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The Adventures of Captain Penelope: April 2011
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The Adventures of Captain Penelope. Wednesday, April 27, 2011. Life with Death in Mind. Do not accumulate for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth. And rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal. But accumulate for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and thieves do not break in and steal. For where your. Is, there your heart will be also. Just before her 94th birthday, my grandmother died in her sleep. Is that I will in no way be ashamed. And since I am sure of...
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The Adventures of Captain Penelope: December 2011
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The Adventures of Captain Penelope. Friday, December 2, 2011. Youth Culture Then and Now. At one point during each of our Real World Parents seminars, I ask the question, “Are things better or worse at this point in our culture than they were 100 years ago? The increase and acceptance of divorce. The rise of cohabitation and out-of-wedlock births. The crisis of the fatherless. The increasing number of mothers who work outside the home. The decreasing amount of time parents are spending with their kids.
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The Adventures of Captain Penelope: July 2012
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The Adventures of Captain Penelope. Thursday, July 26, 2012. Needing, Wanting, Getting. Maybe I could have been. Maybe if I trained harder or cared more or watched Prefontaine. More often I could have brought my time down to 25 minutes. My real problem: I love fried food and I worked at Sonic Drive In. You DESERVE a new (fill in the blank). And you can finance it for 72 months with no money down! Sometimes we allow our habits to be shaped by things simply because they are there. Since I can have it, ...
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The Adventures of Captain Penelope: January 2011
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The Adventures of Captain Penelope. Thursday, January 20, 2011. I am quite confident that over the course of my life I have been more than acquaintances with more than 613 people. There are professors, teachers, family friends, classmates, youth ministry students, etc. from my past who have yet to receive a Facebook friend request from me. And I can think of a whole bunch of people in my life right now who aren’t even on Facebook! It’s hard to believe! 8221; She is flabbergasted at the idea. And my mom i...
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The Adventures of Captain Penelope: November 2012
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The Adventures of Captain Penelope. Monday, November 26, 2012. I have a new favorite song to add to my list. I have to overlook the poor grammar, the fact that it’s sung by a guy with a double name, Philip Phillips, and that he’s an American Idol winner, but at least he doesn’t go by Philip. The song is Home. A fun little song to comfort a spouse/girlfriend/fiancee’ having doubts and fears about the future. Here are the lyrics:. Hold on, to me as we go. As we roll down this unfamiliar road. Janine Menden...
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The Adventures of Captain Penelope: February 2011
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The Adventures of Captain Penelope. Wednesday, February 23, 2011. Things don’t always go as planned. I’m experiencing this right now. Last summer, I planned One Night Only 2011 for April 2. Then something came up and we needed to move it, so I chose April 16. Now, we have found more reasons to move it again. Frustrating. if my purpose was to advance my own program, that is. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Janine Mendenhall’s ‘Starving Hearts’ Prize Pack Giveaway. When Sweet Is Also Bitter. The glory of God.
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The Adventures of Captain Penelope: June 2011
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The Adventures of Captain Penelope. Tuesday, June 28, 2011. Misha Then and Now. Every year Misha and I make a list detailing each other’s traits that we most admire. I find it difficult to avoid typing up the same old list I would have written after our first date. Of course, I remember the date like it was yesterday. It was a Wednesday night study of Mere Christianity. I think it’s fair to say that I was completely smitten from the earliest days of our courtship. So I guess I will dig deep and try to ge...
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The Adventures of Captain Penelope: February 2012
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The Adventures of Captain Penelope. Monday, February 13, 2012. I suppose that this is the only logical conclusion of a certain worldview. IF humans are only animals, then our urges and instincts must therefore be our highest motivation and suppression of those urges will lead to an unhappy, unfulfilled existence. Fortunately for me, this has not been my experience. I predict that my relationship with Misha will be unquantifiably better not in spite of self control and exclusivity, but because of it.
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The Adventures of Captain Penelope: April 2012
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The Adventures of Captain Penelope. Monday, April 30, 2012. The Thing About My Folks. When I was a kid, my folks were completely unreasonable. I mean, they were horrible, really. It’s amazing I made it through. When I think back now, as a parent myself, I may have called CPS on my parents several times. You have no idea. Oh, sure, in public they were all nice and respectable. Actually, now that I think about it, they were equally as awful in public as they were at home. You would like a few examples?
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The Adventures of Captain Penelope: End of an Era
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The Adventures of Captain Penelope. Monday, January 14, 2013. End of an Era. When we’re completely immersed in an activity, it’s hard to imagine or accept that it will eventually end. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve said in the last few months, “It’s already ( insert date here). Where has the year gone? 8221; But years end, we come home from trips, and activities find their completion. At the right time, Christ died for the ungodly. At the right time, He will return. How will we spend the me...It...
