Category: Purely Personal

That’s My Boy

You’re looking at what’s known as a Game Ball.  Apparently, a Game Ball is a time-honored tradition in athletic circles, given to a select player in order to commemorate a special game. I don’t think Game Balls were...

Directory Persistence

Directory Persistence

The scene: Highway 15-501 South; I am in my car on the cell phone, trying to compare prices on getting the tank for the gas grill filled, because yes, I’m just that cheap. Audio-Animatronic Operator...

Clayton King ≠ South African Leader

Clayton King ≠ South African Leader

Yesterday my family and I had the privilege of going to lunch with Gaston and his family and Clayton King, who headlined this weekend’s Nexus Project and spoke at the Summit on Sunday morning. As...

Parenting Paradox

The Good: Our last born lost his first tooth yesterday.  He’s been wondering for a while when the big moment was going to happen, and so were we, since there wasn’t a sign of a...

This Post is Rated PG-13

This Post is Rated PG-13

Today, I’m walking down memory lane. Today, I have a loop reel of the faces of hundreds of parents that I served during my years as a Student Pastor.  I remember looking them dead in...

Insights on Incisors, Part Two

This is an unplanned follow up to a previous post, if you’d like to catch up. Yesterday I had to make a return trip to the dentist’s office to replace a filling that decided to...

I Kissed Kissing Goodbye

I Kissed Kissing Goodbye

I interrupt your Valentine’s Day for an unusual Saturday post from Connective Tissue.  I didn’t want to interrupt you, because I know many of you are sneaking the conversation hearts from your kid’s goodie bag...

Investing Yourself

Investing Yourself

Monday night I caught up with a friend of mine from back in Tennessee.  I’ve known Zach since he was a wee lad (he’s several years younger than me).  When I was in high school...

Insights on Incisors

Insights on Incisors

I can’t think of a better way to spend a morning than to hang out in the dentist’s chair.  Oh sure, being kicked in the head with a golf shoe or repeatedly jabbed in the...

One Year Later

On February 6, 2008, I flipped on the TV as I was getting ready to come into the office.  Good Morning America was running a story about a tornado that had touched down in some...

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