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“When we honestly ask ourselves which person in our lives mean the most to us, we...”
– Henri J.M. Nouwen, The Road to Daybreak: A Spiritual Journey
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“As long as we continue to live as if we are what we do, what we have, and what...”
– ― Henri J.M. Nouwen
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Your Failure IS What Qualifies You
“In spirituality we learn far more from getting it wrong than we do by getting it right.” - Richard Rohr The Story Last week, I heard some unsettling news.  News, that if I’m honest, is really none of my business.  But, since I genuinely care about those involved, my first response was one of concern.  Some old friends, who I haven’t talked with in a while, are on the verge...
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reblog: I don't want to do anything big for God...
Originally posted July 1, 2009 I know my blogging is sporadic at best and I still sometime wonder if it’s worth it or why even bother.  But, here I am… unfiltered, uncensored and certainly unpolished. The statement above (the title not the one about sporadic blogging) is so in contrast from the way I lived my life for years.  Most of my life, I was told to “dream a big...
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“The problem is I’m older now, I’m 40 years old, and this stuff...”
–  Steve Jobs, 1955-2011
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“We tend to think, ‘Life should be fair because God is fair.’ But God...”
– - Philip Yancey, Disappointment with God
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“God becomes human, a real human being. While we exert ourselves to grow beyond...”
–  Dietrich Bonhoeffer - from Ethics, page 84
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Slacklining Over Yosemite Simply beautiful… this week’s installment of “I could do that but just don’t want to.”
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reblog: What We Have Here Is A Failure To...
Originally posted on May 1, 2010 The other night, Patrick and I stopped at a gas station just outside Nashville on our way home from the Montgomery Gentry video shoot.  I went inside to grab some snacks for the late night drive home and my interaction with the attendant (we’ll call him George) went something Iike this: George: Is that gonna do it for ya? Me: Yep. (Pause) Oh, and this...
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“There is nothing that can replace the absence of someone dear to us, and one...”
–  Dietrich Bonhoeffer
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