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vision.

This morning I read the most powerful devotional from Oswald Chambers classic My Utmost for His Highest. You can read it in its entirety here. I often find Chambers simple melodic writing to be an enc… more →

A Second Taste

vision.

asecondtaste wrote 2 weeks ago: This morning I read the most powerful devotional from Oswald Chambers classic My Utmost for His High … more →

Tags: following Christ, leadership, Leadership, My Utmost for His Highest, Oswald Chambers, Passion, Principles, Vision, without vision the people perish

PLEDGE.

asecondtaste wrote 1 month ago: One of my first experiences upon returning to the United States after 10 weeks in Brazil was one tha … more →

Tags: Todd Gorton, Sabbatical, Jesus, Travel, Freedom, sabbatical, Pledge of Allegiance, Patriotism, Liberty

bacon.

asecondtaste wrote 3 months ago: After a long day of spending the morning at the beach and the afternoon shopping, we decided we coul … more →

Tags: Sabbatical, Customer Service, bacon, mcdonalds, Burger King, entitled, Entitlement, Have it your way, My way

Why Sabbatical? — 2 comments

asecondtaste wrote 4 months ago: Tomorrow we leave on a 3-month sabbatical. This is something we’ve been dreaming about for more than … more →

Tags: Todd Gorton, Sabbatical, coast hills, rest, Time Off, sabbatical, why sabbatical, Reading, sustainability

"I Hope You Get Cancer!"

asecondtaste wrote 7 months ago: “I hope you get cancer!” Words no one wants to hear, much less have shouted at them. I can honestly … more →

Tags: Other, Todd Gorton, Cancer, Homeless, Evil, Social Justice, helping, Persecution, Worldly

look.

asecondtaste wrote 8 months ago: How often do you stop and look. I mean stop and really look. A few weeks ago I was in one of my favo … more →

Tags: Beauty, look, See, Don't miss it!, Slow Down, Life Is A Journey, The destination

Big Deal.

asecondtaste wrote 8 months ago: Ok, a big deal to me! I just got word from a publisher that a short story I submitted will be publis … more →

Tags: Todd Gorton, HOPE, published, God Makes Lemonade, Short Story, RV disasters, road trip gone wrong, Road Trip

uPhone.

asecondtaste wrote 8 months ago: I confess. This morning I went to my local AT&T store to see if I could get my hands on the new … more →

Tags: Thought, God's will, iphone 5, Current Events, new iphone, technology, Why technology?, Innovation

God. — 2 comments

asecondtaste wrote 9 months ago: Our family recently returned from a trip to Peru. While there we worked with the children of a Puebl … more →

Tags: following Christ, Todd Gorton, Serving, Missions, Obedience, gifts, calling, Spiritual Gifts

Gardening. — 1 comment

asecondtaste wrote 10 months ago: What gets you up every day? Why do you do what you do? Have you pondered such questions? I know it’s … more →

Tags: Other, Thought, following Christ, Todd Gorton, Life, Purpose, gardening, Tomorrow..., Worry

50% — 1 comment

asecondtaste wrote 11 months ago: Today my daughter turned nine. What?!?!? OK, that’s just what’s going on inside my head. As a parent … more →

Tags: Parenting, following Christ, Todd Gorton, Parenting, kids, Raising Kids, Birthdays, 9 going on 18, 9 years old

Peru.

asecondtaste wrote 11 months ago: Our family has the amazing opportunity to spend a week in Peru this July. My wife wrote a short supp … more →

Tags: Other, following Christ, Todd Gorton, Serving, darla gorton, gorton family, Perú, Short-Term Missions, missions trip

Uh Oh.

asecondtaste wrote 12 months ago: So, this weekend our family is heading a few hours out of town to meet up with some college friends. … more →

Tags: Parenting, Spiritual Growth, Todd Gorton, Childlike Faith, Perspective, parking lot predicament, Content, MEMORIAL DAY, parking lot vacation

win or lose.

asecondtaste wrote 1 year ago: This is a big week for soccer. The Champions League semi-finals are going on and I’m hoping on one o … more →

Tags: Why, Beauty, Champions League, Soccer, win or lose, Youth Soccer, Club Soccer, beautiful game

The Opossum.

asecondtaste wrote 1 year ago: I love the classic Aesop fable, The Tortoise and the Hare. This story has been told and retold in so … more →

Tags: leadership, Aesop, tortoise and hare, Fables, opossum, possum

BIGGER.

asecondtaste wrote 1 year ago: Our house is about 1200 square feet – we recently visited my parents who live in 3000 square feet, t … more →

Tags: Other, Thought, Todd Gorton, Debt, bigger, smaller, downsize, go big or go home, big to small

Mall Esteem. — 1 comment

asecondtaste wrote 1 year ago: The mall. Or The Shops. Have you been there? Recently? Soon you’ll go… Black Friday is ‘black’ for a … more →

Tags: Other, Random, Todd Gorton, Black Friday, mall, Esteem, Self Esteem, Shopping, Fashion

One.

asecondtaste wrote 1 year ago: Today marks the one year anniversary of my blog. I set out on this journey of having a blog with the … more →

Tags: Other, Beauty, Todd Gorton, Writing #2, popcorn, a second taste, writing, no shave november, parking lot predicament

Space for God.

asecondtaste wrote 1 year ago: This past week I attended a 3-day ‘Space for God’ retreat put on by my friends at Soul Formation. It … more →

Tags: Spiritual Growth, following Christ, Todd Gorton, Solitude, spiritual formation, Spiritual Retreat, Perspective, god is love, morris dirks


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