life

The year that past

My memory is dismal so it’s always important for me to reflect and write. Life is short, but it can be incredibly broad. Some snippets of 2011: Family rocked. We celebrated our eighth astonishing year of marriage and are raising two wonder-filled daughters. My wife kicked it into high gear doing double duty as a [...]

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This is your life

Thoughts?

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Raising support

About 5 years ago I handed in my resignation letter leaving behind a great corporate job for a life of uncertainty with the hope Since then I’ve wrapped up seminary, had two kids, sold our home, moved back in with my parents for a year, led a church plant, started a non-profit network, and am [...]

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Thoughts on the pepsi refresh contest

About a week ago I asked everyone to vote for our team in the Canadian Pepsi Refresh Project contest. Unfortunately I’ve had to pull us out. A few thoughts for those of you who are interested in a review of the process and tips for those of you who plan to enter later on. There’s [...]

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Human Planet

If you thought acquiring your iPad2 was exciting, check out what the rest of the world is doing. Also for a photographer’s perspective a great audio slideshow by Timothy Allen on documenting the Human Planet.

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Human Sacrifice

Continuing the theme for my last three posts, my thoughts keep landing on the words ‘human sacrifice’. There’s a few ways of looking at this. It’s human to sacrifice. The most glorious human stories that we’re in awe of whether in film or real life, involves sacrifice. Man dives into on-coming traffic to save a [...]

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Good news about the resistance

The resistance makes every hope and good intention of ours drag its feet. You and I would be living in a far more beautiful world if it weren’t for all the ways the resistance defeats us. But there is some good news. Boundaries. Every hard limit we run up against in our pursuits helps us [...]

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No Guarantees

A friend of mine passed away very abruptly this past Friday. (Right now I’m totally regretting on not making it out for coffee with her a couple days earlier) She was one of those people who battled resistance and accomplished far more in her life than most despite the odds against her. Did she accomplish [...]

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