2011
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Boundless Summer Challenge – Task 5
Jul 10
In my quiet time with God, I’m reminded over and again how much He loves me despite all the wrong I’ve done.
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Boundless Summer Challenge – Task 4
Jul 7
Today I’m turning off the TV and instead spending what time I would have spent “zoning out” in prayer.
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Boundless Summer Challenge – Task 3
Jul 6
All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. That sets the tone for much of our relationship with God, but there’s still good news…
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Self-Funded Line of Credit
Apr 30
Learn how I give myself a self-funded line of credit and actually make money when I buy things.
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Communion and Shaving
Jan 31
Not two things typically put together in a single idea, but the tradition of communion and the act of shaving have a lot in common…
2010
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Investing your Talents
Sept 27
Sunday’s sermon on the parable of the talents asked us to see ourselves as stewards of creation. Looking out from a hill near Mt. Hood, I realized I have more in common with the servant who buried his talent than with those who doubled theirs.
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What Bought You to Slavery?
Aug 23
Never borrow money to buy something you’ll consume. Rented debt is backed by a house or a car; slave debt is backed by your future labor. I sold myself to slavery for a Whopper — what bought you?
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Feed Me!
May 3
I craved Red Robin’s BLTA Croissant and made my own for $2 instead. It got me thinking about church: are you a restaurant patron expecting to be fed, or one of the cooks?
2009
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The 10 Commandments of Vacation
Sept 2
If you neglect your own well-being, your marketing will suffer. Ten simple rules for making the most of your time off: don’t tweet, don’t touch the hotel Internet, and do get a sunburn.
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Balance
Jul 31
I’m blessed with a job I love and with friends and family to share life outside it, which makes balancing the two harder. Let either one take over and both suffer, especially when so much of my work started as hobbies at home.
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A Spirit of Service
Jul 20
I spent a week at Camp Pioneer with the Boy Scouts, re-roofing a 1930s shed and building a deck for the camp store. The humility of the men leading those projects reminded me to ask who my service is really for.