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Why I haven’t given up on church
After seeing so much failure and disappointment some have chosen to drop out of attending church in whatever shape or form. The weight of a group not living up to its own standards or the empty...
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Naming my addictions pt 1
I remember seeing them about once every week. Crackheads. Junkies. Addicts. This isn’t that hard when you grow up in back of a crack motel. The Wagon Wheel was the name of it and all along Atlantic...
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Naming my addictions pt 2: Knowledge
Addiction #1 Knowledge One of my earliest memories and probably some of the earliest memories extended family have of me as a kid is of me opening up encyclopedias in my grandparents den while all the...
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Mayo Family Update
Just in case you were wondering what was going on with us…. Kaydon and Syenna Kaydon is going to preschool now! He took a little time getting used to it but now he shoos me away when I drop him off. He...
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Naming My Addictions Pt 3: Sex
Sexual addiction is rampant in our society. Now when we think of a sex addict usually we think of someone having a late night rendezvous in their car or walking into a xxx shop in a trench coat and...
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Naming my Addictions Pt 5: Social Media
This past May I went backpacking in Allegheny National Forest. I packed everything I needed. Tent. Check. Water bottle. Check. Sleeping bag. Check. Phone. Check??? On the way to the trail me and my...
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Five lessons I learned writing the first draft of His Story, Our Story
It has been a very exciting journey to go from a random thought in my mind to actually pursuing writing an ebook called His Story, Our Story I am on a very steep learning curve and still am learning...
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Naming my Addictions Pt 5 1/2: Social media continued
My precious Lord Jesus Christ have mercy on me a sinner. That’s all I got to say….
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Mayo Family Update January 2013
Our holidays were great and we all experienced our first time as a family playing in the snow. The kids had a blast and I did too It is a new years and we have some new things on the horizon. First...
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Post-Valentine’s Day Thoughts: Four Loves in One Woman
C.S. Lewis wrote a book entitled “The Four Loves”. In the book he defines and critiques the four different loves experienced by all of us as humans and concludes that while the first three loves have...
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God is not a helicopter parent
One of the things that bothers me the most about life is that I never know what’s coming around the corner. I think it is the root of all my anxiety. My earliest known memory is of my parents...
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The Worst Kind of Lying
Last Sunday our pastor preached a sermon about the discipline of Honesty. For the most part I didn’t feel convicted and it was one of those “that’s for other people moments.” I felt like he’s preaching...
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When you are the only “you” in the room
Today I was at an industry conference. Editors talking about editing. Writers talking about writing. Designers talking about designing. Publishers talking about publishing. In that sense I was in good...
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Ministry vs Your Best Life Now
When I first began to follow Christ I used to watch a lot of Christian TV. I mean a lot of it. Praise-a-thons and shouting preachers became a fixed part of my Christian imagination. This was partly due...
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God’s Grace: A Waterfall vs A Waterhose
If you know me at all you know that I love nature. One of the things that I love seeing is a waterfall. Waterfalls are amazing. The roar of the waves splashing on the rocks and the water foaming into...
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The Reason Why We Have Grandfathers
It’s funny what one phone call can do. They can change your world in a second. I remember when I got the call that my Dad passed away. Devastating. More recently I got a call to come and move to...
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2013 Year in Review
2014 is almost here and 2013 was a whirlwind. In light of the previous two years (2010-2012) this year was awesome with an extra dash of awesome sauce! Here are some highlights: We had our third child...
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You are a salesman…Jesus was too
I’ve had all kinds of jobs. Planting trees. Giving out tickets for free movie screenings. Tech support. Grocery store. I had one job in sales. It was not glamorous by a long shot. It was actually...
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10 Reasons You Shouldn’t Teach Your Kids To Be Nice
Nice. One of the most overused and banal words in the English language. What does it even really mean? So many things can be “nice” and sometimes this niceness is substituted for being Christian. As a...
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Have You Ever Struggled To Find Your Voice?
Sometimes I want to reach down into my insides and rip my heart out. Figuratively of course. I want to study and investigate what makes me tick. Jeremiah the ancient Hebrew prophet said “The heart is...
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