I got up early Saturday morning to watch the men’s Olympic Marathon trials on the internet. (If you have to ask why, I can’t explain it to you ). NBC seemed to have technical difficulties for the first hour, so by the time I made my connection, the leaders were approaching the [...]

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On a friend’s Starbucks cup recently there was a great quote about heaven that I’m planning to use in Sunday’s sermon. Starbucks maintains a collection on their website of their recent coffee cup quotes. I waded through a few of them this morning and found three extra-good ones about children:
“Do not kiss your [...]

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I heard a preacher say once that Christians can never have a bad experience. His point was that God can redeem anything, a la Romans 8:28. Bloggers have an added advantage in that bad experiences make good copy.
I have recently been trying to get information on visiting a prisoner at the Knox County [...]

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Up at 4:30a. Why can’t I sleep?
Sleeping often means conversations with Dad in my dreams, conversations where he tells me his death makes sense and I say, “But wait, wait! Listen to ME!”
Sleeping also means wrestling between dreams with church problems - conflicts with people, the difficulty of getting things done, the frustrations [...]

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Every day I find something I wish I could share with my dad. Here’s one on the lighter side. His car remote always suffered from poor range. The crazy little trick in the short video below might have been a big help to him. I actually tried it out today (non-scientifically) [...]

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My brother Matt called my Dad’s life insurance company the other day and had this conversation:
Matt: “My father passed away recently and he was insured by your company.”
Agent: “I’m sorry to hear that.”
That’s keeping it real.
My Google mail account lists context-sensitive ads next to my messages, just [...]

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Back in November I wrote an article called “What Running is Teaching Me”. It was about endurance, pressing on through pain, attacking difficult things…stuff like that. Shortly thereafter, I quit running. Hey, I injured myself!
Now after three months off, I’m back at it, running more than ever. Slower than ever too. [...]

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What keeps me from doing all the neat and wonderful things I plan to do? What stops me from being everything I could be six months from now? Merlin Mann posted this excellent paragraph on 43 Folders yesterday…
Resistance can be thought of as anything that pulls us away from doing the work we [...]

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The New York Times published an article in December called Questions Couples Should Ask (Or Wish They Had) Before Marrying. If you’d like to take a little romance out of your Valentine’s Day, you ought to look it over.
Actually, this is a great list of the type of questions I ask (or need to [...]

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I went to the National Missionary Convention in Knoxville a few years ago, and while I was wandering around the displays, I heard someone whisper “That’s Dennis Mullen”. I briefly entertained delusions of my own celebrity, but quickly realized I must know this woman who recognized me. It turns out that she was [...]

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