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Entries from July 2008

Lynch Gone, Leaders Rare

July 31st, 2008 · 1 Comment

When it was announced last night that John Lynch had left the Broncos to ‘explore his options’ elsewhere, I was not a happy camper.
In terms of talent/playing time, I’m not sure how much the Broncos lost here. There are 4 safeties on the team that can all play, hit, and cover. So John’s [...]

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Tags: leadership · sports

Croatia: Trying To Get Home

July 30th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Wednesday, July 16
Think I finally got all the junk off my website. It was that stupid cybercafe in Porec.
Plus…I think I’m sick. Fever. Sweating. Coughing. Not good.
Thursday, July 17
Feel better. Good enough to get out and eat and see some sites. I’ll pack tomorrow and leave on Saturday.
The [...]

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Tags: road trips

From Croatia to Hungary

July 30th, 2008 · No Comments

Tuesday, July 15
Conference is over. I now head to Budapest with my brother-in-law for a few days of down time before I head back to the States. The last 8 days have been hectic, insightful, and humbling. And I’ve got an 8 hour van ride in front of me to chew on [...]

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Tags: road trips · youth ministry

Hancock Disappoints

July 29th, 2008 · 2 Comments

For a season, Will Smith couldn’t miss with movies. Call him Mr. 4th of July, Mr. Blockbuster, whatever. When Will Smith does a movie, it will have an edge and be worth going to see.
To be fair, it’s not that Hancock is a bad movie…it’s just not a great one. [...]

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Tags: movies & music

Croatia, July 14th

July 28th, 2008 · No Comments

Monday, July 14th
Last full day at Porec and conference. Tomorrow we’ll load up and I’ll drive the 8 hours to Budapest with my brother-in-law.
Morning excursion we did motor boats. I use that term loosely. It technically had a mechanical engine of the sorts on the back of it…all 8 horses [...]

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Tags: road trips · youth ministry

Croatia, July 13

July 28th, 2008 · 2 Comments

Sunday, July 13
On the docket was sailboating and parasailing.  Both got cancelled due to the high winds.  Instead we beat the snot out of each other on paddle boats in the middle of the Adriatic Sea.  The hotel next to us had this cool little water play set…that big mountain in the middle is about [...]

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Tags: road trips · youth ministry

Saturday Hike: Roxborough

July 27th, 2008 · No Comments

Steve “Purk” (of July 4th hike fame) is training for climbing Mt. Bierstadt this August.  It’s one of Colorado’s famed “14′ers.”  In fact, we are going to try to bag 2 in one day - Bierstadt and Evans.  They are two of the more “friendlier” 14′ers plus we’ll have a guy who has done it [...]

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Tags: Colorado Adventures

Friday Hike: Hidden Mesa Open Space

July 27th, 2008 · No Comments

With Cayden in half-day Kindergarten and me off - Amy and I headed to Hidden Mesa Open Space.  We’re pretty fortunate.  We have the best metro hiking venues within minutes of the house.  We headed to the top, a little over 3 mile hike roundtrip.

Tags: Colorado Adventures, Hidden Mesa Open Space, hikes

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The Dark Knight Was

July 24th, 2008 · 5 Comments

Toby, Shaun and I headed to The Dark Knight this afternoon.
Two and half hours later we just sat there.  Finally one of us exhaled.
“That….was….sick.”
In the first movie, Nolan took us on a character development ride as to what makes Batman/Bruce Wayne tick.  This time around he just takes us on a ride…a very disturbing ride.
Heath [...]

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Tags: movies & music

Almost Done With Blog

July 24th, 2008 · No Comments

Miracles will never cease!!!
This was my list to get done on the blog and I honestly thought, it would take me the rest of my life.

1. recent comments with excerpt
2. on this day calendar
3. archive page
4. contact me page.
5. top posts by view
6. top commenters of all time
7. flickr rss feed fixed
8. rss feed comments
9. [...]

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Tags: blogs & xbox