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I Am A Follower

It is rare when a book comes along that is truly transformational. Leonard Sweet’s I Am A Follower is one such book. Sweet is part prophet (both foretelling and forthtelling), part annoying eccentric, part wise sage, and part poet. You can’t read Sweet without a reaction and that is certainly true in this current volume. [ READ MORE ]

I Sold Out for $4.99!

We are not major coupon clippers – just a few here and there. But when it came time to do our shopping for Thanksgiving dinner we assembled a stack of coupons and headed off to Fred Meyer in hopes of scoring a free turkey. We were pretty sure we could meet the $150 threshold required to [ READ MORE ]

It’s A Start

I’ve waited a while to write this post and am even a little tentative about writing it today. I’ve lost 20 lbs. I’ve been overweight for a while but I just kept eating. And eating. And eating. I’ve heard that people tend to gain about 10lbs per decade. That’s just one pound per year. I [ READ MORE ]

San Diego Restaurant Review

I recently spent 8 days in San Diego with my wife. We stayed in a downtown hotel near Little Italy and walked everywhere. Rather than give you a daily account of our urban vacation I’ll opt for a series of posts by categories. Today’s category: food! Did I mention that we stayed near Little Italy? [ READ MORE ]

San Diego’s Citywalk Church

I had the amazing opportunity last week to spend 8 days in San Diego, CA with my wonderful wife of 32 years. What made this trip so amazing was that it was really the first time we have ever been away together for an entire week with no agenda – no meetings, conferences, family obligations, [ READ MORE ]

Transformational Experiences – Yours, Mine, or Ours?

I first noticed it several years ago. I brought my high school youth group to a weekend conference. One of the musicians from the band talked about his spiritual journey and how at age 30 he had come to realize some things about his relationship with Jesus that weren’t right. Later the speaker talked about [ READ MORE ]

Lent – Giving Up or Adding In?

Today is Ash Wednesday. For some, it’s only significance is that it follows Fat Tuesday- an excuse for partying! But Ash Wednesday is the official beginning of  Lent – a period of time (46 days) that leads up to Easter Sunday. In some religious traditions, people will attend a service today and receive an ash [ READ MORE ]

Couples Who Pray

My friends at Booksneeze.com (Thomas Nelson publishers) sent me a copy of “Couples Who Pray” to review. The premise is pretty simple and straightforward: make a commitment to pray together as couples for at least five minutes each day for 40 days and your marriage will be strengthened. SQuire Rushnell and Louise  DuArt make a [ READ MORE ]

Luxury on a Budget

It’s Valentine’s Day! Millions of people will be spending hundreds of millions of dollars to express their love to that special someone. Many will find inexpensive ways to tip their hat to this biggest non-holiday day of the year. (If you don’t think Valentine’s Day is a big deal just try ignoring it!  Bad idea!!) [ READ MORE ]

Trust Me!

Stephen M. R. Covey presents a rather persuasive case for the fundamental need of trust in any relationship or organization. That may not sound that profound, but just consider how difficult it is to get things done in families, organizations, businesses, ministries, or government when there is a palpable lack of trust. Nothing gets done. [ READ MORE ]

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