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30 Day Trial | Days 26- 30 | Finish Strong...
Welcome to Day 30 - You Win...So here we are at the end of another 30 Day Trial Challenge. I am writing this message from a medicine-induced haze. I hurt my ankle a few days ago and had been fighting the pain as I walked. Finally it started to swe...
5 Minute Drill | Educate Yourself…
*** Ready Set Go ***Have I ever mentioned my secret? I am nerd. Not just any kind of nerd; I am a super nerd. Now here is another dirty little secret that I hold. I hate school. From start to “finish” I had been in school from age 18 mo to 2...
5 Minute Drill | Find Time…
*** Ready Set Go ***How do you find time? I would point you to the last message that I wrote on Doing Less. That is the easiest way to find the time necessary to get things done. Next is to start doing an inventory on how you are spending your tim...
5 Minute Drill | Do Less…
*Ready Set Go*Are you doing too much? That is what I find with a lot of my clients. They usually have a good understanding of what they should be doing. They struggle with doining it with everything that they have on their plate. I am a fierce ad...
5 Minute Drill | Be Brave…
***Ready Set Go***Fear is such an empty emotion. It tells us that we can't do something, that it is too hard... But it is a lie. Today I saw fear in a very real way, in Isana's eyes. She wanted to try the monkey bars on the swing set. She was expecti...
5 Minute Drill | Interpret Dreams…
***Ready Set Go***I am a big believer in the meaning of dreams. I wrote this dream down one night in 2007. I share part of it with you as well as the specific questions that I asked God about it.People in the Dream:Me, Virginia Carter, my cousin "C...
30 Day Trial Day 23| I'm Smiling. Are You?
call someoneHonestly I did not do this one today. I was stuck on who to call and I couldn't think of anyone. Now it is late and i do not want to disturb anyone. SO I am calling this one a failure today. Maybe I will attack it tomorrow so I can sa...
30 Day Trial Day 22 | Don't Worry...
Welcome to Day 22 - Don't Worry...Today I am not living out my tasks. I have learned much from this failure but that doesn't make it any less bitter. Here is what I took a crack at today.plan aheadThis has always been a struggle for me. I am a cat...
30 Day Trial Day 21 - Stay Calm ...
work hardMy team has been operating at peak efficiency this sprint so I haven't been able to work for them as hard as I usually do so I decided to try pushing myself during my workout today. I swam 900 yards in the pool in less that one hour. This ...
30 Day Trial Day 20 | Picking Up The Pieces...
Hi Everyone,3 days without a post and I am most ashamed. I will update everyone on my progress tomorrow. Things have been moving at a fever pitch. I hope that you have been keeping up with your challenges because even in this frenzy I have been ke...
30 Day Trial Day 14 | Breathe Deep...
Welcome To Day 14 - Relax Relate Release...One of the most important things that you can learn is when to recognize when you are getting close to edge. My wife and I have been known to ask each other, "Can you please talk me down from the ledge." T...
30 Day Trial Day 12 | Facing the Shadow...
Welcome to Day 12 - Facing the ShadowThe caption reads, "Yea though I walk through the valley of the Shadow of Death I will fear no evil Psalms 23:4" I LOVE the 23rd Psalm. My grandmother had me repeating that thing over and over again when I was a...
30 Day Trial Day 11 | Act Natural...
Welcome to Day 11 - Just Smile And Wave BoysSo today was a day of flexibility. I had an expectation of how my time would be spent today but after a shift here and a turn there I didn't get started on my "important task" until way late. Sorry about ...
30 Day Trial Day 10 | Persistance...
Here is a story taken straight out of one my favorite books. Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill.Shortly after Mr. darby received his degree from the "University of Hard Knocks," he witnessed something that proved to him that no does not necessaril...
30 Day Trial Day 9 | Peanut Butter Jelly Time...
Welcome to Day 9 - When the foolishness beginsSo today I am playing house husband and loving every minute of it. I have no problem when sitter challenges result in a day off from work. When I was younger than I am now I wanted to be a house husband...
30 Day Trial Day 6 | Why I Love Wiring...
Welcome to Day 6 - Wiring Is The CoolestSo I got to spend all of my day today up in the ceiling of our new church pulling all of the miscellaneous wire that we are not using. It is interesting what networking people will leave up their. We found ra...
30 Day Trial Challenge | Microsoft Edition...
So I am trying out blog posting from Microsoft Office 2007. I am interested in knowing whether it is worth it to add the overhead of Office to my blogging lifestyle. So today our church did something different, we had a split service. Since we hav...
30 Day Trial | Falling Down...
So today's message will be a short one. Not because I don't have that much to say but because I am in between bedtimes and after laying one little one down I need to spend some individual time with the other. So here is an update on how I am doing ...
5 Minute Drill | Take Pictures...
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5 Minute Drill | Create Moments
What Will Be the Impact of the Moments We Create? Every step you take has impact on the next. Every word you say carry's tremendous power. The thoughts we harbor can lead us in one direction or the next. What mome...
5 Minute Drill | Speak Up
Is it Time To Speak Up? Ready... Set... Go! So I had a series of conversation on facebook where I asked my friends what their top needs were and if they communicated that to their spouses or significant others. The first thin...
God's Man | Getting Caught Up.
Do You Need To Get Caught Up? So yesterday I didn't make it through two of my tasks. Constrain Yourself (Setting Boundaries) Step Back (Evaluation) So in an effort to kill several birds with several stones I am going to use these...
30 Day Trial | Today I Am Blown Away
So today I learned that one of my favorite quotes is absolutely true."Inch by inch is a cinch"I have heard that quote used a ton of times by a ton of people in a bunch of different contexts. The point, however, is always the same. Small changes don...
30 Day Trial | Taking a look around...
Here I am trying to get into today's 30 Day Trial post and I couldn't come up with a single thing to write about. So let's recap on what I will be taking on today towards my goal of Becoming the person that I want to spend the rest of my life with.O...
Welcome to the 30 Day Trial Challenge | Day 1
It Has Begun!!!Congratulations to everyone who has decided to join in on this installment of the 30 Day Trial Challenge. I am excited for all of the amazing things that you will be doing over the next 30 days. They may not seem like big deals but a...
30 Day Trial | Day 30 | Finish Strong...
Welcome to Day 30 - Finishing StrongCongratulations To all of you who have run this race with me. I am so glad to see so many of you at the finish line. Everyone of you has shown tremendous strength getting this far and now it is time to evaluate h...
30 Day Trial | Day 29...
Welcome to Day 29 - Uncommon ExcellenceFinally got some internet going here on my vacation. I plan to go back and fill out yesterday's post. The photo, at least for me, speaks for itself. Now that it is day 29 I want to ask you how you are doing? ...
30 Day Trial | Day 26...
Welcome To Day 26 - How Many Words do I Get For Pretty PicturesWell they say that a picture is worth a 1000 words than this should cover today's word count. I present "Adventures in Cake Making." This illustrates an point that I was making a few days...
30 Day Trial | Day 25 | Not Me Edition...
Welcome to Day 25 - The Home StretchSo here we are in the home stretch. One more week to go and you will have conquered your goal over the last 30 days. I am proud of all of you. Since it is Monday that means that I must once more give into my Not...
30 Day Trial | Day 24
Welcome to Day 23 - God's Love Endures ForeverToday at Living Hope Church we passed a significant milestone. Our UNITE campaign completed all of the tasks in the Red phase and now we are ready to move to our new location. My mini message today was ...
