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Tuesday, March 15, 2016 11:55:18 AM
Ricky Dee wrote a blog post titled ReLent Week 4 / Reconcile:
Ricky said, "Today is ‘Wear What You Want to be When You Grow Up’ day at my son’s school. He wore a shirt and some pants. Along with the usual under skivvies – don’t tell him I said that. Here’s the deal, he has a dozen ideas..." more
Tuesday, March 8, 2016 9:19:09 AM
Ricky Dee wrote a blog post titled ReLent Week 3 / Resist:
Ricky said, "What’s your role as a parent in training up your kids to Resist bad choices, evil, self-worship? Do you have a gameplan, do you use language that fosters an awesome trust in God? Do you share a language of faith that engages evil and pain and..." more
Tuesday, February 23, 2016 8:35:36 AM
Ricky Dee wrote a blog post titled ReLent Week 2 / Repent:
Ricky said, "About one year after I married my awesome wife an opportunity arose for us to move to another state and engage in a different ministry. We had to decide whether or not to continue in the direction we were headed OR turn around and literally move in..." more
Saturday, February 13, 2016 8:05:09 PM
Ricky Dee wrote a blog post titled New Series: ReLent Week 1 / Reflect:
Ricky said, "Lent is a season of worship between Christmas and when disciples of Jesus fast, repent and pray remembering the death and resurrection of their Savior. ReLent is a series of six family-orchestrated Blue-collar connects: Reflect / Repent / Resist /..." more
Wednesday, February 3, 2016 7:55:18 PM
Ricky Dee wrote a blog post titled Through the Bible / Available Online:
Ricky said, "Well, the day has arrived! Through the Bible: a year in the Word has found it’s way through the printing process, into our hands here at AbsoUnpro and available at our online SHOP. If you’re interested in finding out more about Through..." more
Tuesday, February 2, 2016 10:27:49 AM
Ricky Dee wrote a blog post titled Table as Bridge / Connect:
Ricky said, "The table between us is more than just a table. In the Temple was a table. On that table were twelve loaves of bread, one for each tribe. Each week twelve loaves were baked and set in the Holy Place on this table. On the Sabbath the priests would..." more
Saturday, January 30, 2016 8:02:55 AM
Ricky Dee wrote a blog post titled Through the Bible / Upcoming Journal:
Ricky said, "There are a million resolutions to make for the new year. It’s the end of January and right about now most of us have already given up. If you’re a follower of Jesus there’s one in particular that tends to drift as the year moves..." more
Tuesday, January 19, 2016 9:40:13 AM
Ricky Dee wrote a blog post titled Mirrors and Resolutions and the Gospel:
Ricky said, "Have you ever looked in the mirror and thought, ‘this thing’s messed up’? I woke up the other morning nice and early and scribbled down the image to the right. Then I fell back asleep. I spent the next week or so trying to read my..." more
Tuesday, January 5, 2016 7:14:58 AM
Ricky Dee wrote a blog post titled REPEAT / Blue-collar Disciplemaking:
Ricky said, "Time / Prep / Connect / REPEAT. I think it’s great that the first post of 2016 and the final post in the Blue-collar Disciplemaking series is about Repetition. Repeat. Do this and you will without a doubt a make a direct impact on the next..." more
Tuesday, December 29, 2015 8:26:09 AM
Ricky Dee wrote a blog post titled CONNECT / Blue-collar Disciplemaking:
Ricky said, "You’d probably agree that making time not only for family meals and vacations and Sunday morning gatherings are important but that you need to make regular time for deeper connection and conversation with your kids. You probably also agree..." more
Thursday, December 24, 2015 6:08:18 PM
Ricky Dee wrote a blog post titled A Merry Christmas from Sicktown:
Ricky said, "Christmas Eve is typically spent with family. My wife, kids and I join in the controlled and fun chaos that is her extended family, opening gifts, eating, talking, drinking coffee and eating and then drinking coffee and then I eat. Tonight, however,..." more
Tuesday, December 15, 2015 10:51:20 AM
Ricky Dee wrote a blog post titled PREP / Blue-collar Disciplemaking:
Ricky said, "Can you share the Word if you’re not in the Word? Or, can you repeat ‘Follow me as i follow Christ,’ sincerely? Last week we opened the challenge on TIME. Then we took a detour into defining Blue-collar Disciplemaking. This week..." more
Monday, December 14, 2015 11:05:18 AM
Ricky Dee wrote a blog post titled What on Earth is Blue-collar Disciplemaking?:
Ricky said, "Blue-collar Disciplemaking = Training the next generation under our roof to follow the way of Jesus Christ as we model a Biblical / Relational / Memorable life rhythm. There, we’ve defined Blue-collar Disciplemaking. Now the main question..." more
Saturday, December 12, 2015 9:21:16 AM
Ricky Dee wrote a blog post titled Gift to Launch 2016: Make-Your-Own-Journal-Kit:
Ricky said, "When you build it from scratch it carves out a different space in your experience. When my wife thinks back on her kidhood she shares incredible memories about times playing with her only sister. Creating with giant boxes of scrap paper, random..." more
Tuesday, December 8, 2015 8:16:21 AM
Ricky Dee wrote a blog post titled TIME / Blue-collar Disciplemaking:
Ricky said, "Time is a wild animal. You can’t control it. It moves onward and doesn’t care whether you’re making the best of it or not. But we can understand it and even utilize it regardless. Q. Are you making time for the most important..." more
Tuesday, December 1, 2015 11:08:28 AM
Ricky Dee wrote a blog post titled Blue-collar Disciplemaking:
Ricky said, "To celebrate the launch of our shop and a few new resources (check us out) I wanna spend the final weeks of 2015 creating the space for 1 x 1-3 family disciplemaking. Blue-Collar Disciplemaking: Blue-collar Disciplemaking. For the parents and..." more
Sunday, November 8, 2015 6:50:24 PM
Ricky Dee wrote a blog post titled Bearing and Sharing the Peace of God: Listen Here:
Ricky said, "I had the honor and joy of co-teaching with my buddy Kyle at Rivertree Canal Fulton a couple of weeks ago. With the church we cracked open the role of being bearers of God’s Peace and engaging people of peace along the journey. Check it out..." more
Sunday, November 8, 2015 4:26:24 PM
Ricky Dee wrote a blog post titled John’s Story 13 / Love Sandwich:
Ricky said, "‘He now showed them the full extent of His love.’ John, the one recalling this experience with Jesus, then moves on to washing feet. Washing feet. I want to write that over and over until it sounds reasonable because there’s a..." more
Thursday, October 29, 2015 8:40:04 AM
Ricky Dee wrote a blog post titled Discipleship Journals. Nearly There.:
Ricky said, "We’re getting close and the online shop is nearly open! The reLaunch of our Discipleship Journaling series is approaching. We’ve worked out many of the kinks and in the meantime we’ve created a few more Journals we hope will..." more
Wednesday, October 14, 2015 8:15:05 AM
Ricky Dee wrote a blog post titled It’s Just How We Do:
Ricky said, "Someone asked me the other day what Absolutely Unprofessional is all about. They’ve been following the blog for a while and have even been tracking with the Discipleship Journaling series of resources we’re creating (available soon in..." more
Monday, October 5, 2015 11:47:54 AM
Ricky Dee wrote a blog post titled Abolished, Obsolete & Filled to the Brim:
Ricky said, "I was thinking the other night before sleep about the fulfilling nature of Christ when it comes to the Law. I was thinking about my family, my kids and their sinful nature mixed with their beauty and fun and joy. Do you remember when Jesus told His..." more
Sunday, September 6, 2015 9:25:45 AM
Ricky Dee wrote a blog post titled Word of Beard:
Ricky said, "You know that feeling of waiting for friend or family to arrive in town? You know they’re coming to visit but you aren’t sure if they left last night or this morning. You know you’ll see them, that you have to be patient, but that..." more
Thursday, August 20, 2015 1:08:28 PM
Ricky Dee wrote a blog post titled Value, Humanity & A Little Girl Who Was Shot:
Ricky said, "That human life has value is accepted by everyone. Even mass murders and genocidal maniacs understand this, that’s why they take so many human lives, because life means something and they’re choosing to rob others of that very precious..." more
Tuesday, July 21, 2015 2:34:58 PM
Ricky Dee wrote a blog post titled Mundane Collision:
Ricky said, "So, years ago I was in a band. The best band ever truth be told. One night we saw or maybe even played alongside another band called Monday Collision or Mundane Collision, honestly I don’t really know but I’ve always liked that phrase,..." more
Tuesday, April 5, 2016 8:41:34 AM
Ricky Dee wrote a blog post titled ReLent Week 5 / Refocus:
Ricky said, "Easter has come and gone. It’s kinda like Christmas right, but with all that emotion that comes with meditating on death, substitutionary atonement, celebration of resurrection and victory over sin and death. And gifts and candy still find..." more