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Thankful, Joyful, Content & “Angsty”

It’s been a wonderful couple of days off. Thanksgiving was almost like a movie script – a neighborhood football game in the morning, parades & football on television, and a simple, but excellent meal (if I don’t say so myself!), and playing “Hand and Foot” with family. On Friday, a parade, afternoon naps, Christmas decorating, [...]

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Coming Home

Last week, I was gone a lot. I was on a trip Sunday -Tuesday. I had a late meeting Wednesday, and on Friday we took our leadership team away for a 24-hour retreat at a camp about an hour north of Peoria. Finally, on Saturday I left the camp at 3:45 and turned the car [...]

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Course Corrections

Before I went on vacation, I went on a retreat. I’ll be going on a quarterly, 2-day retreat for the next 2 years. I’ve talked to a few close friends about it, but I don’t have a ton to say here. Yet. But I will say this: The emphases of this first retreat was rest [...]

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