Monthly Archive: July 2019

4 Back to School Requirements

Author: Kevin July 18, 2019 0 Comments

I had a conversation with a parent a few days ago about the upcoming school year and his children. He was concerned that sports had taken such a huge role in one if his kids’ life, that he was concerned…
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Be..., Parenting, Toolbox

Pay Attention to the Connections

In the fabrication and erection of structural steel, you pay attention to the connections. In the steel fabrication shop, most of the labor is in the connections: the base plates, shear tabs, and especially the moment connections which have lots…
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Be Rooted

For as long as I can remember, I have planted trees in the spring. While planting a bare root tree recently, I thought about a passage Paul wrote to the people in the towns of Colosse and Laodicea: “As you…
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Marriage Tune-up Step 2: Dwell With Understanding

For the next step in our marriage tune-up we will get advice from a master mechanic first. Peter was the Disciple of Jesus we can identify with the most because he was like a lot of us. He was arrogant,…
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Be Patient

Do any of these ever happen to you: -When you’re late for work or an appointment, that’s the only time you get behind a slow person. -When you only have 5 minutes to run into the store for milk, that’s…
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How to Email Correctly

Christians are to be Christ-like and that includes being as “top-notch” as we can in everything we do. Emailing…it’s an area we can either look foolish and sloppy, or professional and well representative of who we work for. Emails are not as…
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Be an Overcomer

I couldn’t find the word “overcomer” in the dictionary, and when I type it into Microsoft Word, it gets that squiggly red underline, you know, the computer version of the finger wag when you typed a no-no. So I will…
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Have Courage, Strength, and Hope

I keep this note under my keyboard at work, and pull it out often whenever a challenge is ahead: Courage, strength, and hope. Those are like money in the bank you can draw from when facing tough situations. With those…
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How To Be An Overcomer

(Originally published 2/9/2015 Revised 1/19/2023) I couldn’t find the word “overcomer” in the dictionary, and when I type it into Microsoft Word, it gets that squiggly red underline, you know, the computer version of the finger wag when you typed…
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