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Life Goal List

I assigned homework for our “The Circle Maker” class last week, and thought it’d be responsible to do the homework as well.  The task was simple, and incredibly difficult: Write out the start of your life goal list.  I’m posting below what I have so far.  Some goals are selfish, some goals seem impossible, but […]

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Boundaries for Leaders by Dr. Henry Cloud

Well, Dr. Henry Cloud has written an amazing leadership resource for those wanting to grow their leadership capabilities. At the core of this book’s insight, it’s all about people, relationships, and creating boundaries that facilitate success. The author shares 7 leadership boundaries that will make everything else work. Success is based on mastery of these […]

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Draw the Circle by Mark Batterson

Draw the Circle is a supplemental devotional to The Circle Maker, but also can be used just as its own prayer devotional. Each day, author Mark Batterson gives a new emphasis and challenge focused on deepening and growing the reader’s prayer life. Supported by personal stories, the Bible, and outside illustrations, the main focus of […]

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Jesus Is _____ by Judah Smith

This book is exactly what the title says it will be about. It answers the question of who is Jesus by giving six different answers. Jesus is Your Friend, Grace, the Point, Happy, Here, and Alive. Each chapter makes several points that support why Jesus Is whatever that chapter is claiming. I really liked Jesus […]

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Happy 10 Year Anniversary: Self

10 years ago this month, my entire life was flipped upside down.  This is a good thing, since the direction before that wasn’t especially exciting.  I’d started following Jesus nine months earlier, but really didn’t have any life direction.  I had pain in my back every day from an idiotic golf cart accident and soccer […]

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Deep and Wide

I just finished Deep and Wide by Andy Stanley, and left feeling happily challenged.  I thought the book was structured great; he broke it into three main sections all that could stand alone if you only wanted to read for certain information.  The idea of doing church for people who don’t go to church is […]

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Breakdown of Kid Presidents Pep Talk

Before you read on, take the 3 minutes to watch the pep talk video if you haven’t already seen it. Have you ever got up in the morning feeling a little gloomy, feeling like the day isn’t going to go well?  But then you open twitter, see someone posted something that you normally never open, […]

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My Social Media Break

I had a lot of reflections and thoughts to share about my break from all Social Media; but because I couldn’t get on to post them, I’ve forgotten most of it.  But I did have a few bigger takeaways that really surprised me from being “unplugged” for a week.  Here’s two: 1. Social media has […]

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Awakening Fast: Day 5

Ephesians 3:20 Now all glory to God, who is able, through his mighty power at work within us, to accomplish infinitely more than we might ask or think. A few interesting things happened yesterday.  I went out to lunch with a couple people, one of those people were also fasting, and he happened to frequent […]

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Awakening Fast: Day 3

Well, yesterday was one constant literal headache.  Apparently I was hanging on to some wicked toxins, that have since been released.  No headache today!!!  SO I take that as a huge spiritual victory, because it felt like a demon was repeatedly punching me in the spinal cord.  You’re welcome for that image. My one and […]

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