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Fridays Are For One Question

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I read a story this week about a national monument in Germany that sounds incredibly intriguing and moving. It’s in the city of Dresden. On February 13, 1945, during the final stages of WWII, large air raids, conducted by Allied Forces virtually flattened the old town of Dresden. 25,000 civilians were killed. Rather than erecting [...]

Fridays Are For One Question

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Our kids like costumes. On Monday, we’re going to have a Snow White, a ninja, and Yoda out roaming the neighborhood. Apparently we’re not coordinating our costumes this year. When I was a kid, my favorite costume I ever had was when I went to the fall school carnival as the elementary school principal, Mr. [...]

Fridays Are For One Question

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These few days are going to be pretty rough in terms of schedule for me. All good things, but good things in very different places. I drove from Nashville to Atlanta yesterday morning at 7:30 for meetings until about 10 last night. This morning, there are more meetings until about 11 when I will drive [...]

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The blogosphere has gone wild over the past day with obituaries for Steve Jobs. Some extolling his virtues as a creative genius, some regarding his religious beliefs, some noting that he was an adopted child who potentially could have been aborted. Many have included quotes from Jobs at a commencement address he gave at Stanford [...]

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Yesterday afternoon, Jana laid out two beautiful pork tenderloins. She had the kids at swim team practice, and my instructions were clear: Grill the tenderloins. Simple, right? That’s what I thought. But two rock hard, charred beyond belief pieces of meat later, we were eating tacos at Moe’s. So I’ll be honest – I’m looking [...]

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There is a certain expression that is making the rounds of the culture right now: “Don’t be ‘that guy’ . ” Who is “that guy,” you ask? Well, that’s the beauty of it. “That guy” can be anybody you want him / her to be. It’s essentially a type of person that does something that [...]

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Fair warning: This is a stupid edition of “Fridays are For One Question.” I read a Facebook status last week where someone referenced the Gummi Bears theme song. You remember it? “Gummi bears — dancing here and there and everywhere…” You’re welcome for that. That propelled me into a few hours of personal deliberation regarding [...]

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In 2001, I was about 2 weeks into my first semester at Beeson Divinity School in Birmingham, Alabama. New school, new town, new life. I was sitting in the study cubes, waiting for class to start, pondering the fact that apparently there were indeed people in the world (who I was daily meeting) who were [...]

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Now that it’s September, most everyone is back in school. For many college freshmen, this was their first week. First week of “freedom.” First week of sleeping outside their parents’ house. First week of thinking that 8 am is indeed too early to start class. I was thinking this week what I would say to [...]

Fridays Are For One Question

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This morning I revealed something to my wife (something that, she assures me, I have told her numerous times before): August is my least favorite month of the year. There is no football. It’s still hot. Vacations are over. Baseball hasn’t started its playoff run. It’s still hot. I can’t wait for September. But am [...]

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