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Biggest Loser, Office Edition

Biggest Loser, Office Edition
Today, we launched our church office version of the Biggest Loser.  There are 13 of us enrolled in the contest, and we each paid $20 for the privilege of having Dave weigh us every week.  It’s a winner-take-all competition with participants from all departments: facilities, administration,...

Be careful little thumbs

Be careful little thumbs
Mark Batterson wrote on his blog today: I was reading 2 Corinthians 10:10 today: “His letters are weighty and forceful, but in person he is unimpressive and his speaking amounts to nothing.” That text triggered this thought: some of us are very different people “in person” than we are...

Learning a whole new set of tools

Learning a whole new set of tools
While my “world” is information technology and communication, I have come to the realization that there are many other “worlds” out there where people speak completely different “languages” and solve completely different problems. I’ve executed a contract on a house...

Men and Porn

So, I’m at this conference for youth leaders.  By the way, I’m an IT Manager.  The thing is led by this cute little lady by the name of Jeanne Mayo, but I like to call her Jeanne Mustard.  She had lots of fun stories and a few interesting laughs, and she had me and Matt rolling on the floor...

Pit in my stomach. Maybe I’m just getting old.

I work with teenagers on a daily basis.  Part of my personal mission and calling is, quoting Doug Fields, to “make young lives count.”  I have this desire, however unattainable, to see teenagers become men and women who pursue God with all their heart, soul, mind and strength. I must be getting...

Thankful, I’m so thankful

I’m following Dean’s lead and posting about thankfulness. It’s easy to get unthankful.  We think that we’re the only ones with financial problems.  With the DOW falling below 8,000, thousands of Americans being laid off, rising food costs, and more, we sometimes start to curse...

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