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Welcome to my corner of the internet. Thoughts, journals, and whatever else comes to mind.Social Development – Where I Stand Now
Much has changed in my social life over the past four years. Through some events and crises in my life at that part of my life, I was confronted with a side of myself I’d never really wanted to know – immaturity that showed up through self-imposed...
What Do You Do? (Part 1?)
One of the projects for my Sales Action Plan is to identify my business' niche. What we are specifically here to do, and who we are specifically here to serve. I'm tired of answering the question, "What do you do" with the generic answer of "I do IT work," or, "I do...
Mental Development
"Don't go where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail." This Ralph Waldo Emerson quote has been a favorite of mine for many years. Up until now, though, I always pictured it as me venturing forth into some great unknown, some grand...
Let This Change You
I'm putting together a little guide for our church youth group tomorrow night. Neither myself nor my other Wednesday night cohort in crime, Dewey, can be there, so one of the college-age guys is going to lead the group. I thought I'd jot down the flow here, since I...
Hugs from God
I have a little thing with hugs. With physical contact period. I long for it, yet am uncomfortable around it.Friday, after a very wearing day, I finally had a few minutes alone before bed. I sat down on the kitchen floor, put my head in my hands, and finally just...
The Voice of Truth – My Source of Help
As I push mowed my lawn this weekend, I had a song stuck in my head. It's called "The Voice of Truth" by a group called Casting Crowns. The first verse goes like this: Oh what I would do to haveThe kind of faith it takesTo climb out of this boat I'm inOnto the...
Bigger is Not Always Better
Tonight I am leading a youth activity at my church called Bigger or Better. It's a team-based game where you get into groups of 4-5 people, and head out into the surrounding neighborhoods in an attempt to trade your starting item for something bigger or better. This...
Jimmie Johnson Honors Dads – Part 3
NASCAR finally put up some video from the dirt track race, and it looks like they are going to make a die-cast of the car with the names on it.... very cool. Video: Die Cast Links: Speed Works Die Cast
Dear Mr. Gash
Dear Mr. Gash, You don't know me, but we've talked a time or two. I live down the road from you a bit. I wake most mornings to the site of your longhorns grazing just a few hundred yards from my home. They've become a regular part to the view I've come to enjoy of the...
Jimmie Johnson Honors Dads – Part 2
GOOOOO Jimmie! Yesterday I wrote about my dad's name being on Jimmie Johnson's race car at the Prelude to the Dream charity race at Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio. Jimmie led all 30 laps, including the one that won him the race. Several Children's Hospitals were...
Jimmie Johnson Honors Dads
It's been 4+ years since I've seen my dad, other than pictures on Facebook. During that time God has taught me much about how He wants to father me, and it's caused me to grow up quite a bit, I must admit... both as a son, and as a man, father, and husband. I saw this...
Freedom Isn't Free
FREEDOM ISN'T FREE(I don't know who wrote this) I watched the flag pass by one day, It fluttered in the breeze. A young Marine saluted it, And then he stood at ease.. I looked at him in uniform So young, so tall, so proud, With hair cut square and eyes alert He'd...
Friendship Quotes
True Friendship"It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them."- Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 – 1882)"A friend loves at all times, And a brother is born for adversity." - Solomon - Proverbs 17:17 "One loyal friend is worth ten...
Tabi and Abe on Sharp Axes
Here is a copy of a speech that I helped a 16 year old at my church develop. It was both fun and rewarding to help her with this and watch it and her develop over time. But it was even more interesting to see how her life suddenly got crazy busy while she was working...
Ties Beyond Blood
Does the journey from boyhoood to manhood need to be recognized? Or will it just happen? Do we, as fathers, brothers, mentors, and sons ourselves, need to usher boys into the life of a man? That's the question that Raising a Modern Day Knight seeks to answer, both in...
I am a sub!
Erin picked up my substitute teacher's permit from the local school today when she took Colton down there to meet with his speech teacher. I am officially "permitted" now. Woo Hoo. Why is it that I have both butterflies and a sense of nervous...
He is Risen!
Christ is risen - Indeed he is risen - in different languagesAlbanian: Krishti Ungjall! Vertete Ungjall!Arabic: Al Maseeh Qam! Haqqan Qam!Armenian: Christos harjav i merelotz! Orhniale harutjun Christosi!Byelorussian: Khristos Uvoskros! Zaprowdu Uvoskros!Chinese:...
Run with the Horses – "Hard Times"
"Contrary to what might be expected, I look back on experiences that at the time seemed especially desolating and painful with particular satisfaction. Indeed, I can say with complete truthfulness that everything I have learned in my seventy-five years in this world,...
