Category: hmm… thoughts
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Football thoughts – First Edition
I watched way too much football yesterday. My two teams, Notre Dame and San Diego State, bookended the college football schedule. My alarm went off at 5:30 AM to start making breakfast for a 6:00 AM kickoff for the Irish. And San Diego State took on Washington with a kickoff at 7:30 PM. My friend…
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Developing New Skills
“Um, I went to Bible College. I have a degree in youth ministry.” I find myself saying that a lot when I’m frustrated. Sometimes when things aren’t going well on a project I suddenly feel way, WAY outside of my training. I’m not an event planner! Right now I’m in full-on event mode, deep into…
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1000 Words
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I see your faith in action
A year ago I stood on the edge of a giant cliff. And jumped. No regrets. No turning back. Hit the play button on Tom Petty’s Free Falling. My jump involved leaving a life of the bi-weekly paychecks behind and launching McLane Creative & The Youth Cartel. It wasn’t a faith step in that resolution…
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Still overcoming fears
Last week I sat down and overcame a fear. I’ll be 36 years old next week. There are still moments when I stare in the mirror and have to psyche myself up to do something that makes me nervous. When I was a kid I was horribly shy. I would hide from any situation that…
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Sitting down to write
I’m on a three day writing retreat to finish one manuscript and begin two others. It’s weird. I write 700-1000 words every day before work and it’s not unusual to write a few thousand more per day for my work. But I’ve never actually set aside 60 hours from everything else just to write. Some…
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The Absence of Hope
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Mike Yaconelli on Busyness
More Yaconelli quotes.
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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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Open Journalism
So this is how The Guardian, a U.K.-based news entity, would like to see themselves. They are the hero allowing justice to flow through the free and open exchange of information. In their vision The Guardian isn’t necessarily a news agency but rather a conduit by which emerging facts and opinions flow. In their vision,…