Freedom: Lessons from 2 Years of Being Debt Free
- on May 17, 2013
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My wife and I are celebrating two years of being debt free. It has been an incredible journey of ups and downs, but I want to share with you some of the ways we went about it as well as the lessons we[...]
Have You Talked With Your Kids Yet About Their Digital Footprint?
- By Rhett Smith
- on March 7, 2013
- 1 Comments
This is an interesting question that Jon Acuff raises for us who are parenting in the “digital age.”
It’s a discussion that I have had with many parents in the parenting classes that I teach on technology, social media, and parenting.
What thoughts do you have on this issue in parenting?
Thoughts on the Connection Between Passion, Limits and Vocation....
- on May 15, 2013
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There is a deep connection between what we are passionate about and our vocation. But part of finding true vocation is also acknowledging the limits that our passion brings us up against.
Putting Down Our Masks: Living Authentically So Others Can See God in Our Lives
- on May 14, 2013
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When we put down our masks that we hide behind, we are able to live an authentic life where our true self emerges. And when we live out of this true self we are examples that allow others to see God i[...]
Fathers, What Kind of Energy Do You Pass on to Your Sons?
- on April 4, 2013
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"When a father tells a child that he can do something, he can do it. I don't know why that is, except to say that there is some mysterious energy that passes from the male to his children. It is some [...]
Affirmation: One of Technology's Negative Effects on Your Marriage and Family
- on February 10, 2009
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McLuhan and Twitter via John Dyer This is a post I have had in the making for a while, but when I read John Dyer's post Tools for Tech Thinking: McLuhan on Twitter, and well, he unknowingly gave me so[...]
Changing Role of the Pastor and Church: From Geography Based to Online Community, and from Top-Down Leader to Facilitator
- on October 1, 2008
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Mark Brown had an interesting post over at Facebook and on his blog, Ministry in the not too distant future. Here is what he says: Seeing this visitor diversity reminded me of the huge shift present[...]
Blogging Conference.....Coming Up
- on September 20, 2005
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In a few weeks, I will be taking part in something that I never would have imagined...even six months ago. I hardly knew what a blog was until about a year and a half ago, and everyone around me t[...]
Is Facebook Making Your Marriage Vulnerable?
- on September 28, 2009
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[image by hikingartist] Chatter Magazine which is the great print/online monthly magazine for Irving Bible Church dedicated their October issue to technology. There are some really great articles i[...]
Jon Acuff On Writing, Storytelling, Cultivate09 and His New Book, "Stuff Christians Like"
- on September 30, 2009
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The only time you might possibly see me up before 5am is if my baby daughter is sick and can't sleep, or if I'm interviewing Jon Acuff, the writer of the uber popular blog, Stuff Christians Like. As [...]
Not to plug my own product... but we totally talk about how that all works in my book. I'm in the same place, when I do parenting seminars it's kind of eye opening. (And the deer in the headlights look is pretty telling, as well.)