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What a Surprise
Saturday afternoon I was sitting around having coffee with two of my best friends not suspecting the shock I was in for. Aaron had taken a wrong turn after showing me a store front he was looking to buy to open up a magic shop. We ended up in a city park after hours to…
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Sins of Young Men
God save me from the sins of young men; save me from my arrogance and pride, looking at older men and thinking my experience is greater than theirs. Save me from the youthful lusts that so easily beset my generation. Save me from the desire to learn more about culture than about you. Save me…
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Financial predictions Redux
I just want to drop a few predictions so I can point back to them when they happen. One piece of trivia I have always loved is that Al Capone’s business card said he was a second hand furniture salesman. I thought that was silly because who buys second hand furniture. Well, I believe we…
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World Blogger Championship Of Online Poker (WBCOOP)!
You may have noticed a new little logo in the sidebar of the site. I have been accepted to play in the World Blogger Championship Of Online Poker or WBCOOP! Yes, I confess I play poker. I learned to play poker on a youth retreat years ago and I have played off and on for…
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Christmas Wisdom from the Sage
Over at letters from Kamp Krusty the Sage is dispensing tons of great free Christmas adivce “Oh, but it’s Christmas! It’s a special time of the year! I know, we’re in debt, overall, but it’s Christmas, and that’s only once a year, and — ” “And…” you’re an idiot. Seriously. —————— The Sage says it…
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Christmas for my Family
Christmas in My Family Maybe I am an extremist when it comes to Christmas and the issues surrounding it but I get pretty excited over it. There is no other religious observance or holiday that is undermined so much in our American culture. You don’t see TV shows and movies that tell you the “true…
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Top 25 Life-Improving Christmas Gifts for Under $10 | Zen Habits
In the interest of improving my quality of life and reducing the commercialism of Christmas I found this list last year and I wanted to post it to remind myself as well as give ideas to others. Top 25 Life-Improving Christmas Gifts for Under $10 | Zen Habits
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Church Plants have some advantages…
At risk of sounding like a “review” of a church I wanted to talk about the church we attended over the weekend. Sunday night a few of us went downtown in Columbus to visit Veritas Community Church Heather and I have been looking at becoming involved with the acts29network for some time. I am even…
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Discipleship in practice
How can you know someone you that you know nothing about? It has recently become the avant-garde thing to do to once again proclaim no creed but Christ and to know God outside of church, doctrine or creed. But my question is how do you do that? I was one of the few people I…
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It is all about the Gospel even sex
It is all about the Gospel. Last week at our house church I heard probably the greatest message on sex and marriage I have ever heard. The reason was because it went past pop psychology to the gospel and how our fallen nature affects our marriages. The Gospel should always be at the center of…