[Repost from 9-11-08] This morning I woke up with this uncontrollable urge to purge junk out of my home office. So, that’s what I did. I went and started cleaning out file cabinets and drawers. In 10 minutes I had filled an industrial size trash bag. And, then I ran across something I did not [...]
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
A friend of mine shared a link to a blog written by a single mom of 3 teens. Identities are anonymous to protect the relationships involved, but the authenticity is loud even in the absence of names and places. I was moved. I appreciate the struggle of trying to parent in the face of challenging circumstances and [...]
Saturday, April 16, 2011
I haven’t blogged from my phone since I switched to WordPress a few months ago. This post is just a test to see if everything is working so I can start blogging on the go again. Plus, I had a very important meeting yesterday.
Thursday, March 17, 2011
Yep, it’s true. My friend Seth was once in a brutal throw down. Trust me…you’ve never seen a sing-off this brutal. Don’t cry for Seth. He bounced back and has a new CD releasing March 22! I got an advance copy and am telling you “No One Else” is my new favorite song. I’ve had [...]
Friday, October 1, 2010
My peep Blaine Hogan is a hero to many because of how he generously shares his faith and creativity with brilliance, boldness and courage. He is a hero to a some because of his famous stint on Prison Break. He is a hero to me for choosing joy and keeping a straight face at the [...]
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
For the past few weeks, I’ve been feeling an extra dose of discouragement. There’s nothing dramatic going down, no crisis or cause for alarm. It was just a convergence of real life happening all around me—people I love with broken hearts, minds, bodies, relationships and lives. It started to pile up and, in my gloom, [...]
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
My friend, Kevin Hendricks, recently published his first book. Addition by Adoption: Kids, Causes & 140 Characters. hits the Amazon shelves TODAY! It's a collection of tweets (you heard me right … a book authored in Twitter) featuring: funny and bizarre things his kids do the causes they support the story of his son's adoption. [...]
Thursday, May 6, 2010
I just heard from the LA rock star who made my Indiana family look like rock stars. DALEY HAKE is coming to Grand Rapids, MI! He’ll be there the first week of June (give or take a few days) and I’ve got inside scoop that’s he’s going to be in a shooting mood. You want [...]
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
I’ve been living in tension about all of the missions, causes and campaigns I hear about on a daily basis. It’s been increasingly harder for me to sort it all out and make sense of what’s really going on. Ribbons and magnets for every awareness under the sun Pink appliances, canned goods and fried chicken [...]
Thursday, March 11, 2010
“Knowing how people grow, does not mean we know how to grow them.” – Management of the Absurd If you’re having a hard time getting people to buy into change, it probably has more to do with bad relational navigation than it does the change itself. If we focus on the WHO more than the [...]
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