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To Pin or Not to Pin

To Pin or Not to Pin

March 26, 2015 | By | Add a Comment

Editors Note: It’s time for a special guest post! Friend of blog (FROB) Danielle sent this princess fashion clip to me (via Pinterest!) with the following comment: Well, that took an unexpected turn… This is stupid though, Mulan is way too girly, Ariel is supposed to wear pink. Pocahontas looks like […]

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Dating & Relationships: Core Values

Dating & Relationships: Core Values

March 1, 2015 | By | Add a Comment

The following is a free preview of Chapter 3 from my eBook on dating and relationships.  Early in the relationship, each party must ask him or herself, “Why am I going on this date?” Yes, it could be to have fun. Sure, it might be to gain be to gain […]

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Mulan

Mulan

February 10, 2015 | By | Add a Comment

Mulan came out in 1998, three years after Pocahontas.  Though not technically a princess, she must have been fresh in mind as Disney Consumer Products chairman Andy Mooney came up with the idea for an official Disney Princess list in the late 1990s. Given that Tinkerbell was on the original […]

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Pocahontas

Pocahontas

February 8, 2015 | By | Add a Comment

After a two year hiatus, it’s finally time for another Princess Diary! Up next is a princess who doesn’t seem to get a lot of attention. We’re here to change that. This is for you, Pocahontas! 2:23: Only a couple minutes into this movie and John Smith reminds me of […]

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A Good Decision

A Good Decision

April 5, 2014 | By | Add a Comment

  “To love somebody is not just a strong feeling—it is a decision, it is a judgment, it is a promise. If love were just a feeling, there would be no basis for the promise to love each other forever.” -Erich Fromm

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Thinking of Heroes

Thinking of Heroes

November 2, 2013 | By | Add a Comment

I had no intention of going to the Red Sox championship parade today. None at all. I’m a guy who drives to New Hampshire every weekend to get away from people – not to find myself in the midst of 2 million of them. The thought of attending didn’t even […]

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Being Faithful Where You Are

Being Faithful Where You Are

August 4, 2013 | By | Add a Comment

Because we’re going through our lives, and we’re trying as hard as we can, and things just seem to always blow up in our faces, and we keep going, ‘God, God, why?’ We don’t know what he’s doing. So just let him do it. If you really believe he’s good, then let him […]

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Lessons Learned from Pam Beesly Halpert

Lessons Learned from Pam Beesly Halpert

May 20, 2013 | By | Add a Comment

“There’s a lot of beauty in ordinary things. Isn’t that the point?” – Pam Beesly Halpert That was the final line from the final episode of The Office. It was also the line that had me up late at night, once again reading about the guy who wrote Our Town. I’ve […]

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The Old Man on the Mountain

The Old Man on the Mountain

May 1, 2013 | By | 2 Comments

Editors Note: Pictured below is The Old Man on (or “of”) the Mountain, shortly before kablooing into thousands of tiny pieces as his very existence crumbled, trickled, and tumbled into the deep void that resides in our hearts. This post commemorates the upcoming 10-year anniversary of the untimely explosion of […]

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The Life of Brennan Manning

The Life of Brennan Manning

April 14, 2013 | By | Add a Comment

His consistent banging on the drums of God’s unconditional love sounded at a time when many of us had about ‘had it up to here’ with religion and church and, probably most importantly, ourselves. We were the tired, poor, self-hating huddled masses yearning to be free, and along came a […]

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