Taking off and putting on
If we're not putting on the good things God's given us, we'll never live the live He wants us to have.
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DJ Blogs
Battling “I’m bored” this summer
Your children wait all year for the sound of the final school bell – only to utter the two words you know are coming: “I’m bored.”
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Pops’ lesson
Nothing can really prepare you for the kind of grief that comes with the loss of a loved one.
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Adult report card
I want to be a better dad...so I asked my 7 year old to give me a report card on how I'm doing as a father and a husband to her mom.
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Struggling in ministry
Being a part of the ministry of your church is good. But is there such a thing as too much ministry?
GPS (God Positioning System)
I’ll admit it: I have no sense of direction. Whether I’m referencing a location as “north” (when it’s south) or attempting to navigate a new city, I lack the intuitive ability to get from Point A to Point B. It’s for this reason that I am so grateful for a GPS to help me get from where I am to where…
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Follow up your budget
Creating a budget might seem hard. But following the budget is the true challenge.
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Lessons from Jonah
Every week, I have the great privilege of meeting with several guys every week in a Paul/Timothy kind of relationship … sharing life and offering accountability. This weekend, while sitting fireside at Panera Bread, one of these young men and I started chatting about favorite stories from the Bible. He knew his immediately:…
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Foggy weather
On my way to work this morning, the weather was densely foggy and I began to catch myself running towards a negative thought pattern that would have sounded something like this —“Why is it so foggy? With all these beautiful trees and bushes blooming, why is this fog ruining what could be a beautiful, sunny spring day? This…
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Swing at a curveball
Have you noticed when life throws us a curveball, we talk to others before giving ourselves time to think it through and go to our Heavenly Father?
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