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Upcoming Olympic sports?

From the August 2008 issue of Parents (given to me at BlogHer):

I really like Katie’s idea.

Happiness, Delivered

After staying up till 1am to complete Monday’s tasks (the book writing in particular), and then the book again last night till almost midnight, plus rising with the mister at 5:30am today, I’m pretty well beat. The core book writing is done and I’m whupped.
I’ve spent today catching up on the neglected clients and projects. [...]

“Christian” t-shirts that make me smile

Spreadshirt is one of my three favorite t-shirt sites (the other two are Threadless and ThinkGeek, rather predictably), and they’re having a contest that ends today, so this is my entry. I’m always up for a contest, especially one that has relatively few entries (and don’t you all go entering and ruining my odds, hear?!). [...]

4/40 Days: There is more to life than just here and now

I’ve been thinking about the eternity aspect of life a bit lately.
There’s something that Brian, our pastor, says about the word “believe” and the way we use it now versus the way Bible writers used it. I’m going from memory here, but the idea is that when we say we believe something, we mean [...]

3/40 Days: Thinking about my purpose

Everyone has at least one driving force in their life, you know, the reason you do what you do. I’ve been trying to think objectively about what’s driving my life. On a day to day basis, it often comes down to deadlines: I choose what to work on based on what’s “due” next. [...]

2/40 Days: I am not an accident

One of the things I’ve long found interesting is the idea that God specifically chose the time and place for my life. I think people have always looked forward and backward in time and imagined themselves in a totally different environment, but the clear implication is that God didn’t want me to live during [...]

1/40 Days: It’s not about me

That’s a hard truth to accept most of the time! I want it to be about me, about my interests and desires and goals. But this chapter points out that my “personal development” and success are not the same as my purpose, and if I confuse the two, I’ll end up “successful” but [...]

40 Days and mixed-up motivations

A life devoted to things is a dead life, a stump;
a God-shaped life is a flourishing tree.
Proverbs 11:28 (The Message)
We’re doing the 40 Days of Purpose (going through The Purpose Driven Life in groups and in the sermons) again at The Experience.
Even though I’ve been through it twice already, I’m looking forward to it. [...]

Where are YOUR kitchen appliances listed?

My toaster tops the list of The Top Five Cutest Gadgets Ever.

Ordinary object-hacking trancends the language barrier

I don’t speak Czech, but that didn’t keep me from really enjoying this book of new uses for familiar objects. I particularly enjoyed 17, 21, and 25…