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Fasting for Ramadan as a non-Muslim – Day 17

By on August 17, 2011 in Personal, Religion

Today was an occasion for humility. As is often the case, one of my greatest strengths is also one of my greatest weaknesses. I typically tend to hold myself responsible for all of my actions and the circumstances and consequences that I find myself in. Most of the time, that is a strength. However, I [...]

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Fasting for Ramadan as a non-Muslim – Day 16

By on August 16, 2011 in Personal, Religion
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Today didn’t really feel like a banner day, but as I’m sitting here reflecting on it, I don’t want to get too down on myself. Not too long ago, whenever I would attempt to put a value on something (anything really), I would tack on the question: “Compared to what?” Without comparison, it’s difficult (if [...]

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Fasting for Ramadan as a non-Muslim – Day 1

Fasting for Ramadan as a non-Muslim – Day 1

By on August 1, 2011 in Personal, Religion

Well, day 1 of my Ramadan fast is officially in the books. Before you ask me, I’ll get to your most pressing concerns first. From 5:53am to 8:01pm, I lost over 7 pounds. After dinner tonight, I gained about 6 1/2 pounds back. Nice. This will be fun. The best way to describe today is [...]

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The Karate Kid – How bad was Johnny, really?

By on May 1, 2010 in Culture

It’s all about the kids As I have shared before, one of the joys of parenting, in my opinion, is exposing my children to movies from my childhood and watching to see if they are filled with the same joy and wonder that I experienced as a child.  It’s self-serving and silly, but mostly harmless [...]

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Daddy, why don’t you go to church with us?

By on January 17, 2010 in Personal, Religion

This morning, while sitting at the kitchen table, the question that I had expected my son to eventually ask me, was finally asked. After taking the self-applied clip-on tie off of his undershirt, buttoning his top button, and correctly reseting the tie, he looked at me and said: “Daddy, why don’t you go to church [...]

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Robert Enke’s Tragic End

By on November 13, 2009 in Sports

Even if you consider yourself a soccer fan, unless you live in Germany, there’s a decent chance that you have never heard of Robert Enke.  That might have changed during the summer of 2010, with the expectation that South Africa’s World Cup will be the most watch soccer tournament in history.  You see, Enke was [...]

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