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The stuff that doesn't fit neatly into a category — anger, joy, hard seasons, and the occasional breakthrough.
88 posts
2023
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What You Don’t See Vulnerability sounds like truth and feels like courage.
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Saying It Out Loud It’s a tough time in the industry.
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Second-Class Time A year-end confession.
2022
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Stop Comparing Saying it out loud in case anyone else needs to hear it.
2019
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31 Days of Making, Day 18: A Whole New Floor (Part 1) My most ambitious making project yet: replacing the flooring in the entire first floor of our house — all 1200 square feet of it.
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31 Days of Making, Day 12: Piano Improv Extemporaneous piano… the kind of music that soothes my soul.
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31 Days of Making, Day 11: Build That Wall For day 11, I finally made something instead of just tearing stuff down.
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31 Days of Making, Day 10: Unmaking More Walls For day 10 of my December making project, I tore down an old hallway closet in order to build a new closet and a walk-in pantry.
2016
2015
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On Being Patient I think it’s important to be patient with people.
2013
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Walking Those Last Few Steps An old friend reached out to me recently with sad news that his mother was dying. As you might imagine, he was struggling with how to handle it. The brief back-and-forth we had brought to mind a similar journey I took to the brink of death with my mother-in-law a few years back.
2012
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“Distracted With Much Serving” I just began a 6-week sabbatical from my ministry responsibilities at Oxford Valley Chapel. I’ve been serving as associate pastor there for over six years, and this time away was much needed, for several reasons.
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Looking Back on a Year of 30 Day Challenges Hard to imagine that I began my 30 day challenge experiment a full year ago—though, not really. If there’s one thing I’ve learned in life, it’s that time barrels along regardless of how aware you are of its pace. It’s our choice to either mark the passing of time and consider those dearly departed moments or stumble forward into the next moments like zombies.
2011
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30 Days Without Caffeine: What I Learned When I started this month, I knew this challenge was going to be a difficult one. I’m not a rabid coffee drinker, but I do partake of it daily with a steady flow of soda throughout the day. Let’s just say it’s enough caffeine that I notice when it’s gone.
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Remembering These Moments I suppose it should come as no surprise to me, but the present seems so much weightier than the past.
2010
2008
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A Biblical View of Sex Unfortunately, sex has gotten a bad rap in Christian circles.