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15 Reasons Why My Son Is Awesome

Greg Baird — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 13:00:34 +0000

Today is my oldest son’s 15th birthday. As anyone with kids can attest, the years seem to fly by. I remember when he arrived wondering what he would be like. Now, 15 years later, I can say unequivocally that he is an awesome kid…or should I say “young man”! Michele & I couldn’t be more...

Jesus Creed Video

Greg Baird — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 14:39:05 +0000

We’re attending Journey Community Church in La Mesa. One of the great things about the church worship services is they always engage with multi-media, and we’ve got a terrific video producer at the church (see here for his Vimeo page that displays his work). Yesterday we had Scot McKnight, author of The Jesus Creed, speak...

19 Reasons I Love My Wife

Greg Baird — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 01:38:46 +0000

So there I was, sitting in a meeting with my Children’s Ministry leadership team and announcing the very first Kids Krusade at Skyline Church. I was very excited…until one of my leaders (and a good friend of ours) said, Wait…we’re doing this on January 24th? Isn’t that yours and Michele’s first anniversary? I froze…and then...

I have a dream!

Greg Baird — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 15:06:23 +0000

Have you ever listened to the full speech given by Martin Luther King? I actually never had until a friend of mine posted it on his blog. I watched it and couldn’t help but appreciate the times and the turmoil that was Martin Luther King’s life. Whether you espouse all he was or not, this...

Life Happens

Greg Baird — Sun, 09 Jan 2011 17:01:00 +0000

As she walked down the aisle, arm in arm with her Dad, she looked beautiful. Talking quietly & giggling, these two friends of mine had come to a significant day in their lives. Life happens. The Dad looked fit & happy, just as I remembered him. Though in his fifties now, he worked hard and served...

Be Inspired!

Greg Baird — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 01:49:31 +0000

We get inspiration from a lot of places. We might be inspired by the courageous act of another. We might be inspired by the words of a friend. Maybe it’s something as simple as a walk in the woods and seeing God’s creation. Whatever it is, it’s important to identify what inspires us and find...

Up!

Greg Baird — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 19:20:18 +0000

Up! We all want to be “UP”. Whether it’s in our personal, our family or career life, we break through barriers with people & projects and the idea of “UP” carries the idea of success. As the Dad of two amazing teenage boys, I’ve been thinking a lot about how to teach them to succeed in...

A New Day

Greg Baird — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 14:05:54 +0000

“You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done…” A quote from my good friend Joseph in Genesis 50:20. So glad God’s got our back, so to speak, and has such a grander view for our lives than we do. Using difficult circumstances to move us...

Head-first or Feet-first

Greg Baird — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 21:02:18 +0000

When I was a kid I loved jumping into the pool feet-first. Shallow end, deep end – it didn’t matter. I hated diving head-first. It scared me, even though I knew the deep end was plenty deep enough. I always thought about diving and really wanted to, but in the end I usually just jumped....

The secret to catching fish

Greg Baird — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 07:13:00 +0000

Fish in a lake that was stocked the day before. I caught these eight fish in about 90 minutes last Friday at Hume Lake. We’ve gone there for eight of the last nine years and this year was just an amazing week for the family. This was a personal highlight, as I had spent many...