Author: brendan

Tenacious Tuesday: We Chase What We Love

TENACIOUS TUESDAY

Storm chasers are those brave souls who pursue tornadoes and other destructive storms in order to s…
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Tenacious Tuesday: Rescue Operation

TENACIOUS TUESDAY

Let’s return to what we think about “ambition.” For many, this word translates into the guy in stylish business attire with coiffed...
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Tenacious Tuesday: Ambition’s Face

TENACIOUS TUESDAY

Do you know what comes to mind when I think of ambition? Me. I’ve always had more of it than I knew what to do with. If it involved a...
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Christmas & God’s Forever Family Part Three

LIFE

The Christmas season scrambles emotions. We feel conflicted. Family gatherings can be complicated....
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Christmas & God’s Forever Family Part Two

LIFE

In Part One, we met Robert, Eddie and David. Three strangers who discovered, to their utter astonishment, that they were identical triplets...
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Christmas & God’s Forever Family Part One

LIFE

Recently I read a story about Robert, a guy who went to college in upstate New York. During his Week One on campus, people kept greeting...
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Resilience Booster: Jesus is For You

LIFE, UNCATEGORIZED

Another doctor’s appointment. Another setback at work. Another conflict in your church. The...
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Resilience Booster: Jesus Went Ahead of Us

LIFE

Pitch a rock in any direction right now and it will drop on someone who feels overwhelmed. I hardly need to rehearse details of the last 3...
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Resources on Grieving

LIFE, UNCATEGORIZED

Some of you know we lost our youngest daughter last Fall. On most days, quite uninvited, grief stops in for a visit. I finally understand...
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Random Reflections on Parenting a Toddler from a 62-Year-Old Practitioner

FAMILY

I turned 62 this summer. Kimm and I also celebrated our 40th anniversary. Our oldest child is 35...
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