October 2010

Note to Self Update: The Cover

October 29, 2010
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I was at Elias’ wrestling practice the other day when a 9 year old came up, sat next to me and asked, “Hey man, how’s your book coming?” Seriously, just like that. People often ask me about the status of my book, so I thought I post an update and explain a little about the [...]

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Pumpkin Carving

October 25, 2010
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Last night the fam’ carved up some pumpkins; a tradition of ours the week of Halloween. The kids love designing and working on their pumpkins, and we all have a good time. Well, Elias isn’t really excited about the pumpkin guts, (see the video), and Mae likes putting everything back inside the carved pumpkin, but [...]

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The Evolution of the Geek

October 20, 2010
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[via Flowtown]

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Learn to Fight: It’s Costly And Agonizing

October 15, 2010
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The spiritual fight Jude calls us to is a fight for “the faith.” This is not our personal faith, or trust in Christ, but the content of our faith– the Gospel itself. When Jude calls us to “contend for the faith” he is emphasizing that …[T]he defense of this faith will be continuous, costly and [...]

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Learn to Fight: God Likes a Good Fight

October 13, 2010
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God likes a good fight. That God is not opposed to fighting should be readily understood by all who believe Scripture is the very word of God, as he has in the past called his people to war, acting as his agent of justice and wrath. In the New Testament he calls his people to [...]

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Driscoll on His Devotional Life

October 11, 2010
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Dustin Neeley asks Mark Driscoll how he manages his devotional life. Mark’s approach wont work for everyone, but it’s important to know yourself, what works well for you, and to have a method. Good stuff here. Check out the video below.

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The Urbanathlon

October 4, 2010
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Three years ago I started running and eating smarter. I dropped a lot of weight and fell in love with running. Now I never run less that a 5k, and favor 5-6 mile distances. So while I regularly run “race distances,” I have never participated in an actual race. Until now. On October 16th I, [...]

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