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truly amazing times

August 29th, 2008 · 1 Comment

we really do live in amazing times.  i’ve mentioned here before how i wished my first political boss, clif white was still around.  the stories he told about the smoked-filled rooms and the trailers on the floor of the past conventions were reminders of the true craft of politics.  and  one, regardless of partisan standing [...]

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this week’s party…my ramblings

August 25th, 2008 · No Comments

i’ve got to admit my more than passing interest in the political conventions that are and will be occupying our lives over these next couple of weeks. having spent some time engaged as an operative of sorts for the ‘92 and ‘96 campaign cycles i’ll be watching (fox news of course). beyond the [...]

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a long and trying day…

June 23rd, 2008 · No Comments

saw this rainbow on my way to a townhall meeting at our wooster campus tonite.  it was a great blessing, as a reminder of to God’s faithfulness.  today was filled with lots of mixed emotions and a few assaults against our hearts.  i’ll write more later, but right now, the jedster is hanging out with [...]

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ooorah! another chapter…maybe even two.

June 21st, 2008 · 1 Comment


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kay warren on leadership

June 6th, 2008 · No Comments

you may remember a few weeks back, chazzdaddy and i spent some time on the west coast for the pd summit. one of the briefings we were part of was a late afternoon conversation with kay warren about how the church could impact the global hiv/aids crisis. (www.hivandthechurch.com)
today i had the chance to spend [...]

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