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The Origin of Advent

For most of us this time of year is spent being very busy with Christmas parties, shopping, decorating, preparing for guests, traveling, studying for exams and countless other holiday rituals. In the midst of these usual rituals we often forget about Advent. The Christian Church Year identifies the season of Advent as taking place from […]

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Discovering a New Sense of Freedom in the Canyon

During one camp session this summer, I ate with a family attending LLFC for the first time. Their two teenage girls loved the fishing, slip n’ slides, and zip lines. Meanwhile the parents were struck by a new sense of freedom. On that hot summer afternoon, they shared how Family Camp helped them experience true […]

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Keep The Main Thing The Main Thing

Early in my career a friend and mentor taught me a lot about leading and loving people well. He passed away a few years ago, but so much of what he taught me sticks with me today.  For example, he encouraged me to “live in a state of preparedness.”  Lately, I have been thinking of […]

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Can Our Need to Perform Hinder Our Availability?

Time moves so quickly when life is full of activity. We hustle to work. We get kids to school and various practices and rehearsals. Weekends fill quickly with soccer games, basketball tournaments, and so much more. All of these activities are fun and exciting, but I wonder what effect that busyness and the need to […]

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Do You Ever Question your Significance?

Do you ever question how you spend the best hours of each day? Everyone does, perhaps especially young parents with multiple family obligations and busy emerging careers. Some days I feel I spend most of my time doing insignificant tasks while others are making a “real” difference in their work.   My friend and talented […]

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What Does Liturgy Have to Do with Our Families?

I grew up a pastor’s son in a main line, traditional style church setting. My church observed the church calendar that designated specific numbers of weeks for Advent, Lent, Epiphany and what is known as Ordinary Time. Each Sunday morning worship service was marked by liturgical practices that embedded themselves in my memory and became […]

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New Beginnings

I spent roughly nine years on Young Life staff. They were nine of the most fun and difficult years of life and ministry. I had a mentor during some of those years while I lived in the Dallas area. His name was Tom Raley, and he was the most Christ-like and disciplined person I have […]

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