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slave to success

On 18 January, 2010 · Leave a Comment

A few years ago I read an article about a high school quarterback whose team had never lost a game since he started playing with them. He was about to enter his senior year… and he was miserable.

The pressure of what a loss might mean weighed so heavy on him that winning had no joy [...]

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powdered donuts and a nap

On 4 January, 2010 · 1 Comment

This is a terribly backwards post to start the new year with… but here we go.

Last night Emily and I were shopping at Wal-Mart and I saw powdered donuts on the end-cap of an aisle. Of course, we haven’t bought powdered donuts since we were in college, but I threw in my [...]

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space

On 22 October, 2009 · 1 Comment

We are under enormous pressure to produce.

There are bills to pay. Deadlines to meet. Ideas that we needed to have yesterday. And the pressure of living like we do can quick encroach on our spiritual lives.

But spirituality isn’t about doing. Or deadlines. Or continual goals.

It’s about living as God designed us to live. [...]

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