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“The cost of a thing is the amount of what I will call life that is required to be exchanged for it, immediately or in the long run.”
~ Henry David Thoreau'
Darryl Buckle
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The power of a shared experience
In 2007 I stumbled on a marketing book called Experience the Message about what the author called experiential marketing. The premise is...
Darryl Buckle
3 min read
Why Your Blind Spot is Bigger Than You Think.
You’ve got blind spots! Places you’re blind! There are things going on around you that you just plain can’t see! Take for instance the...
Darryl Buckle
3 min read
The Truth About My Carpentry Skills
Any of you with teenagers or husbands know how frustrated they (or we) can get when they (we) try to do something and just can’t figure...
Darryl Buckle
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Pain: The Secret Sauce
There was a great quote in my inbox this morning from the Terminator. “The last three or four reps is what makes the muscle grow. This...
Darryl Buckle
3 min read
The Tongue-tied Guide to Perfect Prayer (for the not so super spiritual)
This week I realized for the first time that any time I post something on Prayer, all sorts of people ‘like’ and ‘share’ and ‘comment’...
Darryl Buckle
3 min read
Wait! But…
I heard recently that over 75% of all crosswalk buttons in New York have been disconnected for decades. “Mechanical Placebos” They leave...
Darryl Buckle
2 min read
Stalking Horse
I came across an idiom recently that I had never heard before. A Stalking Horse: It’s a hunting thing – You’re a hunter. You all...
Darryl Buckle
1 min read
There is no way to describe it…
“You want to know about the kingdom of night? There is no way to describe the kingdom of night. But let me tell you a story. You want to...
Darryl Buckle
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Forest Bathing?
Lately, I’ve been running through a tree farm near my house as often as I can. This morning was one of those perfect mornings. A warm...
Darryl Buckle
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How you are amazing? Let me count the ways!
When I see the Ten Most Wanted Lists… I always have this thought: If we’d made them feel wanted earlier, they wouldn’t be wanted...
Darryl Buckle
3 min read
The Before Pic
I went to the gym yesterday. Fought through crowds of the newly resolved, put in a few miles on the treadmill and headed back to the...
Darryl Buckle
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#NewYearNewYou
Every year at this time I sit at home and wrestle with whether to go to the gym or not. Don’t misunderstand what i’m saying. I’m not...
Darryl Buckle
3 min read
Dinner Theatre 2014
Every year at Redwood we invite our community to join us for Dinner and a theatre production designed to help people kick off their...
Darryl Buckle
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What does it really take to succeed?
What’s the single greatest level of achievement that you can imagine? I’m not talking about Rock Star or Astronaut kind of stuff – unless...
Darryl Buckle
3 min read
Understanding God’s Love
I had an amazing conversation with our Care Ministries Pastor Mark recently about what it looks like to use the unique gifts and passions...
Darryl Buckle
3 min read
7 Reasons Why Growth Happens Best in Community
Feel like you’re stuck? In a rut? Feel like the person you want to be is eluding you? Proverbs 13:20 says He who walks with the wise...
Darryl Buckle
2 min read
My Daughter
OK before i get into it, You should understand that it’s September. That means that there are a million more things to do than normal....
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