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⚽ Twelve 8-year-olds + 200mg of caffeine + one mortified coach = the best bar story you’ll hear today. Trust us, you want to hear how this ends.
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A late-night traffic stop becomes a reminder: storytelling connects us, grounds us, and makes us known. In a world of strangers, our stories are how we find our way home.
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Grant’s thoughts about purchasing the Toyota snapped away when the officer softly tapped the driver’s side window. “Hello? Can you roll down the window for me, sir?” Grant didn’t realize the young officer was standing next to his door. The lights were blinding and hypnotizing all at the same time. “Yes, sir. Absolutely.” He quickly
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Before I was old enough to read, I told stories. Imagination incubated, spit out into the world through my limited toddler vocabulary. After being taught how to read and write, the magic turned from oral stories to written stories. Now I was writing my own material, reading everything I could to get ideas, even the
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Staring right at me, I thought she would start screaming, yelling at the top of her lungs. Before you start in on me, I just want to set the record straight – I didn’t start this argument. No. Really. I didn’t. It wasn’t my fault. But then again, the guilty always have a way of
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Some family curses hide behind garage doors at 2 AM—until Jesus shows up uninvited and refuses to leave.
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That Grinding Sound You know the one. That grinding noise when you shift into serious conversation. The warning lights that flash every time you bring up money, kids, or the future. You keep driving, but deep down you know something’s about to break. Just like when your partner shuts down every time you mention the
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Healthy relationships start when we learn to say what we actually need instead of hoping others will figure it out.
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Your Weekly Discovery Challenge: Stories explode around you every second. Most vanish before you can blink. Stop rushing. Start hunting. Five minutes changes everything. Time to become a story hunter.
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Great leaders do more than give directions, they give DNA. Discover how spiritual fathers build cultures that outlast them, and why character always wins over charisma.
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The room is silent. Billy Beane tells his scouts their decades of experience is wrong. His hands shake as he spreads computer printouts across the table. Every face says he’s destroying his career. But Beane knows something they don’t—his method will change baseball forever. This moment reveals what happens when leaders choose conviction over comfort.…
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Faith passes through generations by storytelling. Each encounter with God becomes a link in living history from ancient patriarchs to today. God’s fingerprints? They’re everywhere! It’s your turn to forge your link.
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Someone Called Me Out This Week. Best Thing That Happened to Me All Month. The question isn’t whether we’ll hurt people or get hurt ourselves. The question is what we do next. Someone called me out this week, and I’m grateful they did. When My Ego Gets in the Way A respected colleague edits my
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I lumped everything together in my earlier post about grief and community silence. Got it WRONG. https://fiveminuteobservations.com/20205/07/29/the-church-failed-me-in-my-darkest-hour-but-god-didnt/ So, I owe you an apology. You orchestrated our survival in those first devastating days after Jude died. You created the GoFundMe that carried us through funeral expenses. You organized the meal train that fed us when we
Stories. Enjoy!
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