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Service Agreement – Reflections on Marriage

Recently, a single guy I know posted an link on Facebook to an article about marriage. The author was a woman who described the typical day with her husband, surviving their kids and life’s madness, and she came across very overbearing and controlling of the …

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Belief, Facebook, marriage, parenthood, Purpose, Rants, serviceLeave a Comment on Service Agreement – Reflections on MarriageMarch 31, 2014 By todd

Death to Funerals

On a recent hike with one of my best friends I mentioned my distain for funerals and he nodded knowingly. You see, he turns 40 this year – and I’m only a year away – so deep conversations are more prone to brush up against …

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beauty, Belief, Faith, fatherhood, Friendship, Hiking, Hollywood, Inspiration, John Hughes, kids, Learning, Purpose, Rants, society, Tony Scott6 Comments on Death to FuneralsAugust 20, 2012 By todd

Pondering Your Worth…

I’m so far behind in updating this blog that no one can claim I deal in “current events”. But, I’ve been thinking about a major news event since it happened. And even though it quickly died out of the news cycle, it seemed to me …

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Belief, Challenge, Inspiration, Live Well, parenthood, Purpose, Rants1 Comment on Pondering Your Worth…December 6, 2011 By todd

Act Two

I’ve been thinking a lot about my second Act. And I don’t really mean anything to do with screenplays. I’m talking about the second act of my life. Part 2, if you will, without actually being a sequel. Enough years have ticked by now that …

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Adventure, Aging, Inspiration, Learning, Purpose, writing2 Comments on Act TwoAugust 25, 2011 By todd

Unwelcome Extremities

I’ve been thinking about two news events which happened within 24hrs of each other on Christmas day 2009: Two men with deeply held religious beliefs illegally traveled into other countries to spread their messages. Neither succeeded, but both made news. And though the news coverage …

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America, Belief, Fear, Presidents, Purpose, Rants, societyLeave a Comment on Unwelcome ExtremitiesJanuary 11, 2010 By todd

Look Around…

I got inspired this week with a tiny little story idea.  Too small to go anywhere else, but bigger than my average post here.  Yet since it blends with the tone of my other musings, here you go… It’s a bit of slow burn, but …

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beauty, Cars, Inspiration, Purpose, writing3 Comments on Look Around…August 8, 2009 By todd

No man left behind…

I’m suddenly awash in blog topics, but this felt like something I should write the minute I felt inspired. No, inspired is wrong. Challenged is a better word. I attend a gathering of Christians in the entertainment industry – an odd group who are way …

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Belief, Hollywood, Inspiration, Learning, Purpose, Rants2 Comments on No man left behind…June 16, 2009 By todd

Carried Away…

My wife and I went and saw “UP” on opening day. In 3-D no less. And I won’t fill this entry with all the reasons why Pixar is in a class by themselves, or why they are able to avoid the story stupidity and low-brow …

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Film, Hollywood, Inspiration, Learning, Purpose2 Comments on Carried Away…May 29, 2009 By todd

GOD & DOG

I’ve been around churches long enough to hear people say being a parent teaches you how God sees us. But the more I think about that the more I think it’s wrong. I say… if you wanna know how God sees us, get a Dog.

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Hiking, Inspiration, Learning, parenthood, Purpose4 Comments on GOD & DOGMay 1, 2009 By todd

Memories & Tributes…

I have a pretty small family.  My father is an only child, and my mother had a younger brother.  Steve, my uncle, died three years ago.  And yesterday I was walking my dog behind a scruffy guy smoking a cigarette.  He looked like my uncle.  …

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Inspiration, PurposeLeave a Comment on Memories & Tributes…January 2, 2009 By todd

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