Month: January 2012
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Tim Tebow Saved My Marriage
Vanessa and I got into it over the weekend. The details aren’t important. Typically, we follow our Ephesians 4:26 “rule”: Do not let the sun set on your anger. But not this time, we got into a heated discussion on Saturday, let it cool down, but left it unresolved. On the way to Mass on Sunday,…
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Epiphany
Our problem is we always spend Christmas with extended family. We may travel to Houston/El Paso/Wichita Falls, we may have two to 14 people (and a dog!) come stay with us. We might be in Austin alone (doubtful). We want to create a stable, family tradition, but it’s hard when the expectation is to either…
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Saturday Rant: Is NBC Trying to Fail?
Personal rants that have no real purpose except to let me stand on my soapbox will be reserved for Saturdays, so you can plan to specifically visit, or not visit, the site as you please. <rant> We’re not big TV watchers, espcially now that we cut the cord and dropped cable. Vanessa loves Bones. I enjoyed…
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Pershing (Book Review)
I had heard the name of General Pershing a couple of times and the only thing I could remember was that he was the all-time second-highest ranked general in the history of the Army, after George Washington was officially promoted above him in the 1970s. When a reviewer’s copy was offered of John Perry’s latest book…
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Death by Video Game
With Olivia being a two-year old, servant leadership at home is leadership by example. Anything I say or do is repeated back to me. The good and not so good. My eating and (lack of) exercise examples are not something I want her to pick up. We fell into a bad habit of getting fast…
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Background on the New Ex-Anglican Ordinariate
This is a companion piece to my article today at Austin Catholic New Media. Read more about what the erection of the Ordinariate tells us about Pope Benedict XVI and how it impacts you and your ministry at ACNM. On January 1st, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith erected the Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of…