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Sunday, June 22nd, 2008
Eleven years ago yesterday, we wed. She’s as beautiful as ever. According to Judah, the same can’t be said of me. Be that as it may, I’m glad she’s still mine.
Here’s the back story to our romance (as originally published in our wedding program, 06/21/97).
When people speak of love, they […]
Live from UYWI: Harvey Carey
Friday, May 16th, 2008Legacy People, Harvey Carey
Friday Night General Session
MLK would be horrified by how we’ve reduced his legacy. He was about more than a day off from work and school to shop and play.
Elijah / Elisha (2 Kings 2:1-17)
To our forefathers: I am who I am because of you. I can’t be who I’m supposed […]
Live blogging UYWI
Thursday, May 15th, 2008Legacy of Faith, Virginia Ward
Thursday Night General Session
[Got here late… missed most of the message …]
We have alot of Lee’s that we’re not taking care of:
+ Spiritually: we’re not praying enough
+ Academically: we’re not studying enought
+ Physically: we’re not exercising or eating well enough
Are you ready to pass the baton?
You are responsible for […]
Friday Foto Finish
Friday, December 28th, 2007The Greatest Generation
This Final Foto Finish of 2007 pays tribute to Diana and my grandparents: Simon and Helen Vikse; Felipe and Estella Del Rio; and Richard and Giovanina Vecchione. (Not yet pictured: James and Elizabeth Heaning.)
Simon Vikse at Boot Camp in Camp Hale, Colorado (1943)
Helen Vikse looking pretty
Felipe and Estella Del Rio’s wedding portrait
Richard […]
An Epitaph worth emulating
Thursday, December 27th, 2007“… In an age and country fertile in great and good men, he was among the foremost of those who fixed the character of their times; because to high and various talents, to warm benevolence, and to universal candour, he added the abiding eloquence of a Christian life. …”
- William Wilberforce epitaph at Westminster Abbey
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Happy Birthday, Mom
Friday, May 25th, 2007During mom and dad’s courtship.
[By the time this posts, I should already be upstate.]
This past Sunday my mother celebrated a milestone birthday. She’s always preferred a behind the scenes, low-key approach to life, so she’s never allowed us to really celebrate her birthdays. But this year, we couldn’t resist.
The church sang […]
Wednesday’s Weekly Webcast
Wednesday, April 18th, 2007Building a Legacy - Urbana 2006
The right Tar Heel legacy
Tuesday, March 27th, 2007Even as UNC basketball fans lamented a historic Elite Eight collapse on Sunday, UNC students mourned the loss of Jason Ray, the 21-year-old man behind the team mascot mask on Monday morning. One student shared his legacy with ESPN. (HT: SpanglishGringo)
He was the very first person I met at UNC. He was helping freshmen […]
Old Skool Xcel 1996-2001
Thursday, February 1st, 2007Rollie’s comment inspired me to upload some of Generation Xcel’s archival photos. Many more to come.
Are you sticky?
Wednesday, January 17th, 2007… and other insights via NorCalUrban Liotti.
+ Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die. Take the test.
Six principles (“SUCCES”) … link sticky ideas [”ideas that people understand, remember, and that change the way people think or behave”] of all kinds. Sticky ideas won’t always have all six, but the more, the […]
There’s Something about Aunt Mary
Wednesday, January 17th, 2007I’ve been thinking about Aunt Mary today. Two things I want to share.
First is Aunt Mary’s courage in the face of adversity. She was diagnosed with stage 4 ovarian cancer around 10 years ago. The doctors said it was too late to reverse the cancer’s course. Even with agressive treatments including […]
Carrying your
Friday, December 15th, 2006Andrew Jones (a/k/a Tall Skinny Kiwi) is a leading voice of the global emerging church and an extraordinary blogger. Last month, in the wake of the Ted Haggard scandal, he posted a beautiful reflection on the scandal’s impact on Haggard’s children and on the Church’s duty to help them shoulder the burden of Haggard’s […]
The Dash
Monday, December 11th, 2006This is worth a read. If you’d prefer the multimedia version, go here.
The Dash Poem
by Linda Ellis
I read of a man who stood to speak
At the funeral of a friend
He referred to the dates on her tombstone
From the beginning to the end
He noted that first came her date of her birth
And spoke the following […]
Start Something
Thursday, November 9th, 2006“There comes a moment when you’ve talked a matter through and it’s time to make a decision. Either you do it or you don’t. At the conclusion of our conversation, we determined we had everything in place to make a reasonable attempt. Only one thing eluded us: The guts to move forward.” Article.
I first […]
The Haggard Truth
Wednesday, November 8th, 2006Leadership Journal’s blog “Out of Ur” offers sobering insight from Gordon MacDonald, himself a survivor of scandal, on the Ted Haggard story.
On TH’s personal struggles:
This deeper person … can be the source of attitudes and behaviors we normally stand against in our conscious being. But it seeks to destroy us and masses energies that—unrestrained—tempt us […]