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I should have bought the apple corer sooner. Who would have guessed that a $5.99 kitchen tool could bring so much joy to a 5 year old boy? Will has been asking me for a week to buy him an… Continue reading

Have you ever given someone a gift, like say a gift card to a really nice restaurant, one that you can’t afford to eat at, but you sacrificed to buy the gift and 8 months later the gift card is… Continue reading

Here is an older but great piece I wrote that we all need to read every now and again just to remind us that God is bigger than our fears… Are you facing any giants in your life? My family and… Continue reading

When someone insults or offends you, do you often have to fight back your gut instinct to cut off his head, put it on a post and let the birds feed on it? Come on, let’s talk. You can tell… Continue reading

Your past is a non-reality. Yes, it was real and the mistakes you made back then were real, but today you have no power to change anything back there. Today you only have the power to effect today and tomorrow.… Continue reading

Something has been nagging at me for a while like a tag in the neckline of my shirt. Reflexively, I reach around to pull it out and realize that if I do I’m liable to rip the shirt. No, I… Continue reading

My family has gone old school. We are building real fires with real wood in a real fireplace. If you are under the age of 30, you probably don’t know what I am talking about. Several years ago, Sandra said… Continue reading

I began reading from 1 Samuel recently so that I could re-familiarize myself with King David and the backdrop leading up to his rise to power.  I got to Chapter 8 and came across something that really amused me. The… Continue reading

Last week, the week of Christmas, was a blur. Work, last minute shopping, two 8 hour days volunteering at church, then Christmas morning festivities, cooking for parties at my parent’s house and also the in-laws…..man….I was looking forward to Sunday.… Continue reading

I love how my 4 1/2 yr old son, Will is enthusiastic over the littlest things. He pulled his 73 yr old, cane-using Grandma from one end of the house to the other to show her his new Spiderman toothbrush…not… Continue reading

Here’s an old journal entry I just discovered. It inspired me and I wrote it, so I think it’s worth your time as well. 🙂 Enjoy. Maybe if I’d known how much I would learn from my kids, we would… Continue reading

I am not a monster. But as a father I am a fairly strict disciplinarian. I don’t allow my kids to be disrespectful, rude or talk back to us, especially to their mother. Despite my efforts, it still happens. They… Continue reading

Soon after my 4 ½ year old son, Prince Will was born, I was holding him one night, standing up, slow dancing him to sleep. Suddenly, a tune and a few words floated down from the Father of the Heavenly… Continue reading

 A Directv subcontractor was at my house today installing a DVR(I tried, but I just can’t live without one) and when he was finished, he asked if I would mind speaking to his supervisor on the phone. His company requires… Continue reading

Objects viewed from a distance may be more frightening than they appear…a lesson that I learned very well a couple of weeks ago at the North Carolina Whitewater Center (http://www.usnwc.org). I learned it at the expense of my big mouth,… Continue reading

I was having lunch with a friend the other day when I received an email on my Crackberry from Pastor Steven Furtick. He contacts me regularly for advice…no just kidding. Actually I subscribe to his blog, www.stevenfurtick.com, that is emailed… Continue reading

“Thou shalt not steal.” Yes, I know that it’s one of the Ten Commandments, but I’m stealing an idea and I’m confessing my sin up front. It’s just too good not to expound on and the guy I’m stealing it… Continue reading

Can we talk about pet peeves? I mean mine, not yours. You can talk about yours on your blog, but here I am King of my own domain. Pun intended. One of my biggest peeves is interacting with someone in… Continue reading

Once upon a time there was a young man who studied and worked extremely hard and won a scholarship to the local University. At the University he continued the same work ethic, taking nothing for granted. After enrolling and attending… Continue reading

I just finished the 2nd day of training on my new job and boy, do I ever feel dumb and dumber and dumbest. Am I discouraged? If you knew me, you would probably say yes, but surprisingly I’m not. My… Continue reading

I mentioned in my last post, “Connecting The Dots…”, that God will get inside of you and start messing around. It’s always a good thing, but not always the most comfortable. A couple of weeks ago, my 13 year old… Continue reading

I wish you could walk a mile in my shoes. If you could, maybe, just maybe, the walls of skepticism in your life about God might come crumbling down; if not crumble, at least dismantle brick by brick. I am… Continue reading

That you can follow me on Twitter @rdennisbrady? Continue reading

An acquaintance told me yesterday of something she did recently that was perceived as strange among her neighbors and she seemed to feel uneasy about it. It was not a “normal” thing to do for sure considering where she was… Continue reading

I noticed something today. It is hot. Brilliant, your thinking, we’re in the hottest summer in 20 years and you are just now noticing? Why do I follow your blog? Come on, bear with me. Yes, it is hot, but it’s… Continue reading

Do you think following Jesus is easy and once you decide to live for Him that your life will be all about good times and cotton candy, carnival rides and cupcakes? This is my daughter, Shelby’s vision of Heaven, but… Continue reading

Alright, ever since my last post on honor, I’ve been playing in my head all of your counterarguments and I know that you have some. Some like, “he doesn’t deserve honor”, “she doesn’t honor me”, “if he would honor me… Continue reading

I had the privilege of attending an awesome funeral service this weekend. I’m not sure if “awesome” is the way one should describe a funeral service, but I consider myself a wordsmith and that’s the best word in the entire… Continue reading

I was lying in bed the other morning wishing I had kept my big mouth shut. If you’ve been reading this blog then you know I started the P90X routine a while back. What you might not know is that after… Continue reading