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Hey there friends! I get the fun job of creating curriculum, handouts, flyers, documents, and resources for the kids, parents, families, and volunteers in Greenhouse Ministries at Poplar Creek Church. Some are so specific they may have no place beyond
What’s better than motivational quotes and pictures of babies? Nothing. Except maybe chocolate chip cookies. Mmmm… I made these images a couple years ago and have been rolling them out for a while. Haven’t posted any since December 2013, so
Are You a Perry, Michael, Leslie or Liz? Take this quiz I made to see what type of manager you are! How do you deal with problems? How do you lead people? Which NBC comedy character are you the most
May 9, 2015. I could have graduated today. I should have graduated last year. I could have graduated Baylor with my class. But I didn’t. (Yes, this might be a “wallow” post. I often jump back and forth between shallow
Why do we have two Arms Hands Legs Feet Nostrils Ears And eyes? Yet one Heart Mouth Chest Gut Mind Body And soul? Perhaps
“When Alexander saw the breadth of his domain, he wept for there were no more worlds to conquer” Plutarch While this quote is probably false, weep no more, for while you can’t conquer the world, you can explore the world
The Random Update from Evan Weppler at Baylor University, Fall and Winter 2007. Oh, those were the days. Eight years ago this month, I graduated from high school. After a summer at camp, I said goodbye to Cypress and moved
StrengthsFinder. Enneagram. Love Languages. What are they? In Part 1 of this post, I previously wrote about the different ways we can know ourselves and know others here. In that post, I compared getting to know someone like traveling through
Part 2 of a previous post. To read Part 1, click here. So what can we do? What can we do when we find ourself sailing into the four C’s, becoming Critics, Comedians, Commentators, and Cynics? We must set a new course. We
The Four C’s. Have you seen this happen? Someone does something, perhaps with excitement and gusto. One person responds, “Well, you should have done it this way…“ Another person cracks a joke about how they did it. A third person
Hey friends, guess what? Including this post, over the past few years I have posted TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY updates, poems, songs, essays, videos, devotionals, ideas, reviews, stories, dreams, and more at EvanWeppler.com. And boy, has it been an adventure.
It’s always interesting to see what you can find on the world wide web. Here are a few tools, places, and sites I’ve found on my travels. Spritzlet So, I do believe that reading is an enjoyable experience. Discovering a
I bet you can’t answer all 5 of these questions.* 1. Who was your first crush? 2. What type of cake did you have at your third birthday? 3. Where did you go for your first sleepover? 4. Who was
Millions waited and watched and reacted as history was made. Barack Obama was elected the 44th President of the United States of America. And Evan Weppler decided to save a bit of history in his inbox. I watched the coverage
This is not a post about the hair of the band, Journey. If so, I would probably start with an image like this. Or this. Or this. Nope, that’s not the purpose of this post. Though it would be glorious
“It’s all So-so” We now know. Also No-shows Know it’s so. Although No go For a show, We go Below Status quo. Within Walls we Worship God, Give good Gifts to Glory, ad Monish Polish Up our crud Christen,
(A journal entry from February 10, 2013) Am I the only one? The only one who passed almost all of his classes in high school and college, but can’t seem to make sense of Adulthood 101? The only one who
What can I say that hasn’t been said before? What could I do that hasn’t already been done? What could I offer to this ancient world, full of wisdom and treasures unknown? What do I have that even matters
Found this list floating around my Google Drive. I had typed up these thoughts (probably at 3 am) the night after the last day of Day Camp 2012. It was a rough summer, a good summer, a bittersweet time. I
Hildegard of Bingen shines like a flame through the ages.* She was a woman of her time, speaking to the broken Church, rebuking the sin and encouraging the faithful– and still her words ring true almost nine centuries later. She
As I’ve been working hard on my final project for Wheaton, I have made many a playlist. Many, many a playlist. Playlists to get me energized, playlists to keep me awake as I pull an all nighter, playlists to pace
In “Parks and Recreation,” when April asks Ben why all his CDs are soundtracks, Ben replies, saying: “Oh, well, I kind of look at it like it’s your favorite directors making a mix tape just for you.” Though I’m not
How do you sign your name to the end of a wasted day? “St Patrick’s Day” is the nineteenth episode of season six of “The Office.” By this point, a new CEO has come in (played by Kathy Bates, of