Author: Dad
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Christian Laws
[polldaddy poll=10209590] The topic for today is “Christian Laws”. We had some friends that were planning on staying with us, an unmarried couple that would classify themselves as atheist. So I posed the question to my men’s group, should we request that they stay in separate rooms? If they refuse, do we request that…
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Returning Carts
I realize there are a ton of ways to help others by spending money. Where it becomes a bit more challenging is helping others without spending a dime. So for this post, I wanted to share something that is very simple but for whatever reason had a huge impact on me. Growing up in Nebraska,…
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You Are Worthy of Your Name
Every year since 2012, Joe has been creating “Best of Christian” CDs. Over the course of the year, he maintains a list of songs that are in the running and then narrows it down at the end of the year and creates awesome mixes. He’s posted all of them publicly below: 2012 2013 2014 2015…
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Addiction
I am a man, living in the United States and I have become extremely brainwashed when it comes to techie goods. I am a techie. I work in the tech world. So it’s only logical for me to want “the next big thing” and to be an early adopter of all things technology. I have…
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Easter!
Given that Easter is right around the corner, I thought I would share a video with you that I saw a few years back. I wish that I could have found one that didn’t have the dang church logo printed on it, but I couldn’t. Anyways, I encourage you to spend the next 5 minutes…
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Tithing
My wife and I volunteered at our previous church for an organization that helps struggling families regain their feet. They were allowing these families that were in between housing stay at the church overnight for a certain amount of time. It was a Saturday where most of the families in the program were able to…
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Helping Hands
It’s hard for me to take a message I hear on a Sunday and convert that to something I can incorporate into my daily/weekly/monthly habits. So I have created a series called “Helping Hands”. Every so often, I want to encourage you to help someone else. There are a million different things you can do…
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Light of the World
Below is a story that Joe wrote a few years ago about the blind man who was healed by Jesus. Joe had imagined and wrote about what that man might have felt while witnessing Jesus’ Crucifixion. “As he went along, he saw a man blind from birth. His disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this…
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God of Mercy, Sweet Love of Mine
One of my all-time favorite bands is NEEDTOBREATHE and their song, “Multiplied”, holds a special place in my heart. When I was in the midst of postpartum depression after Enzo was born (about 3 1/2 years ago), this song had just been released on the radio. And when I say I was in the midst…
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Why Jesus?
For weeks now I’ve been wanting to write a post about why I decided to become vegan and why we are raising our kiddos that way. I’ve been writing and rewriting this post in my head over and over. But while I was doing that one night, trying to fall asleep and not succeeding, I…
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The Placement
That incredible feeling when you finally get that callback and they say “You got the child.” It’s comparable to “it’s a boy!”, or “I now pronounce you husband and wife”, or “I’m pregnant”, or any other precious moments in your life. I immediately started realizing how unprepared I was. Do we have a car seat?…
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Placement Process – Setting Expectations
If you are considering fostering and just starting out, I encourage you to first read through my posts on the Licensing Process if you haven’t done so already. This next series of posts will discuss what to expect during the placement process. This is the period of time between getting a license and actually…