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I need some help. Campus Crusade for Christ is having a leadership conference in Croatia for all of their missionaries in Eastern Europe. It’s from July 1-15th. These kids of these families will have their own tract to follow. That’s where I come in. I’ve been asked to lead the teenager tract. Do some leadership [...]

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This is part 2 of my notes from the Beautiful Day Conference. Steve Clifford is the Lead Pastor of Westgate Church in San Jose, CA. When Steve got to Westgate, he simply asked 4 questions: What do we do well? What are we trying to do? What are we not doing at all and why? [...]

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This is part 1 of my notes from the Beautiful Day Conference. John Talbert is the founder of Beautiful Day. He’s also the compassion pastor at Westgate. He’s got some cool name other than compassion pastor, but I can’t remember what it is. Common Grace – you don’t have to be a Christ-follower to be [...]

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I’m working on the notes from the Beautiful Day Conference. I’ll get them out next week but since Frontier canceled our flights home on Thursday night, we had an extra day. Row and I decided to enjoy a day in San Fran. AM Hit antique guitar store (Guitar Showcase). Lot’s of incredible guitars – Stevie [...]

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Had some free time before the conference so Row and I got in Ironman. What a cool ride. Great movie, great themes, great action, great acting. I hate halloween but if I liked it – I’d be Ironman for it. If you go see it – stay till the VERY END of the credits. You [...]

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Rowland and I are in San Jose for the Beautiful Day Conference. BD is about emptying the church and unleashing compassion. Click on the site to read more. The conference should be good – Dan Kimball, Len Sweet are on the docket – but I’m actually more pumped about some time to rethink and re-imagine [...]

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Our church rented out a theater to see Prince Caspian today. Believe the hype. It’s that good. If you’re a huge C.S. Lewis fan, you will love the way the director tells the story – not giving all the details of why certain things are going on early in the film. I love the fact [...]

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I’ve had a pain in my heel for the last month or so and like a real man, I’ve not gone to the doctor for it. The theory went something like this – I probably hurt it during ski season at some point. I took about a month after the season to see if it [...]

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After reading Into Thin Air, Robert encouraged me to read more of Krakauer’s works. Into the Wild is the story of Chris McCandless and his journey towards an “examined life.” He graduates from college, gives away all his money and sets across the country – into the wild. The shocking thing about the book is [...]

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I’ve been neglectful in my postings of the season. Okay – the bad news – we’ve yet to win a game. Good news: We’re scoring touchdowns, throwing deep passes, getting safeties with double blitzes, running a hurry-up offense. Bad news: It appears that it is next to impossible for a 9 year old to go [...]

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