“What I would wish for the so-called Counter culture…I would wish that rather than fancy itself ‘counter’ to the culture, its compassionate ideas would take root in the land and people, and begin to transform them both…I fear this breath of fresh air, this grass-roots movement in which even old men like myself have placed [...]

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Here’s what I shared Sunday. Haven’t yet had the chance to complete my assignment that I mention at the end of the message, but I’m looking forward to seeing what that ends up being.

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I’m not Mr. Business theory guy, not by a long shot. But I do read a pretty famous blog of a friend of mine called Slacker Manager. Brendon has a post today that reminded me how the same cultural shifts seem to be appearing in different ways in almost every field.
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I got this idea last night. Like time lapse photography of a marriage! Hit the little play button triangle thing when you’re ready.
[Geek tools: Epson scanner, Adobe Photoshop Elements 2.0, MorphX, iMovie HD]

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This past Sunday, we focused on forgiveness. Here’s what I shared. This has been a significant topic for me in the last few years; I spoke on this at Family Camp at Twin Rocks this past Labor Day weekend. I’m indebted to many people for these thoughts, and in particular to this book: Free of [...]

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Context is everything.
If I say to my dad, “Oh boy. The ball is teetering on the fence again. Here comes the gust of wind…” well, he knows exactly what I mean. We share a story that makes that sentence make sense to him. You, on the other hand, don’t have a clue what it means.
Maybe [...]

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Mini vacation at the beach!

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I had a “new to me” thought today, that came to me all on its own. I’ve been living in Genesis 37-50, the story of Joseph. Next Sunday, I’ll be focusing on forgiveness, and this thought has nothing to do with forgiveness, but it is somehow captivating me.
Joseph is sold into slavery by his brothers, [...]

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Last Sunday in church, we continued looking at practical ways to live like God intends. We focused on work, since it consumes much of our lives. Here’s what I shared.
A fun part was creating a video to spoof work…I had the idea and filmed and edited, but Josh and Ian made it better than I [...]

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…you know, actually RESPONDING TO COMMENTS, for one, as well as cleaning up my books links and working on “About me”, etc. But I noticed that for whatever reason, bloglines never picked up my posts on my twentieth reunion. So if you didn’t read them, you can find them here and here.
UPDATE: In the [...]

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