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Living The Dream, Do What You Love and Love What You Do.
How great is it to be living the dream? To be pursuing a vision with all your will and all your emotions and living out the pursuit of your dream every day. Do you have a dream? Do you wake up every day looking forward to moving the rock a little further ahead? Continue reading
Posted in Family Leadership, Family Vision, Mission, Core Values, Meet the Applegates
Tagged Do what you love, good to great families, Jeff Applegate, living the dream, love what you do
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What Are You Reading? – Highlights From Forgotten God by Francis Chan
Forgotten God illustrates the observation and reality that the western church tends to rely on the talent of our church leaders and has forgotten the Holy Spirit that distinguishes us from every religion and person in the world. Continue reading
Posted in Family Leadership, Meet the Applegates
Tagged Book review, forgotten god, francis chan, good to great families, holy spirit
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Parent Child Driving Contract
I thought I would share this driving contract with you with hopes that it will help you communicate the great responsibility of driving and provide boundaries you can agree upon. May God protect and keep our young drivers safe. Continue reading
Posted in Meet the Applegates, Rites of Passage
Tagged driving contract, new driver agreement, parent child driving contract
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Camp Applegate “Family Night At The Ditch”
“Family Night At The Ditch” has become one of our summer time favorites. It sounds like an episode from Hillbilly Heaven. In this manicured gated community there is a drainage ditch that runs through the middle of the neighborhood. Continue reading
Posted in Camp Applegate, Family Adventures, Meet the Applegates
Tagged bull frog, camp applegate, family adventure, family memories, Frog hunting, inexpensive family outings, Jeff Applegate
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Friendship – The Chief Happiness Of Life
My happiest hours,” Lewis wrote, “are spent with threee or four old friends in old clothes tramping together and putting up in small pubs-or else sitting up till the small hours in someone’s college rooms, talking nonsense, poetry, theology, metaphysics Continue reading
Posted in Family Leadership, Meet the Applegates
Tagged "meaning of life", CS Lewis, Encouragement, friendship, Jeff Applegate, laughter
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When In Doubt, GO…Always Put Commitment Over Convenience
Funerals are never convenient especially when they require driving 9 hours in the rain to attend. Last weekend was the funeral of my brother in-law’s mother. It was on a Saturday afternoon 4 1/2 hours drive away. We had gymnastics practice, a boy scout camp out, homework and errands and flash flood warning that gave many excuses to stay home. I have to admit that was also the last way I wanted to spend my weekend. Continue reading
Posted in Family Leadership, Meet the Applegates
Tagged "never regret", family commitment, family funeral, Matthew 5:4
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Peace Be With You For I Have Overcome the World – Jesus
We all have bad days, bad weeks, and sometimes bad years. We learn from our mistakes and we learn to persevere and to endure the hardships that we experience in this world. Continue reading
Posted in Family Vision, Mission, Core Values, Meet the Applegates
Tagged "bad day", "John 16:33", peace, tribulation, trouble
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God Chooses Our Families
We choose our friends and we choose our mates, but we do not choose our family. Many may wish they could choose their family, but God has reserved this choice for himself alone. When it comes to moms and dads leading their family it is important to recognize the significance of the responsibility we have been given. Continue reading
Posted in Family Leadership, Family Vision, Mission, Core Values, Meet the Applegates
Tagged core values, family importance, Family leadership, family values, God's choices
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Community Service: Learn New Skills, Help Neighbors, Build Character
We invested 4 hours at Johnson Chapel in Northeast Houston and gained a memory for a lifetime. We created memories of service to the community, a memory of learning about construction and repairs, and a memory of working together. To be honest none of us were looking forward to getting up early Saturday morning for a service project. My two sons have little to no construction experience and were anxious about their lack of ability to contribute. Continue reading
Posted in Family Adventures, Family Leadership, Meet the Applegates
Tagged character building, community service, Family leadership, family service
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