By Greg Primm Ran across this great post on the definition of insanity from Andy at Inspired Startup. Are you doing things in your life over and over again and expecting a different result? So many times in our lives we want things to be different, but we never change our behavior. Do you need [...]
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by The Howitzer Dear Josh, Do you remember the morning that we went into Wal-Mart and looked for the most expensive thing we could find? Wal-Mart is a real interesting place to look for expensive things. They work so hard to make sure everything is the best price so that their customers can “Save Money [...]
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by The Howitzer Dear Josh, The third characteristic that Mr. Lewis refers to in his list is a real man leads courageously. Courage has been defined as taking action in spite of your fear. Everybody get afraid. The key to being a man is doing something even when you are afraid. In the picture above [...]
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By James Kissinger “God relishes surprise. We want lives of simple, predictable ease—smooth, even trails as far as the eye can see—but God likes to go off-road. He provokes us with twists and turns. He places us in predicaments that seem to defy our endurance and comprehension—and yet don’t. By his love and grace, [...]
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by The Howitzer Dear Josh, I remember the first real baseball game my dad ever saw me play. I was 14 and he had come in from Las Vegas to visit. I was the leadoff batter and we were the visiting team, so I was the very first batter. Unbelievably, I hit my very [...]
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By The Howitzer Dear Josh, I want to spend a little time unpacking the definition of manhood that I mentioned last week. If you remember we were using a definition from Robert Lewis’ book Raising a Modern-Day Knight. He says that a real man rejects passivity. Passivity is a big word that I think you [...]
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By Greg Primm I was in a local bookstore a few days ago and ran across a book called Do Hard Things. It was written by two teenagers and targeted to high school kids, but the message could be aimed at anyone. It is touted as a rebellion against low expectations. As I [...]
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By James Kissinger “Deep down within me words move in phrases Frozen and still ’til they decide To melt and drip over the pages Until that moment they live inside You can’t kill my words, they know no bounds My words are strong …” – from the song Words by Lucinda Williams Each of us [...]
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By The Howitzer Dear Josh, Tomorrow you turn 7 years old and I have been racking my brain about how to tie this birthday into a bigger picture manhood plan for you. I have been re-reading a book by Robert Lewis called Raising a Modern-Day Knight. He subtitles it “A Father’s Role In Guiding His [...]
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By Greg Primm I make lists. A lot of them. Right now, I know of a least 6 or 8 lists laying around, waiting to have each item checked off. There’s the list of things to do around the house. There’s the to-do list at work. My own personal “Bucket List”. The grocery [...]
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