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Camber has been having ongoing conversations with her friends about church. Today she came home with this gem.
Camber: Do you think I’d understand your preacher if I went to your church?
Camber’s Friend: Maybe. I don’t know. Wait, what’s the “Preacher?”
Camber: The guy that stands up and teaches you the Bible. [...]

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One of the joys of living in Topeka is that it’s small enough that I regularly see people I know and it’s cool to give them a little honk and a wave. It’s fun….if you guess right.
I see a friend, do the honk thing and wave and she doesn’t see me. Okay, [...]

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I hardly ever go to a Christian bookstore. In fact, the last time I went in one was….yesterday. But before that —- can’t remember.
We had a local Christian bookstore in Parker with a coffee shop and stage for live music. It was a great theory, great location, great vibe in [...]

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I have very limited experience with sump pumps. My first year at Pinecrest the snow melt was so significant that it flooded our dirt parking lot into Lake Pinecrest. Ray (senior pastor) and I got shovels and a couple of pumps to try help the situation. I wore waders…he just got wet. [...]

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I got this from Rowland…and I’d link him but he hasn’t blogged this year…or last…or probably the year before that. I think he and Wayne are in a contest to see who can go the longest between updates.
Tool Glossary
TOOLS EXPLAINED
DRILL PRESS: A tall upright machine useful for suddenly snatching flat metal bar stock out [...]

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That’s how much time I have until my next meeting. Questions that I’m wondering about…
What can get done in 9 minutes?
Where exactly they hide the sun in this city?
I miss Burn Notice and Chuck…and my DVR.
Why is it I love most of Dave Matthews stuff but every so often I hear something from them [...]

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I’ve posted on this before but really didn’t fully explore the concept.  Has to do with who is a friend and who isn’t.  It came up because I was asked if I would have coffee with half the friends on my Facebook.
To which I replied – there isn’t one of those people that I would [...]

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I bought Burn Notice, season 1 on DVD today at Target.  I love this show.  Funny.  Spies.  Miami.  Cool.  Perfect balance of James Bond on vacation. (I also picked up Chuck, Season 1.  We don’t have our Direct TV right now.)
But what threw me off was the checking out process.
I swipe my card, enter my [...]

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My good friend David Baumgartner’s status: David is getting ready to head to Cub Scouts.
Grant’s response: I never made it past there either but I quit when I reached high school.

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As always, Wayne asks great questions.

What has 4 years of blogging done for me? Is it worthwhile?
Yes – it’s worthwhile. Whenever I get to a place where this becomes work, I take a week or two off. I own the blog, the blog doesn’t own me.
It’s made me a better [...]

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