“You become an adult when you can take care of more than just yourself.” “The most important lesson you can learn in college is how to manage your time.” “The ones who learn the most are the teachers. The ones who benefit the most are the ones who serve.” “Today is the best your significant other is ever going to look. Gravity always wins” These are some of the random…
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When Silence Isn’t Empty
“Every great thinker fills their lives with silence. Because in the silence, the mind has nothing else to do but wander. And it is in the wandering that we stumble upon original thought.” Unironically, I thought of this quote while on one of my quiet…
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Until I Rounded the Corner — Honoring My Dad
A few years out of college, my dad called me while I was at work one day. He told me, “Brent, I might need you to come pick me up. I’m in too much pain to drive.” When I picked him up, he told me…
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Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 A time For Everything
When my son was 18 months old and learning to talk, he would precede anything he didn’t know how to pronounce with “ah”. So the letter “W” would be “ah-yu,” and “dinosaur” would be “ah-saur”. A year later, he’s stopped doing that, and I didn’t…
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Is Parenting Fun?
Yes and no. My firstborn toddler likes to “play” pickleball. He’ll randomly say “Da Qiu (play ball in Chinese),” which is my signal to get out the paddles. He’ll stand about 1 meter away from me as I sit on the floor, and we’ll spend…
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Habakkuk 1:2-4 When God Doesn’t Seem Good
I received a message one evening from a friend that read, “Brent, help me. I don’t know what I’m doing anymore.” The cheekish part of my brain noticed the lack of context and wanted to respond with “I don’t know what you are doing either,”…