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What Is Your Story?
Since my last blog post, we celebrated what I consider to be the most important holiday on our calendar each year – Easter Sunday. My relationship with the holiday, and with Christianity in general has quite admittedly been nothing shy of a bumpy road over these years I’ve spent above ground. That said, as I…
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Getting The Train Back On The Tracks
Admittedly, I’m (gracefully) stealing this concept from another like-minded individual who shares pieces of writing along with a newsletter which are centered around very similar topics to that of my own. Coincidentally, I plugged this outlet – Virgin’s Newsletter – on this week’s Friday Fire Newsletter. In his most recent work, Matt describes the value…
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Set the Table, Revisited
In the spirit of looking back upon some of my old writing, I figured none better than a short post that I had written in June of last year on decision making and how it directly impacts what lay ahead for us in this journey of life. The post was called, as you’ve probably gathered…
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Sovereignty, Continued
Last week, I wrote a little bit about the concept of sovereignty. More so, I discussed what it means to live a sovereign life. In doing so, I detailed that living with complete sovereignty is essentially one’s ability to live out of a place of liberty with the freedom to do what you want, when…
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What Does it Mean to Live a Sovereign Life?
I’ve recently become interested in this word: sovereignty. According to the Meriam Webster Dictionary, it is defined as: “supreme power or authority” or “the authority of a state to govern itself or another state.” These definitions are short and concise, but not necessarily associated with how I’ve been pondering the word’s meaning and application within…
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Looking Back on Year One
As I approach one calendar year keeping up with this blog, I figured it might be fun/interesting/cringey to take a look back at my first post here on Forged In Fire. It has been all of these things, no doubt. But, (maybe surprisingly) it has been incredibly rewarding. I began this venture on a whim,…
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Rock Bottom to Mountain Top
A “feel-good” redemption story The year was 2021 and I was in my first year as a teacher + coach combo. I had developed a strong bond with an athlete of mine – a young man with bounds of potential and lofty goals. At the time, (and still today) we were about the same size.…
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Check Your Ego
There is this inner voice, defined as “the part of the mind that mediates between the conscious and the unconscious and is responsible for reality testing and a sense of personal identity.” In other words: It serves as a person’s sense of self-esteem or self-importance. It can, and surely does provide necessary feedback to the…
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You Are Meant for More
To be honest, this could mean anything. What is “more?” Who is capable of defining it? Are you? Am I? Who really knows? I certainly don’t. That said, what I do know – and what is becoming increasingly obvious – is that we as a human species are limited (heavily) by the complex piece of…
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Make the Moments Count
Right now, I’m in the trenches of what is undoubtedly the busiest season within my calendar year. Quite frankly, it’s become the busiest season of my life. As a high school wrestling coach, we’re nearing the home stretch of the season, with about a month remaining. The days are long. The nights are short. Time…
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