Not gonna listen…

I’m working on a new venture, one that has me scared and excited and (mostly) scared. It’s something I’ve always wanted to do, and this afternoon I made a very important decision about this effort. I’m telling the voice in my head to kiss off. You know that voice – the one that says you’ll never succeed, that the odds are against you, that you don’t know what you’re doing, that you don’t have what…

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Blast from the past

I’m hanging out in one of my favorite coffee shops this afternoon, having just finished a conversation with a good friend, and I pulled out my laptop to get my blog on for a bit. I’m typing away on a big announcement (which has been preempted by the next part of this story) when I look up to see the couple who has walked in the door. And see the man I broke up with…

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Giving up your spirit

Through the glories of the Intertubes, I’ve had a section of Scripture arrive in my In Box each morning all through the new year. (BibleGateway.com can help you get the same thing.) I try to ask God to show me the one idea, one phrase, one challenge He wants me to get from that day’s section of His word. Today’s really got me. It’s the section of the Gospel of Matthew that describes the end…

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Holy cats, I think I really did this…

I really just set up my very own blog. With my own address and everything. This is a momentous day. And to think I did it all from my couch, while wearing yoga pants still sweaty from kickboxing. I wonder if Sergey Brin started the same way… While I’m basking in the glow of my technology victory, I hope you’ll take the title seriously and say hello to me in the comments. I want this…

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