lifeasmission

I head this clip on the radio today and it made me think of my friend Jason - a guy who nearly kills his twin sister Sarah every year during our annual Thanksgiving football game. Miss ya Jas.
Just check out the intimidation factor!!

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Am I late comer or what?? Why have I not heard of this guy? Saw this video over on Bob’s blog and I have never wanted to be any other musician more in my life…
The guy’s name is David Ford.

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OK, so I realize this really isn’t a big deal, but I just wanted to point out that I took the time today to change the stock photograph in the header of my blog to a picture I took downtown on Beale St. in Memphis. The picture isn’t all that amazing, but I did [...]

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I love questions - they have the potential to open up new worlds of possibilities every time they are asked.  Even more, I love supplanting the questions we almost mindlessly often ask with fresh, thought provoking ones.
I was reading today and came across this quote…
Instead of asking young people, ‘What are you going to do when you [...]

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A full half year ago, I caught this over on my buddy Todd’s blog - 10 Ideas for living Missionally in the Suburbs (by Chris Smith) and have been meaning to blog about it ever since.  I now have 2 great reasons to finally do so.
First, I find myself smack dab in the middle of [...]

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I noticed the other day that a friend on Facebook had a little Myers-Briggs profile thing, so I thought Id take the brief test and add it to mine.  I came out an ENFJ.  In the past I have come out an ENTJ, but I took this test twice and it came out the same. [...]

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This past weekend was great. Friday night I went with some friends to hang out down on Beale St….

by the way - if you eat dinner at Alfred’s, don’t tell anyone because they will laugh at you - apparently you are ONLY supposed to dance there!
and then to a trendy little place called [...]

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This is a piece I wrote for the Living Hope community…
   
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On April 4th, the city of Memphis, TN held a vigil to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Matthew and I (JR), along with Greg Jackson, had the opportunity to be a part of this powerful gathering. [...]

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I caught wind of this from my friend Wess, and he has a teaser to offer, but I am happy to offer you, my loyal readership, the whole shabang!  If you have 20 minutes to spare… Eh, check that, you need to crave out 20 minutes to watch this video.  It is an informative and [...]

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Well, after 2 weeks, I finally broke down and did some grocery shopping.  Much to my chagrin, Memphis is without a Trader Joes  Come on TJ, get with it, bring the goodness to the Mid-South!  Instead, there seem to be 2 main options for the average grocery shopper: Kroger and Schnucks.  I decided to [...]

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