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An Important Life Lesson from Gordon Ramsey

by Jason 08.22.2010 Be Honest

Kim and I have been watching MasterChef on Fox, starring one of our favorite TV personalities, fiery chef Gordon Ramsey. MasterChef conducted a nationwide search for the best home cooks in America, and through a series of exciting elimination rounds, will turn one of them into a culinary master. In the initial audition episodes, the [...]

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Take Your Job and Shove It

by Jason 07.11.2010 Be Honest

Do you love going to work every day? Chances are, your answer to that question is either an enthusiastic “yes” or a hearty laugh and a “yeah, right.” I wish there weren’t so many people in the latter camp. Believe it or not, having a job you love is not a pipe dream. If it [...]

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Are You Investing in Amazing?

by Jason 06.13.2010 Be Honest

I like driving by our old apartment every now and again. It’s a good reminder to me of the long, winding road Kim and I have traveled and the ridiculous faithfulness of God. It’s funny how once you achieve a certain level of success, in retrospect, the road you took to get there never seems [...]

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Free Will and The Pizza Parlor

by Jason 05.30.2010 Be Honest

Once upon a time, there was a little girl. With her birthday just days away, her parents announced that as part of her gift, she could pick any restaurant she wanted to go to for dinner. She debated and deliberated. She hemmed and hawed. She asked her mom where she thought she should go. She [...]

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The Amazingly Stupendous Do-Over

by Kim 05.05.2010 Be Honest

Remember the “do-over” in childhood? Often applied to a “too close to call” play in a childhood game, do-overs were often used liberally by kids who hated to lose. Lucy called for a do-over this morning. She woke up early and crabby (or as I like to call her, “sensitive.”) She was touch-and-go about everything. [...]

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Busyness Is Killing Us (Or Why We Should All Take Up Fishing)

by Jason 04.25.2010 Be Honest

I was talking to a friend the other day who works as a youth minister for a church. I asked him what the biggest issues the teens in his community are dealing with. His answer came quickly. “Drugs,” he said. He detailed the overwhelming prevalence of prescription drugs, and went on to tell me stories [...]

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Is It Time Burn The TV?

by Jason 04.18.2010 Be Honest

Sometimes I envy the people who don’t have televisions. I definitely respect them. Somedays I wish I could be just like them, especially when I listen to the song “Throw It All Away” by one of the best bands ever, Toad the Wet Sprocket: burn your tv in your yard and gather ’round it with [...]

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Who Are You Trying to Prove Wrong?

by Jason 02.07.2010 Be Honest

He suffered from ADHD. His parents got divorced when he was nine. He didn’t do so hot in school. And his middle school teacher told him that he’d never be successful. Nice. Everybody seems to have their own definition of success, but I’d be hard-pressed to find anyone to dispute that winning 14 Olympic gold [...]

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More Is Always Better. Or Is It?

by Jason 01.17.2010 Be Honest

ShareMore is better. Is that true? When I think of the concept of “more,” I sometimes imagine a slick, second-rate Elvis trying to sell me an extended warranty on electronic equipment. Or a pimply teenager offering to upgrade my fries to super-size for just a quarter. Their message: “More is definitely better.” The other side [...]

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Kiss and Tell: The Giraffe Confessions

by Jason 11.22.2009 Be Honest

I’ve shown this particular video near the end of every speaking program I’ve done over the past several years. It chronicles an adventure Kim and I had in Colorado Springs in which we became VERY close friends with a herd of giraffes. It usually gets a pretty good reaction from the crowd, including laughs and [...]

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Jon & Kate Plus 8 Plus Adultitis

by Jason 05.29.2009 Adultitis

Over the past few years, I have watched more Jon & Kate Plus 8 than I care to admit. The wifey got me into it a few years ago. It’s not like we watch every episode, but it always seems to be on, and we get sucked in by something cute one of the kids [...]

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9 Things I’ve Learned From My Wife’s 9 Months of Pregnancy

by Jason 11.21.2008 Adultitis

1.) Pretty much everything on TV and in the movies is wrong. I know, this is a shocker. But I grew up in a household of men (except for the one that we call Mom), and have pretty much no firsthand experience with anything feminine or pregnancy-related. I have come to find out that TV [...]

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