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INTO THE WEST: February 2013
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Monday, February 4, 2013. An excerpt from what I read this morning, from Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's "Psalm of Life":. In the world's broad field of battle,. In the bivouac of Life,. Be not like dumb, driven cattle! Be a hero in the strife! Trust no Future, howe'er pleasant! Let the dead Past bury its dead! Act,—act in the living Present! Heart within, and God o'erhead! Lives of great men all remind us. We can make our lives sublime,. And, departing, leave behind us. Footprints on the sands of time;.
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INTO THE WEST: July 2012
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Sunday, July 22, 2012. Here's a question: Is Jesus so unhip that Christians need to convince people that he is actually a cool guy, by. Merchandise ideas as a persuasion method? Original photo found here. Giving a spiritual twist. To whatever the outside culture says is popular right now. How can anyone say no to having "Myspace in Heaven" or "Abreadcrumb and Fish"? The interesting thing that we forget in this mindset is that what is popular in the general culture is actually not. To untold numbers of ma...
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INTO THE WEST: July 2011
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Sunday, July 10, 2011. A Fourth to Remember. Joanna and I spent last weekend out on the Western Slope, venturing over a bunch of mountain passes we had never crossed before. Thankfully the weather has warmed up some, allowing us to travel higher without being turned around by large snow fields. As an added bonus, the 4Runner accomplished 22 mpg during the trip! We stayed those few nights near Crawford with the overly-gracious Lance and Laura, and the overly-cute baby Seth. After watching the firefighters...
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INTO THE WEST: September 2012
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Wednesday, September 19, 2012. My Most Expensive Cup of Coffee Ever. But here I am again, and after much ado I'll start again from Hebrews 12:1-2. Last month I completed my first-ever triathlon – a sprint. Triathlon, which means it was a fairly short one. Nevertheless, it was a big deal for me, so I trained hard for it over the course of several months. The week of the triathlon our community group studied Hebrews chapter 12, and the verses above were absolutely appropriate. I envy those people who have ...
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INTO THE WEST: May 2011
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Wednesday, May 25, 2011. The End of the World. We snickered to ourselves and continued on with our lives, with renewed confidence in our invincibility. One day later, a tornado ripped its way through Joplin, Missouri. Along with leveling most of the town, the tornado killed at least 124 people (the death toll is still rising). Now isn't that a little unfair? It is better to go to a house of mourning than to go to a house of feasting,. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). View my complete profile. Men Who Lead Well.
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INTO THE WEST: April 2013
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Friday, April 12, 2013. Leaders: Do You Love? I could see the teacher had for her students, and how that was reflected back to her and to us. I'd reckon they would sing any song for her; because she loved them they would follow her anywhere. Maybe you've seen the movie White Christmas. Do you remember the scene in which a bunch of the men that General Waverly led in the war gathered from around the region for a surprise banquet in his honor? We'll follow the old man wherever he wants to go. Several times...
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INTO THE WEST: August 2011
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Thursday, August 25, 2011. Lately I read a book by C.S. Lewis called The Problem of Pain. If you haven't read this, I would highly recommend that you do; if for no other reason than that it can help to repair our broken understanding of pain and its purpose in our lives. I've included some excerpts here. We may wish, indeed, that we were of so little account to God that He left us alone to follow our natural impulses - that He would give over trying to train us into something so unlike our natural selves...
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INTO THE WEST: July 2014
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Thursday, July 24, 2014. If you have checked this blog page at regular intervals for updates in the last few months, I have one thing to say: I'm sorry. I'm sorry because as time goes along I find myself with less and less to say online, and less and less time to say it. And the funny thing about having a blog is the pressure to keep it up. No one likes reading stuff more than a few days old (and with things like Twitter out there, a few days might as well be a few years). 8212; Philip Melanchthon. Never...
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INTO THE WEST: November 2011
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Monday, November 28, 2011. Get the Biggest Aluminum Tree You Can Find. Long before December 25th everyone is worn out, physically worn out by weeks of daily struggle in overcrowded shops, mentally worn out by the effort to remember all the right recipients and to think out suitable gifts for them. They are in no trim for merry-making. They look far more as if there had been a long illness in the house." C.S. Lewis. When people get trampled to death in Walmart, it isn't Walmart's fault. When 20 people...
