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Thomas Jefferson on Friendship

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The cup is 95% empty

“Adam, why are you always assuming that the cup is half empty?”  Youth workers say this to me over coffee. Their lives are run wild with activities, planning, teaching, and meetings. Their ministries are full and something I’ve said has called that busyness into question. My response, not trying to be trite, is “Oh no, [...]

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Powerless

Breathing heavy and full of adrenaline I stood up from the knee deep waves among the kids and did a 180. With a massive smile I began the long push through the surf back to my fellow bobbing boogie boarders. It was a Sunday afternoon at Torrey Pines. One of my favorite beaches doing one of my [...]

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Taxation by Density

Last week the town of Buford, Wyoming was sold for $900,000. For that price they got an exit from the highway, a small business, some land, and a zip code. With the towns sole resident moving to Colorado… it’s safe to say Buford wasn’t purchased for it’s strong tax base. The idea that you could [...]

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Worth the fight

News that George Zimmerman’s killing of Trayvon Martin would not be reviewed by a grand jury rattled me yesterday. I get it. In a case with almost no physical evidence and no witnesses, it’s impossible for a district attorney to prove anything beyond a reasonable doubt. If Zimmerman sticks to his story we will never [...]

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Good News in the Neighborhood curriculum now available!

Early this morning I finished final edits and uploaded the final version of my latest project: Good News in the Neighborhood, a curriculum for groups. (Check out the trailer in the sidebar to the right) I’m very proud of how it turned out. As I think back to the original brainstorms and ideas for this [...]

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Pivot Points

Four years ago, I was minding my own business when Marko called me and asked me to think about moving to San Diego to work with him at Youth Specialties. It was around Easter, we had a house full of guests, and a list full of projects to manage at the church. (Ironically, our house [...]

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Jesus died for his peeps

Pretty weird mix of metaphors if you ask me.

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5 things great leaders never say

If I were preparing a talk about leadership this would be my premise and these would be my 5 points. 5 things great leaders never say…. I let others do my dirty work. I could use one more critic. I’m not hard on myself. That’s impossible for us to accomplish. I need to get better [...]

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The unstoppable force of amen

The word amen declares affirmation. I agree. Amen is not simple. It’s an ancient posture we’ve lost sight of. Amen is something we experience when we stand together in agreement. Living in amen isn’t the forebearance of ones own opinion so much as it’s setting ones own opinion in submission of the amen of community. [...]

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