We have had an ongoing conversation on the topic of Real Men™ and most of that conversation has taken place offline. Around a fire, on the back porch, standing around the patio, over cigars, or even over a glass of scotch (Tommy had rum). Tommy took the conversation online with his post (Manly?) and there are certainly some good conversation happening in the comments there. Take a minute and go read it if you haven’t. For those that are new to the topic, the essential question is “How do you explain to a young man what it means to be a man?” The answers various individuals have put forth...
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When we were considering names for our children, we took a lot of things into consideration. We both considered the names that we both felt strongly about and we had numerous conversations about how those names would affect our children’s lives. However, we must admit that we never took this into consideration, and when we received Beth’s Ashbrook Official Swim Cap, we realized we failed her as parents.
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Weekly Summary: "So they just passed a health care plan written by a committee whose chairman says he didn't understand it, passed by a Congress that exempts themselves from it, signed by a president who smokes, with funding administered by a treasury chief who didn't pay his taxes, all to be overseen by a surgeon general who is obese..........And better yet it is to be financed by a country that's broke?” Tommy Jinks Socialism Day 1: Guy with big ears gloating on TV. Wife found a bug in the potatoes. Already? Goofy guy with big ears and scary old chick say everything is gonna be alright now....
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DATE: Saturday, 10th April TIME: 1:00pm (that’s in the the afternoon) LOCATION: Jinks House Yes sir! Yes ma’am! It is clearly that time of year, and we haven’t had a good pig cooking since last fall!? It is clearly time to break out the fixin’s and get on our pig pickin’s. If you know us, yer certain ye don’t want to miss this. If yer getting to know us, and you made it to the Crawfish Boil, ye know you don’t want to miss this one. The rest of ye are just plain curious. This is how it works. We buy a pig and invite everyone else to come out. Everyone else brings a side...
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We had a fantastic time, I’d tell you all about it … but the video is far better!
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That’s the question that everyone keeps asking me these days. For those who may visit this post at a later date, I recently resigned from a global bank based in America in order to take a role at a small web development shop, Signature Tech Studio. The answer to why is relatively simple, I love the guys at Signature Tech Studio, I desire to work with them, and I ultimately believe the experience will be both more fun and more rewarding than continuing in a role that, admittedly, is already fun and rewarding. That doesn’t tend to sit well with most folks. I think they really want to hear some...
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Last week I posted Approach to Doctrinal Triage - Part 1 and that generated some exceedingly good conversations with a number of people. There were some excellent questions asked that I had not properly addressed, and I so I updated the post to address these questions. Here’s a quick list of things added/changed: New Section Why are We Talking About It? - I added this section because a number of people asked why. Removed Priorities Hierarchical Diagram - The Venn Diagram communicates far more. Added Priorities Venn Diagram - Further clarification, I believe the VENN diagram ultimately does a far better...
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Our scripture today is meant to help us scrutinize our own lives and discern the degree to which we conform to Christ’s example and standard. Before we go into the text, I admonish you to resist the significant temptation to skip over applying this text to yourself and immediately begin judging others by the standard it sets. That act, in and of itself is counter to what we are teaching here. So then, what is it that we are teaching here? What is the point of our review of these twelve verses? Quite simply to review what Paul defined a Christian as. Now, there are a number of layers to defining...
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Happy New Year! Out with the old and in with the new. I particularly find the practice of making New Year Resolutions interesting. It is commonly looked at as a frivolous and fruitless exercise. Every year, people all around the globe “resolve” to do, or not do some action … and then begin waiting for the time when they lose their “resolve”, break the resolution, and can get on with their lives in much the same way they did last year. How rare is the individual that commits to a resolution and then doggedly pursues it through trials and tribulation? Yet this is precisely what we as Christians...
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