Category: Rambling
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“What do you really do?” 10 things you shouldn’t say to a stay-at-home mom.
I’ve made the mistake. So have other husbands. Even friends, parents, in-laws, and random relatives have dropped these verbal bombs. For me, it’s as if as the words are leaving my tongue and I began to reach out to try to retrieve them. For others, the phrases roll off the tongue with little regard for what they…
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Brownie Points: 4 Reasons why they may not be good for your marriage.
Cards. Candy, Socks (one of my favorite gifts). Flowers. They’re all those things that we purchase and hear someone say, “Somebody’s gonna get some brownie points for that.” In the completely accurate source of all knowledge, Wikipedia, Brownie Points are given a phenomenal definition. They’re a hypothetical social currency, which can be acquired by doing good…
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Series Preaching: 5 Reasons I choose to preach in series.
I recognize that this blog won’t apply to a lot of people. But I have a tremendous heart for pastors. Also, I know that everyone has their preference in preaching styles whether you are the one delivering the message or you are the listener. I’m not writing to proclaim that my style and/or approach is the…
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Warning Shots: 10 subtle actions your marriage needs to pay attention to.
You’ve opened my ears so I can listen. Psalm 40:6 I’m an aficionado of military movies. And there’s certain lines and terms that you can count on hearing frequently. For some reason, especially in movies involving ships, you’ll hear the term: warning shot. A warning shot is a military and/or police term describing an intentionally harmless…
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Unsubscribe: 6 things you should unsubscribe from your life.
I’m in a mode right now. I have been cleaning up my email life by “unsubscribing” from all kinds of stuff. Restaurants, retailers, and random businesses are the latest victims to my shedding off of my email weight. It’s not that I am boycotting them. I’m just done. This is going to sound petty, I’m…
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Eviction Notices: 8 Things to evict from your mind to help your marriage.
For as he thinks within himself, so he is. Proverbs 23:7 I can’t say that I’ve ever been given an eviction notice. But I assume it’s not a good thing to get one. In my lifetime, I’ve had my power shut off before. I’ve even had collections call. But to get an eviction notice, that’s something…
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Pastors, what are we protecting? 8 Reasons why being vulnerable is better.
Have you ever heard or read something that shocked you, but the shock wasn’t necessarily in the statement. The shock was the fact that it tapped into your past. Our memories are so powerful. It amazes me how one moment in the present can send you back to a place many years before, but in…
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“You are the answer to your own prayer”: 7 prayers you may be the answer for.
“Prayer reminds us that we are human while also reminding us that God is God.” Charlie Dates In daily prayer life, people can tend to miss a couple of things. First, we miss out on some very important aspects of prayer. The largest portion of our prayer shouldn’t be spent on petition (presenting requests). In fact,…
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The “Try”: 10 Things you should TRY in your marriage.
My wife married a sci-fi geek. I’m not ashamed of it. I embrace it. Anne, not so much. In his endeavor to become a Jedi, Luke finds himself needing to get trained by the best. It is here we get one of the most well-known figures in all of the Star Wars universe: Yoda. For us geeks, his…
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Pain is Our Common Denominator: 5 things I want to share with you about pain
Do you feel pain? Have you ever been in agony? From stubbing your toe in the middle of the night to having your heart-broken by someone, it seems we all have experienced elements of pain. The rare medical condition of CIP (Congenital Insensitivity to Pain) exists. It’s one of many physical statuses in which a person cannot feel (and has never…
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