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The Zac Parsons Project

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Of band names and organizations with the word “project” in the title, The Alan Parsons Project always seems to come to my mind first. If that name pings something in your brain, but are not sure exactly how you know it, perhaps this will help: If you are a basketball fan, you may recognize that [...]

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Adding some new disciplines, Father Abraham style – Part 2

About a week and a half ago, I decided to add some more discipline to my life and my daily regimen. First on my list: be early to rise. Well, I think that I managed that for about three or four days. Then I had an extended out of state trip for five days, and [...]

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Pete Carroll and Lou Tice

A local Seattle news station did a nice video piece on the relationship between the Seattle Seahawks coach and the founder/chairman of The Pacific Institute.

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Kirk Gibson and The Pacific Institute

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I’ve been affiliated with The Pacific Institute for almost three years now. I’ve been an Arizona Diamondbacks fan since their inception in 1998. But for some inexplicable reason, I have been completely ignorant of Arizona manager Kirk Gibson’s history with TPI. I was back in Seattle last weekend, for the final “Weekend with Lou” event [...]

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Adding some new disciplines, Father Abraham style

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Way, way back in the day, there was an extremely popular song among Christian Sunday School classes. The song’s popularity among children didn’t have a lot to do with the inspiring lyrics, or the transcendent spiritual message. In fact, to this day I cannot figure out what it was designed to teach children. But I [...]

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September 11, 2011

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I sat alone for most of this morning, binging on alternating images of devastation and healing surrounding the events of 9/11. So much has been said and written about how our country has responded in the subsequent decade following that day. It’s probably appropriate for everyone to process all of those feelings once again, reflecting [...]

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