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Here’s another re-visited post, this one from October 13, 2008. *******************************************************   I’m a deer hunter. Not the freaky, horror movie type, but the red-neck, living in the trailer, beer belly type. (Without the beer belly… I think…) I like to sit in a tree from dark to dark, and fight the urge to nap. [...]

We are blessed

Posted: 2nd June 2011 by Frank in Lessons from..., Perspective
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I just figured out what’s wrong with my blog updates, so that will be fixed in a few. But as I was getting to the bottom of it, I received an email from my wife. That email started with this brief note: I wrote this. I don’t normally write and I was thinking about putting [...]

A role model

Posted: 4th February 2010 by Frank in Article, Lessons from...
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Last week, a football player retired. Usually, no big deal. Certainly nothing to get excited over. However, this football player is somewhat well known, and mostly for his being a follower of Christ. It is Kurt Warner. I saw a great article on him, written by Seth Wickersham from ESPN. The quote of the article, [...]

Don’t be a moron

Posted: 2nd February 2010 by Frank in Lessons from..., Ramblings
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And this is where the words “Baptist” and “Moron” get connected. http://ow.ly/12Fwb What do you mean you didn’t know they needed paperwork?! So, that simple Twitter update, repeated on my Facebook page, has gotten a couple of my friends “uncomfortable.” I wanted to take a minute to clarify what I mean, and explain why I [...]

Lessons from… a 4 year old

Posted: 6th October 2009 by Franklyput in Lessons from...

I was sitting at breakfast with my 4 year old the first morning of vacation. We were dining on the fine delicacy of Fruit Loops. We were having a wonderful conversation about whatever crossed her mind, and I was starting to daze a little. Suddenly, she looked at me and told me that there was [...]