Wandering with Reckless Abandon

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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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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That’s right, after a few road bumps along the way, The Garden’s Website is now up and running. Check it out.

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I am a slacker, I admit it. I have neglected my blog for what appears to be almost a month.
For now, a quick update on what has been going on:

T has moved from Long Island to Baltimore, which is a good thing an amazing thing (this would be a good time for [...]

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I believe that I have finished mourning the moving on of Joe Gibbs, and the end of the Redskins season. It has been a rough time, but my therapist and I believe that I am ready to move on.
And so, I move on to some exciting news…
It would appear that the charming young lady [...]

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This evening I sent out my Christmas letter… I thought I might share it with y’all:
Merry Christmas!
As I type this, I am sitting in my office, soaking on the events of today, and the advent season. I was blessed to be able to spend the day with my parents, my sister, brother-in-law, and my [...]

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Driving into Baltimore last night I was struck by what can only be described as potentially heretical thoughts…
Looking at the city from the Jones Falls Expressway, just before it dips under the Howard Street bridge, I was struck by the amount of churches that I saw…
Fresh in my mind were Joel’s comments on Creflo Dollar, [...]

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There’s a difference between us. You think the people of this country exist to provide you with position. I think your position exists to provide those people with freedom. And I go to make sure that they have it.
William Wallace

It saddens me how often those in leadership forget this, and I pray everyday as we [...]

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A.A. figured out a while back that community has a power that few things can prevail over. Throughout the course of my life I have seen this to be true time and time again. I have seen what happens when my life is connected with a healthy community, I have seen what happens [...]

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