Tag: Family
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F I F T Y ::
So next week will mark my FIFTIETH trip around the sun. I’ve really not been all that excited about this particular mile marker. But. . . .hey I’m learning to embrace it. The past year has been an exciting year and a tough year. This time last year we were trying to raise the…
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#MCM: The Gift of Interruption
So, I’ve missed a couple of Man Challenge Monday’s (#mcm), but I’m back on track, today, at least, so let’s get going. I truly believe its one of my biggest pet peeves – interruption. Around our house it happens all the time. I’ll be talking to my wife and one of our brood comes…
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#MCM: Check your face
I have a little routine I try to follow before I leave my house: Check my hair. Check my teeth. Check my fly. Keys. Wallet. All systems are go. But over the last couple of weeks, I’ve been made increasingly more aware of the need to check my face. I shared this thought with our…
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#MCM: Put It Down
“Who are you texting now?” She asked the question, with a tone of frustration and an expression of exasperation. “She” is my wife, and the question, well its a question I get asked at least three times a week, if not more. “I’m sorry, baby girl, repeat to me the last thing you just said.”…
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#MCM: Love Big, Stay Small
First – I am no expert at being a great husband, a great dad, or even just a great man for that matter. Secondly – I also know that “#mcm” has a different meaning than what I imply in this and future posts. However, as a man I believe I, and other men, need…
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Help Pull The Sled.
We have an oft used phrase around RiverChurch – “Go Be The Church.” Its our reminder that “Church” isn’t some place we go to, rather it is something that we embody in our everyday lives. A specific family in our city is in desperate need for the Church to Be the Church. This mom,…