by The Howitzer One of the most grueling races that I have ever participated in was the 400-meter. Back in the day it was called the 440-yard dash, which made it sound even longer. In my prime, I ran a respectable quarter and hated every minute of it. Actually, every 54.5 seconds of it. Once [...]
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by The Howitzer When we lived in Little Rock, we had some good friends that truly impacted our thinking related to what we should teach our children to become. We did not have children at the time but loved to hang around couples that did. They had a little girl who was probably 4 or [...]
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by The Howitzer Without recanting one word from my previous article I want to write a rebuttal to my own position. Although there is a definite need for wisdom and discretion about what you share of your personal walk with the Lord there is a case that must be made for transparency as well. Introspection [...]
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By The Howitzer I had an interesting conversation this week with a really good friend. Let me give you a little backdrop to the conversation: Our church is in a 50-day growth campaign called Draw Near. It is geared to encourage parishioners to spend an extended time period focusing on their own personal spiritual growth. [...]
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by The Howitzer In tough economic times, difficult decisions about finances .are being made at every level. At the individual level, decisions are being made about what kind of housing adjustments need to be made, what kind of food is to be eaten, what kind of extra-curricular activities need to be participated in and even [...]
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by The Howitzer This summer, I spent a good amount of time working systematically through a Life Planning Model that we have developed here at RAL. You might be able to even say that this model is “the vision” we are trying to share. Years ago, I worked for a group that was really good [...]
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by The Howitzer Last night I watched a great movie with my wife. Nobody got killed except a lobster and the main characters were actresses whose range of emotions (and talent for that matter) was much broader than the typical shoot-em-up-testosterone-laden-superheroes that I also enjoy watching. But, there is something to be said for a [...]
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By The Howitzer It’s funny where God is disappearing these days. In the late 1800s, Nietzsche said that God was dead and for many He began to disappear in their lives. Then they decided that prayer in schools was “un-constitutional” and He began to disappear from the schools. Some want Him to disappear in the [...]
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by The Howitzer I am not much of an actor. When the lights go on I get very self-conscious. I used to joke that I have been forced to do so many sketches over the years that I have skit-zophrenia. When I was in high school, I tried out and got a very small part [...]
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by The Howitzer One day a scribe came to Jesus and asked, “Jesus how does one live large in their faith?” Jesus responded, “it is simple my friend- you must love God with all your heart, soul and mind and love your neighbor as yourself, do this and you will live large!” Well, that may [...]
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