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Video: Stage 4 cancer, blindness and autism…”This is grace”

For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison, as we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen. For the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal. (2 Corinthians 4:17-18 ESV) Seeing [...]

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Perfectionism…it’s why I really suck

I’m pretty frustrated as I write this, so I figured I should seize the opportunity to expose one of my lifelong struggles and iniquities as I wrestle with it and take it to the cross for its deserved bludgeoning. Perfectionism This isn’t to say that I do all things perfect or even halfway decent, but [...]

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A morning prayer from the unemployed

As some of you may or may not know, I am currently looking for work and have been for the past month. This is the second year in a row I’ve been jobless over Thanksgiving and now possibly Christmas. Last year was extremely difficult for me, but God was faithful and through that season I [...]

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Griffin asks me to destroy their product, need your ideas

My mother purchased this nice little Griffin wireless sound system for her iPod (Evolve). Unfortunately the dock connector broke rendering it pretty much useless. Mom talked with Griffin and their spectacular customer support said. “We’ll replace it. Just destroy the base unit and send us the pics.” Say no more Griffin, these are the kinds [...]

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Pray for Kate McRae, 5yr old girl with rare brain tumor

I saw some tweets from Brian Wurzell, Worship Director at Cornerstone Christian Fellowship talking about an urgent prayer request for a family in their church who has a 5yr old daughter currently in Phoenix Children’s Hospital about to go into brain surgery. She has a very rare and aggressive form of cancer that is being [...]

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Why do you follow Jesus?

I was sitting on my porch talking Jesus with a dear friend of mine who’s in a real life struggle. He turned and asked me a simple question that struck me as deeply profound, he asked “Why do you follow Jesus? Why?” See my friend, let’s call him Steve, knows how hard this life is [...]

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Wedding music reflections on our anniversary

Today marks 8 years of marriage to my beautiful wife Melissa. Much has changed since we married on April 14th, 2001, much has grown, much has been gained and lost. We are now 3 kids deep, we moved from our hometown of Santa Barbara CA to the desert, and I was able to convince Mel [...]

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John Legend sings about cheating Christians

I’m a sucker for some R&B, I dig John Legend. But the thing about R&B is the lyrics are usually the most blunt, abrasive ways to communicate a story. Metaphors and poetic phrasing are of no use to the R&B community. They just go to the basest level of language to express themselves, which is [...]

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