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Sometimes I think bad thoughts about other people I don’t know…
Why do we judge each other?
Honestly, what do you think?
This weekend I was in “the wildwoods” and I was around a majority of people outside of my everyday context. People whom like Nascar, Bud Light, Marlboro Red, the NRA, among other things stereo typical of this demographic.
But wait, we all are apart of a [...]
Random thoughts for the way home
I drive three to five days out of the week for my job. I go anywhere from Lehigh, Princeton, Philly, and Wilmington.
I see a lot of changes when drive…
Today I noticed several business’s closing. One of them was a theater, the other was a furniture store. (Why do furniture stores always go [...]
Coffee, Conversation, And Community development
Andrea, my wife of six years this June 1st, is finishing her MBA in ecconomic development from, and I was able to spend an evening with her class, which confirmed my need to be around more thinking Christians. People who are engaged in the world, realizing, “hey I can not change the world, but [...]
lately I’ve been thinking
So I have been thinking a lot about this title of my blog…
I do not like it anymore… (Any suggestions?)
Here is why:
Every month since December I face a goal that seems larger than my capability to fulfill. There is a sense of fear all around me and I wake up with my heart [...]
When other people seem to have more fun
Lately I have been morning my inability of having fun.
Then I realized fun is a choice I am not making in my day to day decisions.
I have become obsessed by the work I long to complete that is un completable on a large scale.
There are things that are fun for me, i am now doing.
Cooking [...]
Going away scares me
This weekend I will go away with some friends to North Carolina.
In preparation for this trip I think about a couple things:
How much money will i spend?
How far will I be behind in my work on my return?
How much sleep will I get?
IN these questions is the suggested assumption that negative things will take place.
The [...]
Wanting the Best for People
I had a conversation with one of the people on our Sales Team.
This is an amazing person with a heart to serve others. He is caught in a place I have found myself in several times. A place where hard work is just not enough of a motivation to do everything in there [...]
What is a Preacher
A preacher is one who communicates the gospel to people.
I have often found it hard to view the pastor as the soul preacher, even more now than before. Today we have all sorts of preaching but very little gospel revelation.
I have scene the gospel and I have experienced the Kingdom in the most unlikely [...]
The Hardest Thing to Do is Try
For over a year now, I have been apart of One Village Coffee.
We are a group of people trying to help children through funding development in overlooked regions of the world.
We are a Coffee Roaster, providing sustainably certified coffee to the conscious customer.
We are an educator, storyteller and believer.
There is more to starting something than [...]
Let the “No” define you and the “Yes” inspire…
I can not stop thinking about how good it felt after a sales meeting when a president of a local grocery store said, “I can not go with your coffee because It would be like shooting myself in the head.” What he was saying in my perspective is: you do not represent what I [...]
