Saturday, April 28, 2012
The Dugan Spot: Changing Baseball Leagues
The Dugan Spot: Changing Baseball Leagues: (by Jacob Morales) I changed Baseball leagues because my other league the coaches were really serious and they didn't like it when a pers...
Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Date Day!
I had the opportunity today to spend the morning with my wife, Olivia, by flexing my work schedule to accommodate for a late night at work. We never pass an opportunity to spend time together during the week because we realize that our tax dollars provide our children with an education and a babysitter from 8am to 3pm, Monday through Friday. This is one of the few times I appreciate compulsory education laws, but that is a rant for another time.
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So, what have we done so far? Well, we kicked off the morning by sending the kids off to school followed by an hour of preparing about 270 brochures to promote The Weekend to Remember Marriage Getaway. This is nothing, we still need to prepare another 500 brochures for three weekends in a row of promoting Weekend to Remember at three different churches.
Why would we spend the morning of our date day to work on promoting an event that we've already attended four times in five years? The fact is that we have been called to encourage other couples to work on and strengthen their own marriages with every opportunity they can. The Weekend to Remember Marriage Getaway is one of those opportunities, and it only comes to Corpus Christi once a year. We often hear about couples that have drifted apart or wished there was something out there that would teach people how to have a healthy, happy, loving marriage. Well, we've had it all along with the Bible, and the Weekend to Remember event is pretty much the Cliff's Notes on what the Bible says about marriage. It is relevant to today's culture, and it meets couples where they are whether they are struggling or they think everything is just fine. We encourage you to check out the links in this post and share it with your friends and family, your neighbors, and your co-workers. Anyone who is married or engaged should attend at least once every couple of years.
Oh, don't worry, we are still going to get the most out of date day. Liv is taking me to a place in Corpus Christi called Ghengis Grill for some Mongolian-style food. I am excited.
Tuesday, April 17, 2012
About the Weekend to Remember, a two-and-a-half day weekend getaway for couples
When: June 1-3, 2012
Where: Omni Bayfront Hotel, Corpus Christi, TX
Register: http://bit.ly/wtrcorpuschristi
Special Rate: Use Group Name "CorpusChristi" for a special 50% off rate when you register
Focus
Life has a way of overwhelming a marriage. Jobs, kids, activities, errands. Before you know it, checking your e-mail is more important than carving out a date night. FamilyLife’s Weekend to Remember® marriage getaway is a chance to make a change. It’s a time to rediscover each other and find more intimacy in your life together.Connect
When you arrive for the weekend, we’ll help you step away from daily life. Cell phones are turned off. To-do lists are forgotten. You'll find it's a warm, engaging environment that’s all about making progress in your marriage, not placing blame.Discover
What you and your spouse will hear during the Weekend to Remember® is
not just one couple’s opinion on marriage. Instead, it is the result of
more than three decades of biblical research by a team of men and women
who distilled what it takes to have a successful marriage and family.
The Weekend to Remember getaway is not a large counseling session,
and you will not be asked to participate in small groups. Rather, you
will receive marriage-changing principles that you can take home and
apply to your daily lives that will strengthen your marriage. During the
weekend, you will learn how to:- Receive your spouse as a gift.
- Clarify your role as a husband or wife.
- Resolve conflict in the relationship.
- Maintain a vital sexual connection.
- Express forgiveness to one another.
- Increase your commitment, creating an even deeper level of intimacy.
Testimonies
See and hear what other couples are saying about the Weekend to Remember getaway.More information, go to http://www.familylife.com/weekend.
Register for a different Weekend to Remember event at http://bit.ly/wtrmap.
Monday, April 9, 2012
Weekend to Remember, Refresh & Recharge Your Marriage
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| Date Night with Olivia San Antonio Weekend to Remember November 2012 |
This getaway is not just for those who are struggling. Liv and I regularly attend a Weekend to Remember simply to get away from it all and refocus ourselves on each other and on God in our marriage.
What to Expect
This is a 3-day event, Friday night, all-day Saturday, and Sunday morning. When was the last time you dedicated that much time to your marriage? Are there less important things in your life that get more time than 3 days? See the schedule.
Shut off the outside world. Go ahead. Turn off that cell phone. Let folks know you won't post on Facebook for an entire three days. It's okay. The world will not come to an end. Get work done BEFORE leaving for the Weekend to Remember.
Plan ahead for childcare. There is no childcare on site, so start listing out the trustworthy people you know. While many focus on getting one couple/person to watch the kids for an entire weekend, others have arranged for a series of slumber parties and multiple family members to share the load.
Plan for date night. Make it special.
You do not have to stay at the hotel. Some couples have used their own home as a hotel getting the kids out of the house for the weekend, ordering delivery, picking up take-out, etc.
Meals are on your own. This is designed to get you and your wife out together.
Expect spiritual attack. This will happen. Think about who does not want your marriage to be grounded in a foundation based on God's love, grace, and Word for your marriage. Imagine what kind of impact a solid, healthy, loving marriage would have on your family, community, and society at large. Of course, Satan would want you to turn back or have a big fight on the first night. Come anyway.
Other FAQs answered by FamilyLife.
Military couples click here.
Sunday, April 1, 2012
And, the real loser is...
Today, I was given the best teaching opportunity ever. We found ourselves in a game filled with self-proclaimed "hardcore, pro" players. Hey, that's what they call themselves. Anyway, we could tell because our team was getting slaughtered every time we spawned into the arena. These guys racked up at least 20 kills each compared to Jacob with 1 kill and myself with 5. At the end of the game, we found an audio message waiting for us. Thinking it was someone wishing us well, which most of these messages usually an expression of good sportsmanship, we listened for 45 seconds as a grown man somewhere between 18 and 24 years old based on the sound of his voice (he could have been younger, but it was a mature voice) cussed out Jacob. I listened in horror, shock, and fury as this man called my son a loser and instructed him to get a screen print of his one kill to put on the refrigerator for his mommy to see. The F-word was used for every third word.
What is a father to do? What would you do?
I nodded, looked at Jacob, and for a brief moment thought of a million things I could do including lashing back on behalf of my son. There were so many things that could have been said back to the sender of the message. Instead, I looked at Jacob and simply asked, "Is this guy for real?" Jacob just simply deleted the the message, and said back to me, "I think he takes this game seriously." I laughed. Well said, Jacob, well said. This guy got p'owned by a 10-year old boy in the category of character! I have to admit that Jacob took the high road before I did.
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