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Fridays Are For One Question

I’m typing this from Myrrle Beach, SC while my children are on the balcony squawking at sea gulls. I told them to hold up a piece of bread and see what happens. Perhaps that was a mistake. Regardless I have heard there are two kinds of people: mountain people and beach people. I think I [...]

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Fridays Are For One Question

One of my goals in 2012 is to read more. More often, and more quantity (though if the Mayans were right, it’s not going to matter too much. But I digress…) Yes, reading. My older son shames me with his commitment to books. He’ll knock out a “Magic Treehouse” adventure novel in about 2 days. [...]

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I think the Superbowl commercial thing may have just gone to a new level. Vokswagen, who last year had the phenomenal commercial with the kid using the force to start the car, has released a TEASER for their Superbowl commercial. It’s a trailer for a commercial. Yeah, I know what you’re thinking. But seriously – [...]

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This week I read an article about the most influential worship albums of all time. Here’s the list they came up with: 10. Passion: Better Is One Day Passion Band (1999) 9. Pray AndraĆ© Crouch Warner 8. Beautiful Things Gungor Brash Music (2010) 7. Facedown Matt Redman Sparrow/sixstepsrecrods (2003) 6. United We Stand Hillsong United [...]

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Ever had a Twitter misfire? You know what that is – it’s an ill advised status update, one made without thinking, or one with unfortunate typographical errors. Ever done that? I have. Yesterday. If you were following me on Twitter, you’d know that I was at Passion 2012 this week, an amazing conference where college [...]

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You guessed it – the one question today is about New Year’s resolutions. I’m actually a big fan of resolutions (I like “goals” better). You can read here about that, but for today, let’s keep it simple. All of us have a list a mile long of bad goals we’ve made at New Year’s. Crazy [...]

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Let’s forget about It’s a Wonderful Life and Miracle on 34th Street for today, because there are a ton of underrated Christmas movies and specials out there. I’ll throw out 2: Die Hard Prep and Landing Both holiday masterpieces. That’s the question for you today, too: “What’s the most underrated Christmas movie or special out [...]

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Confession time – I’ve been listening to Christmas music since the second week in November. There. I said it. And I’m okay with it, because I LOVE CHRISTMAS MUSIC. I recognize, however, that there are two kinds of Christmas music: Good and bad. So let’s focus on the second today: “What is the worst Christmas [...]

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This week, it was announced due to impassable negotiations between the NBA Players and the NBA owners that much of the basketball season has already been lost. Gasp! I confess here – and maybe I’m going to get reamed for this – I literally could not care any less than I do about this. If [...]

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I read a story this week about a national monument in Germany that sounds incredibly intriguing and moving. It’s in the city of Dresden. On February 13, 1945, during the final stages of WWII, large air raids, conducted by Allied Forces virtually flattened the old town of Dresden. 25,000 civilians were killed. Rather than erecting [...]

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