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25 Oct 2021

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Retire early, find purpose in life

Ministryministry, retirement

Part 1 When I retired in my early 50's, people either ask "Aren't you too young?" or "How did you do it?" To the first question, I say you are never too young to retire from one career to find purpose in another. My career was right on track, but it was on the wrong track for where God wanted to lead me. To address the latter question, start by living debt-free and saving like crazy.1. Live under your means. When my wife and I married when I was 30 and still had student loans and bad credit. Then I…

2020’s Impact on Habits and Worship

MinistryCOVID, ministry, technology

"It takes 40 days to build new habits." We've heard that from experts for so long it has become internet truth. Actual studies show it can take from 18 to 254 days to shape habits. Whether you believe 18, 40 or 254 days, we need to recognize that the 2020 year of COVID-19 lock-downs forced churches to adapt new technology to reach people. Those people, in turn were building new online habits for worship and connection. Businesses and churches had to adapt quickly to survive. Parking lot church, outdoor worship, and even huge crowds worshiping on California beaches. Businesses adopted…

From Software to Seminary

Featured, Ministrycareer, Learning, ministry, seminary

It started in 1979 with "Hello World." I was a kid learning Basic to program a text based adventure game on a TRS-80 and I was hooked. I wanted to take a game apart and make it better, so I did. I learned programming and ended up having a pretty good career in IT, focused on database systems and business intelligence. Now, 42 years later, it is time for a new adventure. The industry has changed a lot in those years. Back then we learned programming BASIC by buying magazines at Radio Shack. The magazines were full of pages of…

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