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Our Moral Compass Matters

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Finding Our North Long before there were global positioning systems and Google maps, travelers and explorers used compasses to find their way. The key to using a compass to navigate was reasonably simple: the arrow pointed to the magnetic north pole. From there, the navigator could determine the direction they wanted to go. It didn’t matter if it was cloudy, dark, or pouring … [Read more...] about Our Moral Compass Matters

A Clan of Leaders-in-Training

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Profound Growth in an Unusual Place It has been many moons since Suburban Dads has had new material. If you read my last post, you might think I got knocked down for good and subsequently threw in the towel. Almost, but not entirely. It was more a case of, “Where do I go from here?” After several false starts and half-written posts, I thought I’d just pick up as if nothing … [Read more...] about A Clan of Leaders-in-Training

Live Like You Were Dying

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Scary Uncertainty Ok fellas, time to keep it real.  This one is tough to write, not because I don’t know what to say, but because no matter what I type, my words will be inadequate to describe what was going on for several weeks in my mind. Cue Tim McGraw’s song, Live Like You Were Dying because I was facing some significantly scary uncertainty. During the course of several … [Read more...] about Live Like You Were Dying

Community is Powerful so Let’s Build Some!

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Over the holiday break, we had the opportunity to return to the small town where my wife and I grew up. We were there to celebrate my wife’s grandmother’s 90th birthday. It was a beautiful day, and her grandma was appropriately honored. In the midst of the afternoon’s festivities though I had a moment of profound recognition of something profound. It can best be described … [Read more...] about Community is Powerful so Let’s Build Some!