It is funny how we land right back where we start. We make plans to change, but when the moment arrives we find ourselves acting the same as always. We imagined ourselves doing better, no longer getting angry or joining in the gossip or lusting after the girl or … (add your own temptation)… but […]

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I preached this past Sunday in Contemporary. You can check the video out below. The message is divided up into two parts. The first is our morning prayer, which came directly after a video clip (You miss the clip. It is a car commercial, Green Police, which was my Super Bowl favorite. Hence I begin […]

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When I get a puppy can I go ride my bike and let my puppy pull me?” ~ Ivy Ivy has started praying for a puppy. I would laugh at this but the last time she prayed continually was for a rainbow and you remember the amazing double rainbow over Augusta—Ivy and I danced underneath. […]

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Nobody cries at the end of movie about a guy who wants a volvo. ~ Donald Miller, A Million Miles in a Thousand Years Dr. Williams came over last night and it was a great evening retelling our stories. If you do not know Dr. Williams, he has delivered many of the babies in the […]

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“This feels like the end of loyalty.” ~ Friend of Joe Posnanski, on his blog (click here to see his blog) I did not watch Lebron’s made for TV special. I could not stomach a whole hour watching Lebron declare his love—as Alex dreamed, only the roses were missing for the basketball bachelor. And in […]

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