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I love telling stories. When I read books, I read them out loud just to practice. Storytelling is an art and with an unskilled storyteller, a great story can turn into a boring one. Ironically, telling a good story isn’t the same as living a good story. Even great storytellers can live boring lives. In the [...]
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From Tony: This is a story from my friend Jason, who is learning a lot after recently adopting a beautiful boy from Japan. If you are interested in submitting a guest post, you can find out more here. Driving around to another appointment, my son was ecstatic that we had been to Wal-Mart and found [...]
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Do you ever read the Bible and get caught up in theological terms? Predestination and election are two terms that I’ve wrestled with for a few years. When I try to wrap my head around these concepts, I never feel like I fully have it figured out. And rightly so because it is a beautiful [...]
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I work at a church that is located approximately 3 miles away from Chik-Fil-A. Naturally we make it there on a regular basis. Anything else would be blasphemy, no? We love going there not just because the food is great (I could seriously eat my body weight in chicken nuggets) but the service is stellar. [...]
Continue reading...I haven’t written much about marriage in the last 6 months. Honestly, I’m not always sure what’s appropriate to share or how soon after something happens. So I err on the side of caution. But there are great things happening in my marriage. I’m learning a lot about what it means to be a man. [...]
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A friend of mine is pregnant. I mean really pregnant. Like, feet swollen to twice their normal size and assigned to bed rest by her doctor, pregnant. Every time we speak she says the same thing. I just want this baby to come already! I can’t possibly understand what she’s going through. I am confident that [...]
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From Tony: Darrell has become a personal friend since moving down to plant a church here in south Florida. I’m excited to share this post from him today. If you’re interested in guest posting, you can find out more here. *** In the past four months of my life I got married, moved across the [...]
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The other day in worship my friend Andrew began to sing a refrain that most of us are pretty familiar with. “More of you and less of me, Jesus“. The problem was that he changed it up and sang out “More of you means more of me. More of you means the real me.” It [...]
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In my experience, weddings come in spurts. I know about 10 people that have been married within the past year, including myself. In these waves, I get my fill of weddings and then some. What is cool is to see how each couple decides to plan their wedding. Some are very informal (like we did) [...]
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Since coming on staff as the Communications Director for my church, my outlook on leadership has significantly changed. In all of my previous jobs, I’ve been managed. It wasn’t until I actually experienced healthy leadership that I realized management and leadership are two very different concepts. My pastor is very much a visionary. His aim [...]
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