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Super Bowl Breakfast

Saturday, January 30th, 2010

Every year, before the Super Bowl, there is the Super Bowl Breakfast. At the breakfast the winner of the Bart Star Award. The Athletes in Action/Bart Starr Award is given annually to an NFL player who best exemplifies outstanding character and leadership in the home, on the field and in the community. [...]

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Funtunfunefu-Denkyemfunefu

Monday, December 28th, 2009

My wife lived in Ghana for a year before we met. She has some great photos and had some pretty unique experiences living without most of the modern conveniences we take for granted. She did without things like electricity and running water.* She has a pendant she bought there that she wears on [...]

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The Two Crying Women

Wednesday, December 9th, 2009

I had one of those mornings a couple weeks ago, the kind of morning where I woke up a bit late, the kids were running late, it took Rachel forever to eat her cereal, I was late getting my morning coffee, but finally, Rachel made it to safety patrol for the school and I got [...]

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Weekend to Remember

Friday, August 14th, 2009

In June, Ingrid and I had the privilege of working as volunteers at the Family Life Weekend to Remember conference in Orlando. It was a really great time. Family Life is a CCCI ministry that focuses on the family oddly enough. The Weekend to Remember conferences focus on marriage and are a [...]

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God’s Strategy

Monday, August 10th, 2009

The Bible says that God’s wisdom is at odds with what humans consider wise. I don’t think many Christians really believe that is true. We are often after a God that is after what we want for ourselves. I know I fall into that line of thought on a regular basis. [...]

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3 Pastors Beheaded in Nigeria

Monday, August 10th, 2009

Boko Haram is a group trying to impose Sharia Law in Nigeria. Last week, as they ordered prisoners to convert to Islam, three Pastors resisted and were beheaded. The Daily Sun has published an eyewitness account of the murders.
John 16:2 “For you will be expelled from the synagogues, and the time is coming [...]

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Prayer for Prodigals

Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009

Sometimes family members walk away from the Lord. Many of us have experienced this and there is a Campus Crusade community built just for people in that situation to gather on-line and pray for those people. It is the “Prayer for Prodigals” community. Due to the sensitive nature of the topic, membership [...]

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Over at the main CCCI site there is a story about students in Mexico City sharing their faith. There is some good information about what it’s like in Mexico (one of my favorite places) as well as some practical lessons for any Christian interested in sharing their faith with others.

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Interesting Video about Witnessing

Monday, January 12th, 2009

Penn and Teller are a pretty famous pair of entertainers. Here Penn gives some thoughts on someone who shared a New Testament with him. Pretty interesting.

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Merry Christmas

Sunday, December 21st, 2008

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