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This is another one from the archives, I wrote it five years ago at Wheaton College, after the Class Films…

Our motherless Mother’s Day weekend continues. 

We survived day two.  Better than that, we actually had fun.  Almost no whining, no fighting, and very little sleeping. I mostly attribute all this to the many powers of ice cream in large styrofoam cups.  And Oreos.  And chocolate syrup. 

Here’s a little footage of all that...and a movie for mom.

A Mom

The highlight of my weekend was having my grandparents in town. Grandma and Grandpa Graham (my mom’s parents) were passing through Nashville. They are on their way from Florida, where they winter, back to Toledo, Ohio, where they live.

In my Tennessean column this week I write about the importance of defining our lives by more than what we do for a living.

For Mother’s Day today I thought I would interview my two oldest boys and ask them a few questions about their mother.

Jett (7) said this….

How old is mom? 33

What does mom do for a living? Takes care of us.

i've run across this video a few times, last time was at the shift conference. i shared this as an add on to my presentation at the youth ministry institute retreat this weekend.

The new CompassionBloggers.com is almost ready to launch.

My next big project (Ben‘s next big project) is a new ShaunGroves.com.  That will launch in October...at the latest.

I don't know Bernie Ward from Adam, but this was too rich to pass up.

Today's WSJ has a splendid overview of Tennessee's sausage-making scene--the legislature.

God has always had a way of allowing me to meet great people who have impacted my life in significant ways. Sometimes, I know it as soon as I shake their hand. Other times it has been years later before I realized how significant they would be in my life.

Do you remember when your dad was taking care of you?  The pancakes were harder and shinier and more dry-wallier than mom’s.  The crust wasn’t cut off the sandwich. Bedtime came two hours early. We’re making memories like that this weekend. 

Would you like a NIKON D-80 and an HP Photosmart printer?  Go to Ree’s site and just leave your URL.  That’s all you do to enter to win them both.

I’m entrant/comment #10248.

Seriously?  I don’t think my blog can even count comments that high.  It runs out of toes.

Incredible. That’s a lot of readers.

Hmmm.  I wonder if she likes to travel?

My blogfather writes about Compassion and alpha leaders over on Hugh Hewitt’s blog today. 

A musician, a policeman and a mom walk into a gym.  The policeman and the musician are silent, mentally preparing for the man some have taken to calling “The Cuban Assassin” and others simply call “Rick.”

so in getting my work done for a paper i am turning in and presenting. this video showed up in my history of archived articles and reports. one thing is for sure, i'll never text a cute high school girl while crossing the road.

I am taking today off. There are no plans. I have begun without shaving,
reading from 2 John, and now stumbling through Conde Naste Traveler.
With gas levels high and airfares and euro's high our trip planning will
be minimum this year. It is hard to believe we were in London last May.

This will be a brief review. I read a novel, The Church Ladies, by Lisa Samson. I wanted to read a known fiction Christian author and Lisa was the only one I could think of (besides Peretti and the left behind books).

You asked for it…

BRWombat rocked the house with the new header. Thanks, pal!!

Also, due to popular demand, I will now post captions of each sign below each picture to help people read the sign. I liked Daniel #2's idea of an tag, but that doesn't help those who can't read the picture either.

Every morning Becky gets up and heads to a workout place with her sister.  Every morning for four days now.  Before that, for months before that, Becky woke up before the kids and I, popped a DVD in her laptop and kicked and lifted and sat up and whatnot for about an hour.  Every morning.  While I slept.

rachel got me thinking of this video of phyllis tickle sharing insight into the new rose or the great emergence.

I’ve been at a conference in Atlanta for the last few days. God used this time to stretch me in all kind of ways, but there was a quote in the last session that Andy Stanley borrowed from Craig Groeschel which really got me thinking.

“To reach people no one else is reaching, we must do things no one else is doing”

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(note: Originally written my sophmore year of college in January 2003)
Continued from part I