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Eyes trained for the exceptional
Posted on 20. Oct, 2009 by Brett.
“They’re so…small,” were my thoughts when I went back to my first high school football game in the fall of 2000. I remembered everyone on the field being MUCH bigger and feeling ridiculously outmuscled when I suited up a year earlier. Now they looked like hobbits. What happened? Had high school kids shrunk that much [...]
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Shoestring success
Posted on 19. Oct, 2009 by Brett.
I’m just going to say it…
I’m really good at tying my shoes. Really good…
I am a shoelace-tying expert, a guru, a virtuoso, a prodigy. If shoe-tying were a sport, I’d be Tiger Woods, Lance Armstrong, and Lebron James all rolled into one mass of talent and expertise.
I could tie my shoelaces anywhere–in a tree, on [...]
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Nightmare at Hawk’s Nest
Posted on 15. Oct, 2009 by Brett.
A few nights ago I got to live a good story.
I’ve been up in the mountains of north Georgia this week–on a creative sabbatical–clearing my head and working on a few big projects. The story happened on Tuesday night and it had all the trappings of a horror movie.
Me, sitting at the kitchen table in [...]
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10 people I’m not
Posted on 14. Oct, 2009 by Brett.
I have a friend named Rachel. She’s really smart–so smart she made a 35 on her ACT. She’s finishing up her Phd at a prestigious university in New England. I’d bet her 12 year-old self was smarter than my 27 year-old self.
I have another friend named Chris. Everyone wanted to be like him back in [...]
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Take out the hearing aid and dust off your Bible
Posted on 13. Oct, 2009 by Brett.
I’m in the Blue Ridge mountains right now on a creative and spiritual retreat. Lots of Christians go to the mountains to hear from God.
I’m just not that worried about hearing “the voice of God.” As a teen I spent so much time wondering/worrying/wringing my hands about certain thoughts that would float through my [...]
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Twitter Week winner announced & other news
Posted on 12. Oct, 2009 by Brett.
Congrats to Beth Peele from Atlanta who won the TRAPPSTR.com Twitter Week contest! She’s won herself a custom-designed Twitter background. Beth retweeted some TRAPPSTR posts like a mad woman and for that I am extremely grateful. Thanks to everyone of you who helped get the word out about Twitter Week! Honored!
In other news, I’ll be trekking [...]
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Catalyst 09 – 9 electric quotes from day 3
Posted on 09. Oct, 2009 by Brett.
Catalyst 09 is in the books. Phenomenal experience all the way around! Here are the highlights from Day 3.
1. “Momentum is created…it does not randomly occur” – Dave Ramsey
2. “Wherever you go, do it the same as if you were among those who know you best.” – Charles Swindoll
3. “This thing’s winding down…” (talking about [...]
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Catalyst 09 – Day 2 Superlatives
Posted on 08. Oct, 2009 by Brett.
Great time at Catalyst day 2. First day in the big arena. 12,000 folks. Here are the highlights:
“OH SNAP!!!” MOMENT OF THE DAY – They hovered a real live helicopter over the morning crowd waiting to get in. They then dropped mini parachuting Chick-Fil-a cows out of it. I’m 90% sure I saw one cow [...]
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Catalyst 09
Posted on 07. Oct, 2009 by Brett.
Over the next couple of days I’ll be at the Catalyst conference here in Atlanta with 12,000 other young leaders. This will be my second time to attend. I went one other time in 2004.
Catalyst has exploded in the past few years and has become one of the top leadership conferences for church leaders. Speakers [...]
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This post is not about weddings
Posted on 06. Oct, 2009 by Brett.
What if you returned all your duplicate wedding gifts for cash and then adopted a child through Compassion?
What if you invited five homeless people to your wedding and made them the guests of honor?
What if you put the names of the bridal party on the front of the wedding handout and put yours on the [...]
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