Baby Boomers Archive

  • Its often said that “we only live once!” How true it is. Someone I know responded back to the statement, “Isn’t that enough?” Truth is we all have only one...

    Drunken Sailors

    Its often said that “we only live once!” How true it is. Someone I know responded back to the statement, “Isn’t that enough?” Truth is we all have only one...

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  • I got up real early this morning. I had to fly to Seattle for the day. I flipped my ipod to Billy Joel’s Shea stadium concert on my ipod. The...

    Vietnam

    I got up real early this morning. I had to fly to Seattle for the day. I flipped my ipod to Billy Joel’s Shea stadium concert on my ipod. The...

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  • My wife and I viewed the movie “The Time Traveler’s Wife” last night. It’s a great movie about a child who is in a traumatic car accident and has a...

    Time Travel

    My wife and I viewed the movie “The Time Traveler’s Wife” last night. It’s a great movie about a child who is in a traumatic car accident and has a...

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  • People who grow for a lifetime have a trait I have recognized. They distrust their own experience. Most of us clamor for security the older we get. But there are...

    Questioning…

    People who grow for a lifetime have a trait I have recognized. They distrust their own experience. Most of us clamor for security the older we get. But there are...

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  • There are a lot of “Hail Mary” passes thrown every football season. And I suspect quite a few in life in general. There are times when life just simply calls...

    Hail Mary passes, When and Why?

    There are a lot of “Hail Mary” passes thrown every football season. And I suspect quite a few in life in general. There are times when life just simply calls...

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  • One of the vital tasks of a leader is to build organizational memory. What got me thinking about this is my preparation to serve communion on Palm Sunday. I was...

    Remembering

    One of the vital tasks of a leader is to build organizational memory. What got me thinking about this is my preparation to serve communion on Palm Sunday. I was...

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  • I met a man who reminded me of myself in the future. He was happy. He felt great about the life he had lived. He had only a few regrets....

    How Old is Young?

    I met a man who reminded me of myself in the future. He was happy. He felt great about the life he had lived. He had only a few regrets....

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  • There is a minor tempest brewing in the marketplace and church about how the Millenials (twenty-something’s and younger) get along with Boomers (47 to 63). It wasn’t such a hard...

    Millenials and Boomers…

    There is a minor tempest brewing in the marketplace and church about how the Millenials (twenty-something’s and younger) get along with Boomers (47 to 63). It wasn’t such a hard...

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  • One of the creative and driving forces of the 70’s Jesus awakening died in February. I just heard about it yesterday. Larry Norman was a controversial figure in the Jesus...

    A conversation with Larry Norman and a note on his passing…

    One of the creative and driving forces of the 70’s Jesus awakening died in February. I just heard about it yesterday. Larry Norman was a controversial figure in the Jesus...

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  • There are crucial dates in every era that mark the generations. December 7, 1941 was the day of the Pearl Harbor attacks that brought the U.S. into a war that...

    Crucial dates mark the generations

    There are crucial dates in every era that mark the generations. December 7, 1941 was the day of the Pearl Harbor attacks that brought the U.S. into a war that...

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  • If you live long enough you outlive a few friends and numerous pets. Grief becomes a necessary tool of life. And I think replenishing your circle of relationships, both animals...

    Rocky, We’ll Miss You

    If you live long enough you outlive a few friends and numerous pets. Grief becomes a necessary tool of life. And I think replenishing your circle of relationships, both animals...

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  • Rock and Roll hasn’t really changed much the last four years. The drums are pretty much the same.  Guitars have quit a number of new effects pedals and such. The...

    It’s all rock and roll to me

    Rock and Roll hasn’t really changed much the last four years. The drums are pretty much the same.  Guitars have quit a number of new effects pedals and such. The...

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  • My wife wanted to buy a scale for the house a couple days ago. She said it would help us keep our weight in control. Now, my wife could use...

    I don’t want a scale!

    My wife wanted to buy a scale for the house a couple days ago. She said it would help us keep our weight in control. Now, my wife could use...

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  • For a while now it has been a stretch for me to think of baby boomers, those born between 1946 and 1964,  as a cohesive group. That’s a long period...

    What makes a Generation?

    For a while now it has been a stretch for me to think of baby boomers, those born between 1946 and 1964,  as a cohesive group. That’s a long period...

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  • Only Baby Boomers can remember vinyl discs (well maybe our parents). I still prefer vinyl discs because I prefer the analog format. But I also enjoy a two-sided presentation of...

    Vinyl Discs…

    Only Baby Boomers can remember vinyl discs (well maybe our parents). I still prefer vinyl discs because I prefer the analog format. But I also enjoy a two-sided presentation of...

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