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Category Archives: Life Reflections
Choosing and Chasing
When I first read this post by Bradley Moore, I couldn’t help identifying with his middle school tale of self-reinvention (the eighth grade wasn’t particularly kind to me), and I started thinking about the tension we live in between the … Continue reading
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Ministry
Most people don’t feel good. Most people aren’t happy, and aren’t satisfied. For me, being a preacher starts with that gloomy fact, with that realization that most of the people I see walking around the world are terribly unhappy. And, … Continue reading
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Pursuing Normal
Our family has been in such an intense transition phase for the last two months that it is with some measure or relief that I can look into this coming week and see what looks like a pretty normal week. … Continue reading
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Anticipation
Last weekend, I was in Six Flags with a group of kids, many of whom were roller coaster rookies. It heightened my awareness of the roller coaster process. One of the most brutal, and exciting, stages is that first climb. … Continue reading
Tullahoma
Welcome to small town America. It’s been a wonderful place so far for the Hovaters. We’re all still reeling a bit from saying our goodbyes in Little Rock, but I can’t imagine how much harder that would all be if … Continue reading
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Notes from Mother’s Day
Mothers’ Day is always a good day for life reflections, and that held true for this year, even if the reflections came amidst a higher level of chaos than normal. I’ve been so blessed by having a great mom, and by … Continue reading
Time is Accelerating in Hovater Land
I feel like I blinked and the four weeks before our move to Tennessee have become one and a half. To chronicle a bit of that, over the last few amazing weeks we’ve packed most of our house, had some … Continue reading
Post from the Past No. 1
Cleaning out my office has been fun. I’ve found all kinds of ridiculous stuff. Flipping through old journals has made me think about the kind of stuff I would have blogged about ten, fifteen years ago. This is from somewhere … Continue reading
The 4 Best Games You’ve Never Played
A lot of times people are surprised when I tell them I really love to play board games. You need to understand, though – I’m not talking about Monopoly, Clue, or Scrabble. I think those are fine, but what I … Continue reading
Red-Handed Refuge
In tonight’s sermon, we thought about what it would mean for our church to become a modern city of refuge. Can we go beyond Hebron’s mission as a city of safety for the accused innocent, and be a place where … Continue reading
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