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 Skipping Smart – An Open Letter To Those Under 30
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By Todd Thompson
In People Stuff, Uncategorized
Posted July 18, 2016

Skipping Smart – An Open Letter To Those Under 30

We overhear you in the coffee shops. As members of our families, we listen to you tell us what you’re learning in college. We employ you at our businesses. We read your passionate posts on [...]

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 Remember God’s Wonders
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By Todd Thompson
In God Stuff
Posted June 21, 2016

Remember God’s Wonders

My dear friends Phil and Lisa told me a fun story about their then 11-year old son, Spencer. He came home one day from school. Holding his hands about 12″ apart, he asked, “Hey, do we [...]

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 Key Chain
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By Todd Thompson
In God Stuff
Posted July 28, 2014

Key Chain

I admit I didn’t pay much attention when he walked in. Hospital room doors should be revolving. The flow of nurses, doctors, therapists and staff never stops. In that moment, he was just another [...]

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 Grandma Thompson
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By Todd Thompson
In People Stuff
Posted April 11, 2014

Grandma Thompson

It’s April 11, 2014. Grandma Thompson would have been 114 today. Practically no one lives that long. She made it to 90, which is a pretty fair go at it. A full blood Swede, her parents came over [...]

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 30 Minutes At The Lubbock Animal Hospital
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By Todd Thompson
In People Stuff
Posted April 3, 2014

30 Minutes At The Lubbock Animal Hospital

To Sadie the Boxer, the parking lot of the Lubbock Animal Hospital is a smorgasbord of scent. She can’t sniff fast enough. It’s her first visit to the clinic. We rescued her from a shelter. They [...]

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By Todd Thompson
In God Stuff
Posted December 30, 2013

Quiet

For eight years I worked as an agent for Northwestern Mutual Life. My purpose was deliberate. I wanted to gain life experience and people skills before going to seminary. Northwestern Mutual is [...]

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 Smoke
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By Todd Thompson
In People Stuff
Posted March 18, 2013

Smoke

One summer during my high school years my parents did a remodel on our basement. It was an old farm house and the ceilings down there were already lower than normal. My Dad gave the construction [...]

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 To Face Unafraid
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By Todd Thompson
In God Stuff
Posted December 24, 2012

To Face Unafraid

Have you ever noticed something you’ve never noticed before? I’ve heard the song all my life. Yet until the other day, the lyric has blown past me like snowflakes on a windy December day. My [...]

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 Signature Song
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By Todd Thompson
In People Stuff
Posted January 18, 2012

Signature Song

From 1999 through 2007 in addition to my day job I worked for the Phoenix Suns Team Shops. As part-time jobs go, it was great fun. Known then as America West Arena, the building was home to the [...]

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 Signature
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By Todd Thompson
In People Stuff
Posted August 29, 2011

Signature

In 1993 I was living in LeMars, Iowa, population 9,000 and the home of Wells Blue Bunny Ice Cream. It was the biggest town I’d ever lived in. It had an all-night grocery store and a McDonald’s so [...]

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