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Archive - Aug 2006

August 30th

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Brent Norwood, Walking With God In College

Thu, 08/31/2006 - 02:00 — Glenn Lucke

Norwood_brent Brent Norwood is a recovering investment banker who traded his Hermes tie collection for a pair flip-flops and a job at a laid back investment fund in Dallas. Originally from Houston, he currently lives in Dallas, but hopes to make his way back soon. He is an avid A&M football fan, in spite of recent losing seasons, and is married to his college sweetheart, Katie, who teaches English at an inner city charter school.

 

Spending a little over a year in the workforce has made me realize just what a gift my time in college was. I spent my first post graduate year grinding away the days in front of my computer at a bulge bracket investment bank. On countless late nights (often past

midnight), I found myself fantasizing about the college life again: sleeping past 10, meeting friends at midnight, and cheering the Aggies to another loss vs.

Texas. When I was a student at A&M, all I could think about was the future. I had big dreams to get out, work in New York, and make a name for myself. Although life outside of college has brought many new adventures (marriage, moving, building a career, and buying a home), I find myself longing not for the fast pace of New York, New York, but the slow tempo of College Station, Texas.

The most precious gift in college is that of time. In high school, between sports and my job, I had little free time. After college, my psychotic boss made sure I never worked less than 75 hours a week. In college, however, I had nothing but time. Time to pursue God, girls, video games, or whatever I wanted. It was a blessing to have that time away from my family where I could really see who God wanted me to be. Read more

August 29th

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David Coles, Walking With God In College

Wed, 08/30/2006 - 02:00 — Glenn Lucke

Coles_david David Coles, a  fourth-year student at the University of VirgiRead more

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The Quest for Life-Sucking Conformity, Comfort And Safety

Tue, 08/29/2006 - 13:00 — Glenn Lucke

Who wrote this (no cheating with search engines, either)?Read more

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Visitor 100,000 to CGO

Tue, 08/29/2006 - 05:48 — Glenn Lucke

Sixteen months after Common Grounds Online became a reality we welcomed our 100,000th visitor. 

Thank you, Contributors, for writing well-crafted articles that reflect your life in Christ and that help the rest of us learn and live the Christian story.

Thank you, readers, who keep coming back.  You're why we do this.

And thank you to the bloggers, many of whom have become friends, who link to us and cheer us on.

August 28th

August 27th

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Making the Most of College

Sun, 08/27/2006 - 23:58 — Glenn Lucke

As colleges and universities begin a new semester, at CGO we wanted to explore the wisdom of recent college grads and one senior ( a "4th year" in UVa parlance) about making the most of college.  I've asked four recent grads to reflect upon what the Lord did in their lives during college, and also what they would do differently if they had the opportunity for a "do-over" in terms of following Christ in college.

Monday, August 28-- Meghan Gouldin, 2004 UVa grad, now working for a major consultant firm in Boston.Read more

August 24th

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A Parable, by Linc Ashby

Fri, 08/25/2006 - 02:00 — Linc Ashby

Personal_photolinc_ashby_7  Five families faced the same decision. Frightened by the influences out there, but strangely unaware of their own, the first family decided to educate their children at home. The oldest left for college and fell into all kinds of destructive behavior, which eventually took its shameful toll. He couldn’t bear the thought of returning home. Fueled by the fear of what had happened to her brother, their daughter spent one night in a campus dorm (at a Christian college), and fled back home the very next morning, where she still lives today, the safest place in the world.

Hoping this decision would all but guarantee the Lord being Lord over every area of their lives (especially in science class), but apparently oblivious to the wretched underbelly of any institution created under the auspices of the sub-culture called evangelicalism, the second family sent their children to a Christian school. It seemed like a great idea at the time and the peace lingered for a while, until their oldest reached the age where she could see through all the crap, leaving them all with two options – keep wearing the masks or lose them for something real.Read more