Year: 2018

  • Intentionality

    INTENTIONALITY You know those kids songs you just cannot get out of your head? Maybe it is “Let it Go” from Disney’s Frozen but for me it is Veggie Tales. These animated vegetables tell stories from the Bible and make wholesome and practical application to kids lives through funny and creative animation that was pretty […]

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  • Thinking Better with Larry Coburn

    Guest post from Larry Coburn contributor to the project. I owe much of my own personal reflection practices and growth to coaching calls and conversations surrounding the 4 Modes. Let’s think better together! Thinking Better – 4 Modes Thinking Better – these two words are packed with implications.  What seems like a simple idea, to […]

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  • The Need for Dialogue

    One very important reason for the Value Add project is because I found it very difficult to enter into meaningful conversation with others on topics that we disagreed over. Sometimes the disagreement was over what should be considered facts or “alternative facts” but most of the time even with people I actually agreed with we […]

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  • Value Add

    “God is good. All the time. And all the time, God is good.” I just got back from a weekend camp with crazy middle school students. We were introducing them to Jesus. I overheard some of them saying they have only been to church five times, and another kid responded saying he had only been […]

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  • Sabbaths & Vacations

    I have often heard the phrase, “I need a vacation from my vacation” and I know it is totally true when I think about my most recent Christmas vacation. We cram as much as we can into our vacations, we wade through the crowds (literally at Disneyland), and find our busy lives at the other […]

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