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New Article: SIX Postures!

November 1, 2011

I’m excited to spread the word about a new resource/article I’ve been putting some work into.  I’ve only done some editing work, but several staff I work with on my team in Epic as well as others in Destino and Nations have written a great article telling the other side of the story of the [...]

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Turning the Corner on Sex in Marriage (Final post)

October 22, 2011
This entry is part 5 of 5 in the series Why I Love It When My Wife Says NO to Sex

Since 1 Corinthians 7 is the central passage by which all the teaching these posts have been written in response to, it’s a necessity to address this passage and represent what I believe it to be teaching and what I believe it is not teaching. These teachings are not taught everywhere.  Even where and when [...]

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Dudes Aren’t Cavemen

October 21, 2011
This entry is part 4 of 5 in the series Why I Love It When My Wife Says NO to Sex

As the fourth post in five posts related to the issue of sex and marriage, I want to give a reminder that I’m not really trying to take on any one group or situation.  These are things I have wanted to articulate for the sake of young couples especially who are struggling to sort out [...]

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Why I Like It When My Wife Says No to Sex Part 2: Turning the Tables

October 15, 2011
This entry is part 2 of 5 in the series Why I Love It When My Wife Says NO to Sex

This is the second post as continue this unusual series on “Why I Like It When My Wife Says No to Sex.”  You can check out the first post, which contains the context of this series, here. Turning the Tables: Patriarchy and Sex Advice If I can be honest here, I’m a night owl. So [...]

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How do you keep leaders from pressing the Eject button?

September 29, 2011
This entry is part 5 of 5 in the series Future of Cru

After some good dialogue in my last post on the Civil Rights Movement, here is Post #5 in my series on the Future of CRU and it was inspired by a post Michael Hyatt tweeted out on retaining talent. It’s worth reading because this is such an under-appreciated element of leadership and in ministry especially.  [...]

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Helping vs. Partnering

July 10, 2011

I’m working on a writing project right now and I’m posting a section of it here that functions as a small “aside” in the article.  I’m leaving the language as is so note that references to “we” are anchored in a different project with multiple authors, but would love your thoughts if you have any.  [...]

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Conquering the Potty: Empowerment Case Study

May 31, 2011

If you’ve followed me on facebook you know that one of the things we’ve doing seemingly over the last six  months has been potty training my son.  That process more or less miraculously came to a conclusion about a month and half ago, but wanted to give it its own space here since embedded in [...]

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Self-Leadership: The Adventure of Spoon Collecting

March 24, 2011

I’m re-posting my post for the 2011 Blogference here for those that didn’t take the journey over to that site.   To see the over 30 comments and interactions go the original post here. Again, thanks goes to fellow LB Poly Jackrabbit and UCLA Bruin and groomsman in my wedding Brian Barela for hosting the blogference [...]

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Empowerment and Voice

January 19, 2011

I’ve enjoyed somewhat of a vacation from blogging over the past couple weeks, but looking forward to getting some posts up in the near future.Leaders frequently talk about empowerment and servant leadership – whether they are able to live it out or not.  Each year over the last 4-5 years I’ve learned more and more [...]

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