Thoughts from my future self

7/12/2025 There’s only so many things you can do. You can’t do everything. For starters, do you know where you are? You better take a minute to get your bearings. You’ve been running pretty hard. It’s good to stop every now and then, look around, and think about where you’re going. Volume is important. Quality is more important. There is a place for dabbling and learning a bunch of things. But pretty quickly, you sight…
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Attention

7/4/2025 Last night was the youth camp wrap up. It ended with fireworks. They were spectacular. And for just a few minutes our collective attention was focused upward. Like so many others, I was caught up in the marvelous display. It occurred to me that I was smiling and yet everything about me was completely relaxed. I glanced around very briefly and saw the same in the faces of those around me. For just a…
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The morning sun

7/2/2025 It is morning of the third day at Camp Zephyr in Sandia. There are about 700 youth from a bunch of churches. Not many of them are up yet. The camp is mostly quiet. I found a table overlooking Lake Corpus Christi that wasn’t too wet. Was just sitting here and realized that I was facing about east and the sun was about to come up. I love the sun on my face in…
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