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Observing Ashlynn opening the drawer, picking up the sock, then opening the bottom drawer and closing the top drawer in order to put the sock in the bottom drawer — she is learning. The cogs in the mind turn rapidly especially at such a young age. She looks at us for approval or disapproval, sometimes […]
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A man in the crowd answered, “Teacher, I brought you my son, who is possessed by a spirit that has robbed him of speech. Whenever it seizes him, it throws him to the ground. He foams at the mouth, gnashes his teeth and becomes rigid. I asked your disciples to drive out the spirit, but […]
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Then people brought little children to Jesus for him to place his hands on them and pray for them. But the disciples rebuked them.Jesus said, “Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.” When he had placed his hands on them, […]
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Failure. We passed the two months out date for the LA marathon, last year at this time I was running consistently over 20 miles a week and typically 5 days a week. In October of 2018 I set myself a goal to run the LA marathon again in 2019 and shave off 30 minutes from […]
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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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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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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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READ MORE“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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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 […]