Eric Ebbinghaus and I have been having this back and forth conversation about the Sabbath. He's currently doing a youth series on the topic and I'm starting one in April. In previous posts(1 and 2), I've discussed the "rest side" of the issue, but now I want to look at the ...
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Blocked Dunks, Porn, and a Pie Chart
In taking a page from the old playbook, here are some great posts from the ole Google Reader. As the title of the post suggests, they cover a broad range of topics. Vitamin Z with the Play of the Day Rhett Smith on Educating Adolescents on Technology and Pornography MIchael Hyatt on
Forgotten 5 Signs You Picked the Wrong Career
Disclaimer: Many people feel trapped in jobs and careers they don't love because of their financial obligations. We have so much debt that we have left ourselves little career flexibility. Sometimes, laziness on our part is the biggest hindrance in our job. This list is meant as motivation to do something to ...
Breaking the Sabbath-Part 2
Last week I started posting about my journey to observing the Sabbath every week. The process of eliminating certain things from my life has begun so that my time is best utilized doing the things I was created to do. I believe we live in a day and age where rediscovering the practice ...
The Art of Elimination
I think I have been guilty of suffering information overload. Some of this information could be useful like being informed on issues being debated in DC. Some of it is not so useful like knowing that Taylor Swift is in The Hannah Montana movie with Vanessa Williams who is in Elmo: Escape from ...
Stuck in a Rut?
One of my favorite songs off of U2's "All that You Can't Leave Behind" album is "Stuck in a Moment." They also put out an acoustic version which blows me away each time I hear it. Here's the chorus: You've got to get yourself together You got stuck in a moment and now ...
Action Steps for Lion Chasers
Several things have happened in the last week that have compelled me to make some changes in my life. I was tired of being a procrastinator with a messy office whose adult ADD always seemed to be in overdrive. I had been tired of this before but was never moved to action. A senior in my ...
Purpose Killers-Prejudice and Bitterness
Have you ever tried to pursue something, but you felt this weight that was holding you back? Have you ever felt that there were just some things that you could never get past? Have you ever carried a grudge for so long that it started to eat away at you from the inside? ...
Purpose and Passion Killers-Debt
As you're moving along in life there are moments when an opportunity arises and you are so ready to take the next step. The only problem is there is something holding you back. Something keeping you in your dead end job. Something that prevents you from taking a step of faith and ...