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Jul
27

Family Vacation

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Last week our family returned from a fun, quick trip to Ouray, Colorado.  The “million dollar highway” was a thrill to drive, and the views were postcard spectacular.  It is a cool little town with a neat hot-spring pool, plus a hiking trail on the perimeter of town that is stunning.  We broke up our trip on the way with a stop in Albuquerque, New Mexico, where you can’t beat a night at El Pinto, and Old Town Albuquerque.

The trip was refreshing for me, and I am reminded of the simplicity of Jesus’ action to often go away to the hillside to pray.  Time with family, priceless.  I thank God for our fun, laughs, swimming, hiking, pit-stops, movies; it was a ball.  The re-charge is invaluable.

I am still having a blast learning how to use our camera, a Sony a300, so after taking a ton of pictures and weeding through the keepers, I discovered a problem.  No big deal, just the images still needed some tweaks with exposure, clarity, crop, etc.  I discovered an open source photo editor, Picnik, and it rocks!  It is as fast as lightning both in uploads, downloads, and in editing itself.  Check out these pics and also Picnik.

Categories : Creative Communication, Marriage and Family
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Jun
18

Sweet 16 with Jennifer

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I am blessed.  Period.

God granted me His incredible favor 16 years ago today with Jennifer, my wife, companion, helpmate, and soul-mate.  Life for me is so full and rich sharing it with her.  It is hard to imagine the capacity to love more, but somehow, through the years love becomes deeper, richer, and more fantastically complex.  So now I am learning that 16 years from now, we will experience love in even greater ways!

My take-away from 16 years: be a servant.  Marriage is not about what’s in it for you.  Marriage is about giving, serving, sharing, encouraging, sacrificing.

Jennifer, I love you with all of my heart.  I am so thankful for what we have shared, and what we will share in the future.  You love the Lord.  You are so beautiful.  You are an incredible mom.  You make my life so full.

Thank you Lord.

Categories : Marriage and Family
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May
22

Upward Soccer 2010

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Another sports season has come and gone in the Griffin home.  Way to go Emily on a great great season of hard work.  Our team, the Cheetahs (not cheaters!) had a ball together and everyone worked so hard to have a fun time at games and practices.

Kudos to all the leaders who make Upward at our church a success!  Check out the sports ministry at 146recreation.com.  And if you’d like a confirmation on the power, fun, and encouragement that Upward Sports is to a family, take it from me as a parent and as a coach, it’s a blast.

As a minister this gives a great opportunity to connect with families in the community, and to be able to share clearly about our hope in Jesus Christ.  As leader development, an experience like coaching 8 energetic 1st graders can also help refine clarity in communication, teamwork, patience, getting back up after bumps and bruises, and the like!

Thanks Emily and Cheetahs for an awesome season!

Categories : Leadership, Marriage and Family, Personal Growth and Development
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May
21

Sony a300 50mm f1.8 Lens

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Unwrapped a new lens yesterday from B&H Photo yesterday and having a blast so far!

Categories : Personal Growth and Development
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May
19

Sharing the Gospel: Creation to Christ

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We’re planning for this fall’s lineup of new classes during our Adult Equipping time (called Equip U).  This is always a ball to plan for because the door is wide open for so many varied topics and options for equipping the saints.

One great opportunity in sharing the Gospel is connecting with others through the story of the Bible.  While many who grew up in a church environment are familiar with the narrative of scriptures, many in our world have never heard the name Jesus, let alone His story from creation.

This fall we’ll be equipping to share Creation to Christ, or chronological storying, yet another way to clearly share the Good News. Creation to Christ chunks the narrative down to share God’s story, what man needs, and why Jesus Christ is the Answer.  I wish I could track down online a great representation of the power of this kind of story telling method.  If I remember correctly, it was captured in a video by the name of “E Tau.” The elation of those coming to faith in Christ was thrilling and stirring!

Categories : Discipleship, Evangelism
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