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Wait 30 Seconds

Published on 08/15/2010 By DUZIE

WAIT 30 SECONDS In the tense room together stood Dad, Mom, Son 1 and in the corner sat Sibling 2 (the names have been changed to protect the innocent). Son 1 had not reached the acceptable performance level at school, or at completing his chores, or at the “un-won” sporting event (the specifics have been [...]

PERSPECTIVE

Published on 08/08/2010 By DUZIE

PERSPECTIVE Try this at home. Stand with your feet about shoulder width apart. Reach upward with your right hand and extend your pointer finger towards the sky. You should look like John Travolta dancing. Keep looking at that one finger throughout this exercise and make sure your finger always remains straight up and down and [...]

Good Green Water

Published on 07/18/2010 By DUZIE

Good Green Water We were standing at the base of a majestic canyon in Utah, as we filled our water bottles for a day of hiking.  It was early in the day and the temperature was already above 90.  We looked up above the spigot as the water flowed into our jugs.  There the National [...]

Declaring Independence

Published on 06/27/2010 By DUZIE

Declaring Independence Have you ever sat down and read the Declaration of Independence? Don’t worry we are not going to include the complete text in this weeks “Living Life”, squeezing 1319 words into a 500 word space would be more than miraculous! But as we draw near to Independence Day, we took a little time [...]

24-24-24

Published on 05/16/2010 By DUZIE

24-24-24 On May 24, we (DUZIE) will celebrate 24 years of marriage, and here are 24 reasons why we believe we are still madly in love: 1. We make it a priority to go for a walk everyday, go out on a date every week, and get away for a week every year. It is [...]

Hope’s Background

Published on 04/11/2010 By DUZIE

Have you ever noticed, some people are full of HOPE! They always seem to see the glass, wallet and current moment “half full”. Then there are others who seem to journey from every situation to every other situation at “half empty”. Why? We believe it is because of background, not the family, educational, financial, or [...]

5 Lessons learned South of the Border

Published on 02/21/2010 By DUZIE

For the past month we have been training and performing for young people and youth workers in South America mainly from Paraguay and Uruguay.  We would like to take this moment and reflect upon the Food, Family, Faith, Friendship and Fun lessons we learned along the way. A Food Lesson – Food is an event.  [...]

PASSIONALITY mini workshop by DUZIE

Published on 01/20/2010 By DUZIE

PASSIONALITY – We are a PUZZLE PIECE of God’s Heart.  Each one of us is different and has our special role and place of spreading God to this world! John 10:10 Jesus says, “I have come that they may have LIFE, and have it to the FULL.” What we are going to do is find [...]

Resolutions: Dumb or SMART!

Published on 12/26/2009 By DUZIE

Every 365 days, in the midst of the last few moments of the year, we gather with friends, play games, eat, drink, watch the ball drop in New York and make DUMB RESOLUTIONS. By “DUMB” we mean, we make promises to ourselves, and others that seem very important at the moment, but make as much [...]