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Life Lesson #2: Expectations, First Impressions, and the Importance of Being Realistic

It was a sweltering hot night in Matamoros, Mexico. I was in the middle of a three-week stint leading worship for a missions organization based in Georgia. Their base in Matamoros housed a large number of summer staff, translators, and visiting mission teams. It was about halfway through the summer when some new staffers arrived after dinner. Some of the veteran staff members were talking with them at the door of the dining hall when I walked up.

One of my staff friends introduced me to the new group. “…and this is Heath. He’s our worship leader and speaker for a few more days. His jokes are the funniest. Go ahead and tell one.” Read the rest of this entry »

 
 

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Change (or Transition and Discontentment)

This post was written in 2006 and was on my old website. Although the original title was “Transition and Discontentment,” this article is really about change. Looking back on it, I’m feeling now some of the same things I felt when I wrote this. That’s why I decided to repost it. Hope it speaks to you.

Transition and Discontentment

So it seems like everyone I know (including me) is in a ‘transition’ phase of life. You know, a “what next?” period of life. Come to think of it, it seems life is mostly filled with these different types of transitions. From being a kid, to a teenager, to a college student, to having a career, to NOT having a career, to having another career, to having a family, to letting go of selfish ambitions, and on and on. Some of these happen slowly, others way too quickly. What do we do with them? How do we react? Read the rest of this entry »

 
 

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When Puppets Pray

Sometimes things happen in life that have no real explanation. Like natural disasters, tragic accidents, Chris Webber’s infamous timeout call in the NCAA championship, or the commercial success of the Snuggie. All of these leave us asking “why?” Unfortunately there aren’t always answers. Like the time I saw a puppet pray. Read the rest of this entry »

 
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Posted by on February 17, 2011 in Stories from the Road

 

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