Lord of the Castle

I don’t know if you noticed, but I have changed the look of this blog. I have moved things around, changed font sizes, increased the writing area while decreasing the sidebars. It is not as easy as it sounds because it is all written in HTML code. I do not know HTML. However, I am [...]

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We attended our first home group with our new church. It was pretty interesting. First, the room was filled with people who really love God. Second, I don’t think that we were the youngest people there, chronologically speaking. However, we were clearly the youngest people there! I guess all of those years mentoring young people and fathering [...]

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I confessed something to my wife a few days ago… “It might seem corny, but I REALLY like using my computer.” Three weeks ago, while I was waiting for my MacBook Pro DVD drive to be replaced, I bought Apple’s latest operating system, “Snow Leopard”. It is faster and more powerful than the “Leopard” operating [...]

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Ah, the challenges of being a father… I really don’t know what this season of life is supposed to look like. My two oldest daughters have been on their own for the past few years. My son is attending college in Philadelphia and my youngest will graduate from high school in 6 months. How involved [...]

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I am a little embarrassed about this one… but, just a little. I am going to turn 50 in a few weeks. That’s not bad. I look and feel pretty good “for my age.” I still have a full head of hair. However, it is starting to get pretty thin in some spots. One of the [...]

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Celebrating holidays in America is pretty challenging. Most people gather with their families but the overarching meaning of each holiday is frequently missing. In many homes, Thanksgiving Day has been reduced to “Turkey Day,” a great day to watch football. Christmas is a now largely a consumer holiday. The Fourth of July is now looked at by many [...]

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I am starting to get a glimpse of the future and I think I am going to enjoy it. It won’t be long before I won’t HAVE to do ANYTHING when I get home from work. I can actually come home and relax with my wife! What a concept! But, those days aren’t here quite [...]

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Have you ever done anything that was just dumb? Have you ever said “I can’t believe that I just did that!” Well several years ago, in the span of about two weeks, I realized that I said those very words about 5 different times. Then it dawned on me… Why do I keep saying “I can’t [...]

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I started the new year off early this year by taking my youngest daughter’s friend to the airport at 4:15 A.M.! Because of this, my wife and I were in bed well before midnight on New Year’s eve. Somehow, the thought of staying up late to watch the clock tick isn’t quite as thrilling as [...]

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I woke up this morning feeling the effects of this newly discovered malady. Yesterday, I mentioned a convergence. This morning, I realized what it is… The season is about to change in my life… Since I have been in KC, my life has been occupied with reconnecting with my wife and children, learning how to [...]

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