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10 Years
10 Years. 10 year ago today I made a decision that would change my life forever. Outside of the day I truly gave my life to Jesus, this day pretty much ranks top 2. On this day, I sent a simple text message, “Hey, do you want to grab a coffee?” – or something like…
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The Heart of Being Heard
One of the main tasks of my job is to stand in front a crowd of people and communicate to them. Every week for about 45 minutes, I have to do my best to be clear, articulate, compelling, and honest. I have been told that I do this well, but the irony is, communicating to a…
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Listening as Loving
My wife and I were in a bit of a disagreement recently, when she stopped in the middle of it and said to me, “If you were counselling a couple right now, what would you be saying?”. This was her way of telling me that I need to stop, use some wisdom, and get out…
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Child Proof Marriage
When Emily and I got married we received a lot of good and wise advice. But, one of the things that no one ever really talked about was kids. Everyone expected that kids would appear one day, but no one ever spoke about how kids would really affect a marriage. Now, I am no expert…
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Christmas Time
It’s Christmas time again, so every blog you will read will sound oddly familiar, because as the writer of Ecclesiastes noticed, “nothing is new under the sun.” And there’s only so much Christmas that can go around. So, I am not going to pretend that what you are about to read is something you haven’t…
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9 Years, 9 Thoughts
9 years ago today I met the woman who would become my wife. It’s hard to believe that so much time has passed since then. 5.5 years of dating, 3.5 years of marriage, 1.5 year old girl, a boy on the way, bought a home, lead a church, 9 years. And that’s just some highlights,…
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Some thoughts on Politics, conversations, and Evangelicals.
With what some have called the most significant election in American history now yesterdays news, I think it is time to stop, take a breath, and think. I understand that for many people, the institution of politics – it’s parties, figures, and activities – act as a kind of social or cultural Saviour. The mechanism…
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Dear New, soon to be, or hope to be, Dads…
Recently I have found myself in many conversations revolving around this thing called parenting – specifically being a dad. And these conversations have forced me to think about what being a dad is really like, especially the conversations with, well, new or soon to be fathers, who ask – or should be asking – what…
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Life not Longevity
I don’t know about you, but have you ever noticed that when a couple has a wedding anniversary, the first question we ask them is how long they have been married? And then, if they happen to tell us some relatively large number, 15, 20, 50 years, we applaud them for simply making it that long? Not that…
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Why I Haven’t Blogged In A While
I have been asked enough times in recent days why I haven’t posted anything in over a year, that I figured I would use the answer to that question to post something. To be honest, it’s not that I haven’t written anything, or more to reality, at least started many posts. It’s not that I…
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