Author: twalborn

Keep on swimming

The girl pictured in the above photo is my niece, Samantha.  Pictured with my beautiful wife.  Samantha is nine: On Saturday she just swam a mile in the ocean after running a mile. What did you do on Saturday?  Most kids her age (and probably most adults) were not thinking of running a mile let…
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Simplicity or complexity

I was thinking the other day how we have a tendency to complicate things when there is no need to do so.  Often when we are just starting out we just do things because that’s what needs to be done as we begin to grow we add “procedures” to help us function especially as we…
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Service vs the up sell

My wife and I were talking about dentists the other day which seems to be a frequent topic of discussion.  Whether its mine vs hers or mine compared to the kids or the one my sister in law goes to or the one we left.  Its always a similar conversation; shes not happy with their…
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Worship breaks through

I attended a Mayor’s Prayer luncheon the other day.  I’ve attended this same luncheon before on numerous occasions.  But this year was different, the line up was the similar to years past but this year they added a worship leader.  In previous years they would play a song accompanying a video, it may have been…
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Planting seeds

I enjoy planting seeds. Every spring I get out some pots, mix up some dirt and plant some seeds.  Then I hope.  I water, I watch and I wait. About a month ago I planted some grape and pomegranate seeds, as well as two different bulb type plants I found with my garden stuff.  I’m…
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What are your “Antics” getting you?

Go to the Ant you sluggard, which, having no captain, overseer or ruler, provides her supplies in the summer, and gathers her food in the harvest.  Pr 6:6-8 I was sitting on my porch the other day just enjoying some Iced tea and relaxing a bit watching the humming birds come and go, when I…
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Are you a one percenter?

I was discussing with my wife last night about one of the players on my basketball team.  I stated that if he were just “that much” better or put in “that much” more effort he would be a beast of a player, meaning a good player and definitely on the starting line up.  “That much”…
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Be consisitent

I was thinking the other day, “what makes me successful or why do people think I do things well.”  It’s not that I’m necessarily exceptional it’s not even that I do all things great.  I’m just consistent at what I do.  I’m there every week, I show up when I say I will I do…
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What are you missing?

Ever feel like you are in a rut.  Like your creativity has run dry?  Maybe you need to do something different to stir your creativity.  Your problem is you just don’t have the time to add something else to your calendar?  Well maybe you just need to add something.  Something that is going to help…
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What’s the next piece?

If you are like me I have a tendency to plan every thing out in advance, then back my way into something.  Before I can do this I need that, or I can’t do that because I need ____ first.  Sometimes God doesn’t tell us what the next step is we just have to move…
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