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“Everyone knows this is what you do after an event – you go get ice cream and you talk about the cute guys there. It’s just like homecoming. Or prom, except no one’s getting drunk in the bathroom.” “…that you know of…” Sometimes I think H & I should write down all our discussions. Sometimes [...]
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Tags: cute boys, event, fundraiser, homecoming, mcdonalds, prom, reality show, witty dialogue, yes we are so awesome
Starting right now, we’ve created a new blog called Operation Save the Goldfish. You may wonder, what the heck? Why save goldfish – why not rainforests or fuzzy animals or, you know, other important things? Here’s the answer: It should actually be titled “Operation Save the Goldfish and Our Pathetic Excuses for Waistlines” (sorry guys) [...]
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Tags: agreement, goals, goldfish, guest bloggers, nonprofit, Operation Save the Goldfish, pact, weight loss, weight loss at work
There are many nights during the week where I am, by far, the last one at work. I work at a 43,000 square foot facility that has two separate buildings, and so as the last one there, it’s my responsibility to make sure everything is shut down and turned off and locked up tight for [...]
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Tags: building, change a life, crazy, facility, God's timing, humanitarian aid, make a difference, medical supplies, pallets, think about, warehouse, work
Taken
I just saw “Taken” with Liam Neeson. I actually had no idea what it was about, just that this guy’s daughter gets kidnapped in Paris and he’s some like ninja secret agent that has to go kill a lot of people to get her back. But the plotline actually gives the reasoning for his daughter’s [...]
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Tags: advocacy, awareness, burden, Call+Response, cause, giving, Hollywood, human slavery, human trafficking, issues, Liam Neeson, My Hands Have a Voice, non profit, not for sale campaign, passion, prostitution, resources, spoiler alert, Taken, traffickers, volunteer
Contentment
Whoa there, that’s a big word. And the subject keeps coming up – at work, in church, in random conversation – so I think there is a lesson I’m supposed to be learning here. Dictionary.com (I know, a valid source) simply defines contentment as “happiness with one’s situation in life.” Then Easton’s 1897 Bible Dictionary [...]
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Tags: ambition, anxiety, Christian, church, content, contentment, control, downturn, economy, envy, family, God, guidance, happiness, Life, non profit, strength, work
