Wandering with Reckless Abandon

Heated toilet seats? I need to get me one of them…

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If you are not aware of the story of Sarah Kreager you are a fortunate soul indeed. Sarah was the victim of a beating by a group of nine middle school students in Baltimore’s Hamden neighborhood. On Wednesday, Judge David W. Young made this statement at the sentencing of 15 year old Nakita [...]

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I live! To prove it to you I am going to give you the digest version of my life right now, and then I am going to bed. I have had so much that I have wanted to write about lately, but time has just not been available. Here is what is [...]

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This is my nephew, Shane who was born yesterday afternoon (no foolin!).
He is a big fella, eight pounds and change (my sister is not all that big… she is tough!).
Anyhow, it is only a matter of time before I start teaching him all the important things in life that only uncles can teach (belching the [...]

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The most incredible sound on the face of the planet is the gasp that comes when you slip an engagement ring on the trembling finger of the woman you love…
Oh, by the way… the wedding is June 14.

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Flying home from my Easter on Long Island I was captivated by a story in Southwest Airline’s Spirit Magazine.
I will wait while you all finish snickering.
The story is about an organization called Bonnie CLAC that works with people with limited income and less than perfect credit to secure reliable transportation at [...]

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I have gone through an evolution of sorts through the years…
I used to say that Christmas was my favorite holiday (presents!)…
Christmas eventually morphed in Easter, which still rates up there…
But over the course of the last several years, my heart has been captured by Good Friday.
The power and wonder that is Good Friday, [...]

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It never fails that every time I say I am going to write on a few different things it ends up being one post…
The other day at Dunkin Donuts Joel and I had coffee with Brian McLaren. We spent a while talking about all sorts of stuff, networking, and talking about B Corporations. [...]

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I am out sick today.
I am never out sick. The last time that I took a sick day was approximately three years ago when I had the death flu from hell.
So what happened? It was a conspiracy, I tell you, and it all starts with Oprah.
You see, Oprah apparently has a friend named [...]

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Come For Me
Charlie Hall
Jesus come take me away,
I long to see Your face
This world is broken yet beautifully made,
Jesus come take me away.
Jesus I’ll patiently wait,
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