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RE: Dear Church, 11 Signs You’re Burning Out Your Staff

I've owned this ceramic blue book that proudly recites this prayer since I was a child. I know it was a gift. A precious gift I've held onto without remembering who gave it to me. This has helped me through the roughest times in my life because it reminds me that God is in control, not me, as sometimes I stubbornly would like to be. It reminds me that change starts with me...

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be genuine.

I’m a big fan of Masterchef, a competition between America’s best home cooks! Last Wednesday, America learned who the new Masterchef is: an Italian and NYC restaurant manager named Luca Manfe, whose American dream came true. For the second consecutive year, the home cook I’ve been rooting for wins the whole enchilada: a quarter of a million dollars, a cookbook, and as Gordon Ramsay loves to say in his British accent “the most prestigious trophy in the culinary world and the title of Masterchef.”

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day one: late lunch at blt bar & grill

While waiting endlessly in the airport, we started planning our meals. Kenny really wanted to try one of the popular BLT restaurants, except BLT Steak because he’s been there before. We discussed many other suggestions, but our transportation was taking so long that we thought we’d be lucky if we made it to dinner. Previously, we had discussed going to Gramercy Tavern for lunch and Del Posto for dinner.

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Psalm 22: From My Mother’s Womb…

Originally posted on From Friends:
Lately, I’ve been inspired by the devotionals given at work.  Each week servers at The Grill (a restaurant at Calvary Chapel Fort Lauderdale) are assigned a psalm, and we must come up with a 5 minute or so devotional sharing what God’s been doing in our life.  This was mine…