Category: Rambling
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The 2 Things I Got Right in Marriage: A Blog for Singles (also married peeps):
Anne has been on me a while about writing a marriage blog to singles. I’ve been setting aside the idea for a long time. But over the past two weeks, some comments have come my way, “I love reading about your mistakes. They help me correct my own.” “Some of your mistakes help me to…
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Our Kfirst Values: Growth requires change
I started a series a few weeks back about the values of our church community. Here at Kfirst, our mission is our passion: We make it simple for people to find and follow Jesus. And our values guide us towards that goal. Check out last weeks by clicking on the value statement: Week 1 – Everyone is Significant. Week 2 – We…
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A Marriage of Mistakes: 18 Lessons Learned from 18 Years of Marriage
Today is my 18 year anniversary…(just caught something as I’m typing…Let me start over.) Today is OUR 18 year anniversary. Outside of encountering Christ, May 23, 1998 was the greatest day of my life. But in the midst of the roughly 6,570 days of marriage, I’ve made a few mistakes. Mistakes are…
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One of the Few Things We Have In Common…and 5 Threats to Losing It.
In a few days, Anne and I will celebrate our 18 year anniversary. I still don’t understand what she saw (or sees) in me, but I’m very thankful she said “yes.” Every year, marriage presents new challenges and every year I fall in a deeper love with her. There’s no one else I would do…
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Our Kfirst Values: We keep it fun
I started a series a few weeks back about the values of our church community. Here at Kfirst, our mission is our passion: We make it simple for people to find and follow Jesus. And our values guide us towards that goal. Check out last weeks by clicking on the value statement: Week 1 – Everyone is Significant. Week 2 – We…
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Our Kfirst Values: God works in community
I started a series a few weeks about the values of our church community. Here at Kfirst, our mission is our passion: We make it simple for people to find and follow Jesus. And our values guide us towards that goal. Check out last weeks by clicking on the value statement: Week 1 – Everyone is Significant. Week 2 – We…
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The Message is for Monday: 10 Scriptures for your prayer time this week
We had an amazing day yesterday at Kfirst as we looked at Matthew 5 in the message, “Dominated by Darkness.” My reminder: Sermons aren’t for Sunday; Our messages are for Monday. At the close, there were two reflection questions I gave from my journal: 1 – Is there anything in my life that is consistently…
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Solving vs. Winning: 4 Tips to Help Solve Marriage Conflict
Anne and I dated for three years (including a year-long engagement). It was a very peaceful dating life. I couldn’t tell you about a single fight/disagreement that we had until that one day in Target… Oh boy. We were registering for our wedding shower. Target had given us the “scan gun” to document everything we were hoping people…
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Our Kfirst Values: We are contributors
I started a series a few weeks about the values of our church community. Here at Kfirst, our mission is our passion: We make it simple for people to find and follow Jesus. And our values guide us towards that goal. Check out last weeks by clicking on the value statement: Week 1 – Everyone is Significant. This week…We are…
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Not What I Was Expecting: 6 Ways to Develop Healthy Marital Expectations
Last Saturday, I sat with some great friends and enjoyed some frozen yogurt while sharing stories of early “moments” in marriage where we may not have been at our best. First, I’m glad to have relationships where Anne and I can get together with others and laugh (still laughing about the Spam story). Laughter is…
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