Father’s Day

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I hope to post some thoughts on fatherhood this week, but for now I want to say that I had an incredibly blessed first father’s day weekend. Saturday night, which was one of the best weather days I can ever remember in Boston, we hung out with neighborhood friends. The moms conspired together to speak words of encouragement to the dads and it was a precious moment.

Sunday morning the girls made me breakfast while I got to sleep in (a treat all by itself). Marina even signed the card with a squiggly line. Very awesome.

My wife and daughter are amazing and bless me in innumerable ways each and every day…father’s day is, for me, as much about remembering that as anything else.

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Bono, Grace, Barna, Mornings, and JSF #links

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  1. Bono on why he is banking on Grace over Karma
  2. Speaking of Grace, here’s a great post/resource on the best of gifts
  3. Barna continues to pump out fascinating information on the Hispanic population
  4. I’ve never been a morning person, but this article on the power of mornings is right on. Not always up early by choice, but I find it is now my most productive time by far!
  5. “Technology celebrates connectedness, but encourages retreat” by my favorite writer

Managing rest, Shifts in Poverty, and How to be more like Jennifer Lawrence

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  1. Donald Miller on how to manage rest time and the introverted need to be “off”
  2. Poor moving out of cities an into suburbs
  3. How to be more like Jennifer Lawrence and less like Anne Hathaway in your writing
  4. A wise response to John Piper’s recent twitter fiasco
  5. Projects vs. Presence in neighborhood work