebook. The author, David Mikus, reflecting on the loss of his long time love to divorce, gives some suggestions for other men wanting to go the distance in life with their mate. “Obviously, I’m not a relationship...
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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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It’s been a good day, but par for the course, I am up too late, and feel I am too tired to write a sensible post. But I tend to feel like that anytime I try to write a post on here, so why is that new. I thought I would just highlight the...
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