Monthly Archives: October, 2012

Gratitude on Ted Talks

As we conclude our corporate reading of “Enough” I would like to say: THANK YOU!  For reading the book, for thinking about money, time, and talent through the lense of Adam Hamilton.  Thank you for posting your comments on the blog.  Thank you for the many e-mails you have sent directly to me regarding different …

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October 15-20: Epilogue: OVERCOMING FEAR

I have a magnet on my frig by Eleanor Roosevelt that reads: “The purpose of life is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experience.” Without fear… What does a life look like without fear? Is it possible that the opposite of …

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October 8-13: Chapter 4: Defined by Generousity

How do YOU want to be remembered?  What sort of legacy do you want to leave?  I’ve thought about these questions my whole life. Which is why, in recent days, I’ve been trying to build bridges with relatives and people in my life in which I have either distanced myself or have been estranged by …

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October 1 – 6, 2012: Chapter 3

Following college I entered seminary where I studied for four more years before entering into the ordination process.  One of those years I lived in LaCenter, Washington.  I was assigned a two-point parish – which means: two locations, one church.  Highland Lutheran was nestled in the foothills of the Cascade Mountains; to the north I could …

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