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I’m Thankful For: Grace

November 25, 2011 • Categories: Bible, Personal, Thanksgiving • by

I’m a broken person. I fall short of God’s Holy standard on a daily basis and that’s the definition of sin. I make mistakes. Like Paul described in Romans 7, I often find myself doing the thing I don’t want to do and not doing the thing I want to do. That’s why I’m ending [...]

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I’m Thankful For: Relationships

November 22, 2011 • Categories: Bible, Personal, Thanksgiving • by

This is Thanksgiving week here in the US. This week, I am going to try and share a post each day about something I’m thankful for. We’ll started Monday with perspective and continue today with Relationships. Lots of different types. This topic is definitely Off-Topic and I talk about the Bible and my faith a [...]

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SQL PASS Summit Prayer Gatherings

September 12, 2011 • Categories: Bible, PASS • by

This year will mark my 4th SQL PASS Summit, the 3rd in a row I’ve attended and the 3rd I feel led (and now encouraged by others who have been previously) to organize a time of prayer, fellowship and worship with other followers of Christ. This is the announcement/introduction post. If you are a Christian [...]

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Best Practices: Explain and Understand Them!

May 25, 2011 • Categories: Best Practices, Bible, Learn From Mistakes, Life Lessons, Professional Development • by

Stop expecting people to blindly follow your advice. Stop blindly following the advice of others.

I’m borrowing a lesson from the man who proclaimed he knew exactly when the world would end (last weekend October 21st now). If you only have a minute, my point is simple and I’ve hit it before here -
For Those [...]

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Empty Tomb Living

April 22, 2011 • Categories: Bible • by

Occasionally, I blog about my Christian faith. Particularly around Easter and this year will be no exception. If you have come here looking for SQL Server or Professional Development content, there will be some next week.I do this as a way of encouraging, witnessing and sharing, not to offend or annoy.  If you are offended [...]

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Merry Christmas 2010

December 22, 2010 • Categories: Bible, Personal • by

I wrote a longer post for last Christmas. I shared some Bible verses that are usually on my heart and in messages around that time of year. Rather than do a replica, let me direct you to what I wrote last Christmas in my post, “For Unto Us a Child Is Born”
That post rings true [...]

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Brand Meet Person – Un-SQL Friday

November 19, 2010 • Categories: Bible, Community, Personal • by

The Midnight DBA’s started a new blog carnival in the spirit of the T-SQL Tuesday carnival started by Adam Machanic (I hosted one of the earlier one’s on SQL Server IO here). This one is called “Un-SQL Friday” The point is to post something that is adjacent to SQL Server but no more than adjacent.
This [...]

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