The ARMS of the Servant Leader

Thursday, January 26, 2012

 

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Parenting 101

Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Sometimes I am not sure I deserve kids as great as mine are. Sometimes I think I got exactly what I should expect. My wife and I entered into this joint venture called parenting with our eyes wide shut. Most parents start families that way. There is this pull to populate the earth which usually leads to a crowded bathroom at some point.

I remember having an ambiguous discussion about being ready to “start a family”. It was followed by a million family experts tell me that you are never ready to start a family. It was a strange way of encouragement. It is a lot like telling a car buyer that they can't possibly be prepared to handle their own transportation. I have never had a banker tell me that I will never be ready to save money. I think I really disagree with that statement, “never ready.” Besides we really knew we were going to need help keeping up with the lawn.

On the wall wrapping around our family room is a creed. I think it would be cool if it looked like real flames, like the inside of the ring that Frodo wore but I couldn't find paint that did that. I used blue.

Belief Based Avoidance

Thursday, January 19, 2012

The Bible says in James 2:17 that faith without work is dead. Okay. Before you go to Jon Acuff's Blog, claiming the need for something a little less, well,  stinging, just stop for one second and think about this verse.

It is the spiritual, "Weekend At Bernie's". If you are younger than 35, you have no idea what that is a reference to. I'll sum it up. "Weekend at Bernies was a moderately funny movie in the 80's. I believe that the soundtrack may have been done by Starship. That in and of itself doomed the movie to a position in 80's trivia. The concept for the movie was simple.

Two young guys are invited to the ultimate weekend party at an exec's place. They arrive a bit early to discover that Bernie has died. Fearing that they may miss the party, they use Bernie's dead body as a prop, and the hilarity (or at least a few morbid chuckles) ensue. Inspite of the ageless nature of the film (Ray Bans and pegged jeans) most people have forgotten both the film and its sequel.

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