Life
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The Reactionary Life: At Home
Last week I wrote about my realization that I have been living a reactionary life at home, at work, and at church in a way that has prevented me from enjoying life, enjoying relationships, and pursuing excellence in all areas of my life. I received some good feedback and some questions, so I thought I…
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The Failure of the Reactionary Life
It was the end of the week and I looked back at all that happened only to realize that I didn’t make a dent in my to-do list that I made at the beginning of the week. I thought I wasn’t going to do this again. This happened last week and it seemed not to…
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15 Lessons in 15 Months in NYC: 5-1
The end of the year is always a time to reflect over what went on and what you’ve learned from the past year. For me, this is an opportunity to reflect over the last 15 months of being in New York. These are lessons we have learned personally and from watching and interacting with others…
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15 Lessons in 15 Months in NYC: 10-6
The end of the year is always a time to reflect over what went on and what you’ve learned from the past year. For me, this is an opportunity to reflect over the last 15 months of being inNew York. These are lessons we have learned personally and from watching and interacting with others in…
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15 Lessons in 15 months in NYC: 15-11
The end of the year is always a time to reflect over what went on and what you’ve learned from the past year. For me, this is an opportunity to reflect over the last 15 months of being in New York. These are lessons we have learned personally and from watching and interacting with others…
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TED talk worth watching: The power of vulnerability
This may be the best TED talk I’ve ever watched. It has huge implications for connecting with people, whether it’s marriage, parenting, or friends. It deals with shame, joy, & explains how vulnerability can free us from numbing ourselves to reality.
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A move to Chelsea: the why & how
Two months ago we moved to a new apartment in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan from the Upper East Side. Since then I had hoped to share why and how, as these are the predominant questions we receive and it’s taken me this long to get to it. When we first moved to New York,…
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Man Question
This past February, I had the great opportunity to be a part of an Applied Theatre workshop titled Man Question that was put on by graduate students at the City University of New York. Applied Theatre is the term given for Theatre of the Oppressed, which Wikipedia describes in this way, In the Theatre of…
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Public School in NYC
Since we discovered the cut off date for kindergarten was December 31st and that Eli would become a kindergarten this coming fall, we have had a consistent conversation about a number of schooling options for all of our kids. We were both in public school the majority of our lives, but more schooling options are…
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What is a Missional Community?
This is the question that the Verge Network has been asking a number of leaders on their website, and this is the question that many churches around the country and world are asking, and this is the question I deal with on a daily basis as someone who oversees Community Groups, which we view as…
Logan Gentry 