When I was little I heard many Christians claim that we should only listen to Christian music. What they meant was only explicitly Christian in its reference to Jesus or God. But, I think we limit our understanding of music, worship, and who God is when we do this. For example, when we view the [...]
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Forget Reading and Education
December 12th, 2010 · No Comments · Book Review, God, Learning, budgeting, education, marketing, money, thankful
I used to not be a book reader except for trying to force myself to enjoy reading like most other people did, fictional reading for pleasure. Finding joy from this was always hard for me whenever I really didn’t ever have a hard time day-dreaming and didn’t need a book to do that. I just [...]
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Pushing Through Obstacles
November 11th, 2010 · No Comments · Challenges, God, faith, life
So, as of late, I’ve been trying to tackle what in my mind is the impossible…running a ½ marathon. First point of importance: I hate running. I don’t mind running with an object in front of me or a goal to where I can add a point to my ego or see the completion of [...]
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Thoughts on the church, marketing, and a need for You
September 8th, 2010 · No Comments · God, church, marketing
My heart is heavy for the church today. That we don’t know how to discern the difference between the Holy Spirit and a good marketing push. That we are so inundated with marketing and so used to being sold with no ability to critically discern that we don’t know a phony from the real thing. [...]
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Thankful for Christ’s Sacrifice
January 26th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Bible, Christianity, God, religion, salvation, thankful
I am so very thankful for Christ’s sacrifice. Thankful that I have believed through faith, placing my confidence in Christ. As a result there is significance, relevance, and value to my life. As the world continues to move further into moral decline, I am thankful for my family who has been honest and open in [...]
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Contradictions or Keys to Life: Safe or Good, Simple or Easy?
January 5th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Challenges, God, Thoughts
Contradictory statements or keys to a successful and fulfilled life? 1) It’s takes work to grow and doing nothing doesn’t mean you stay the same, it means you deteriorate. Example, our physical bodies. We work hard to get fit and we get sick and lose everything we worked for in a matter of days or [...]
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