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Daddy, Carry Me!

Daddy, Carry Me!

I remember some years back taking the family up to the White Mountains of NH for a ridge hike from Mt Washington to Mt Jefferson. The scene of this day was painted by the Master Artist Himself with multiple colors of sunshine peircing through the puffy white cumulus clouds slowly floating by like someone daydreaming.

I have been hiking for years and we spent the prior year preparing the kids for this hike. Spent the day earlier that week at Eastern Mountain Sports making sure that everyone had the right gear for the adventure that awaited us all. I have to tell you that there was an excitement buzzing the air as the kids knew that they would be walking in the clouds some 6,288 ft (1,917 m) up. Not sure they truly grasped this, but nonetheless they were excited.

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August 27, 2012 Filed Under: Life Tagged With: crisis, dad, family, journey, kids, life, love, story

Counterfeit

Counterfeit

Have you ever paused and discovered that it’s so easy to get lost in the counterfeit? …or realized that we live in a world where the counterfeit seems more real than the real?

Check out this conversation between Morpheus and Neo from the movie ‘The Matrix’.

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June 11, 2012 Filed Under: Life Tagged With: broken, identity, social, story

Prodigal

Prodigal

I found myself in the squalor of my own ‘pig slop’ just as the prodigal son did. I had to stray far so I could begin to understand that the recklessness of my choice to have ‘my portion’ right now placed me in ruins. I had foolishly pursued many temporary things such as wealth, power, and success. With a present-tense gratification, without any care or concern about my future…my selfish nature wanted it now!

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May 23, 2012 Filed Under: Life Tagged With: God, journey, life, prodigal, seasons, story

My Colors Will Be Clear!

My Colors Will Be Clear!

Check out this mission statement by a young African pastor found among his papers in Zimbabwe after he was martyred!

I’m a part of the fellowship of the unashamed. The die has been cast. I have stepped over the line. The decision has been made. I’m a disciple of His and I won’t look back, let up, slow down, back away, or be still.

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May 21, 2012 Filed Under: Faith Tagged With: courage, honor, journey, life, story

Why Is Integrity So Important?

Why Is Integrity So Important?

What values do you want to pass on to your children? How well does your life reflect your core values?

Websters dictionary defines integrity as:
1. firm adherence to a code of especially moral or artistic values : incorruptibility
2. an unimpaired condition : soundness
3. the quality or state of being complete or undivided : completeness

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May 7, 2012 Filed Under: Leadership Tagged With: dad, family, heart, identity, integrity, life, social, story, value

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To fall in love with God is the greatest romance; to seek Him, the greatest adventure; to find Him, the greatest achievement. -Augustine

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Be watchful, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong. Let all that you do be done in love. -1 Corinthians 16:13-14

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