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Big Sky Backpacking
One of the great privileges a father has is to give his blessing to his son or daughter. To memorialize the fact that your love for them is beyond circumstances or performance. To celebrate their practice of making good choices that follow the values that you have taught and modeled for them. Continue reading
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Tagged christian family book, Christian family values, family adventure, Family adventures, family mission statement, family values, rite of passage
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Congratulations to Drew Applegate for Completing the Galveston 70.3 Ironman
I have enjoyed training and participating in triathalons for many years and enjoy the challenge and the satisfaction in conquering something that seems too big to accomplish. I believe endurance is developed by pushing on when everything tells you to … Continue reading
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Camp Applegate – Dewberry Pickin
My daughter and I have been spotting the dewberries for several weeks in the fields behind our home and hoping that we would have a good crop for her May birthday. Continue reading
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Our Life Is Our Ministry – Considerations For Workplace Ministry, Part II
This week I had the opportunity to share with another Christian business owner how God provided for our business in ways nothing short of miraculous. I shared my vision and confidence for the future that involved a belief that God is actively involved in shaping the future. He looked at me as if he did not understand. Continue reading
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This is my son in whom I am well pleased
I shared with Drew the characteristics of these men that I admired and allow each of these men to speak a word of affirmation and encouragement to Drew. I really had no formal agenda or ceremony, but allowed it to happen naturally over the 3 days we were together. Continue reading
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Tagged Family leadership, family memories, family mission statement, family values, good to great families, Jeff Applegate, rite of passage, this is my son in whom i am well pleased
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Tagged "meaning of life", CS Lewis, Encouragement, friendship, Jeff Applegate, laughter
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