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Here Be Dragons…
On our last podcast, Jonathan and I spoke on the topic of calling. In specific one of the areas of focus is that if we’re faithful in the small and unappreciated areas of life, we can be counted faithful in the big and important areas of life. (There is a Hebrew word for this style…
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The Unlocked Prison
Wittgenstein said in the Logico Tractatus Philosophicus, “A man will be imprisoned in a room with a door that is unlocked and opens inwards, as long as it does not occur to him to pull rather than to push.” How much of life is spent pushing on unlocked doors, raging at the God we perceive…
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Gladwell’s Magic Third and the Church
Currently I’m reading the book The Revenge of the Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell. I love Gladwell’s consistent web of culture and philosophy to see the trends and ask the “why?” questions. It’s refreshing for me as a person who is rarely satisfied with the quick answer. One of his major points in the book…
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Eventually the Chocolates Run Out
A few months ago, we hired a new administrator and she started an exciting new phenomenon: she put Lindt Chocolate Truffles in the candy dish at her desk! With this development, I may or may not [but absolutely did] stop 3 to 4 times a day by her desk getting various options for my chocolate…
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Imposter Syndrome
Imposter syndrome is a heck of a thing. I remember as a Freshman in college being put in charge of a team of 5 other freshmen as we traveled around Texas, Arkansas, and Louisiana leading recreation for Christian camps. As an 18 year old, I was driving a 15 passenger van towing a 15′ trailer,…
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XP Coaches Corner
I love encouraging and training leaders to become more effective in teaching and leading in the local church. In pursuit of this training in the midst of a crazy/busy world, I’ve recorded several 5-7 minute videos called XP Coaches Corner (caveat…#43 is an extra long episode). But if you teach or lead in the local…
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Envious of the Snow
Here in Austin, we are going to miss the massive snowstorm hitting the south. To an extent I’m happy, because the previous major winter storms we’ve faced decimated trees, cut power to thousands, and generally created chaos around us for several days. And yet, there is something about enjoying the peaceful fall of snow in…
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One Second Everyday
Starting in 2017 (7 years ago…yikes!) I began a project of filming one second of video everyday and loading into an app on my phone (aptly named One Second Everyday). I got the idea from my brother in law Thom Gibson, who is the creative element of the family! Over the next seven years I…
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Introduction to “Blurry”
[This is the introduction that I’ve written for the book I’m currently writing on Metamodernism and Christianity…Currently in development] I have terrible vision. As a kindergartener, I can remember struggling to see the boards (or the transparencies for those of us who went to elementary school in the Dark Ages). Sports were difficult for me,…
And yet, and yet... 