Author Archives: Jim Baker

My Thoughts On The Charleston Shooting

“Roof is said to have sat in the Wednesday night prayer service for an hour before opening fire.”  [article here] News of shooting inside of a Charleston church, white against black.  An hour outside of where my parents live.  This incident bothered me a lot. What will it take to achieve peace? The news references […]

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Hawaiian Hallelujah Hip Hop? [audio]

i don’t even know what constitutes hip hop but it started with a H. in my continuing attempts to not be a perfectionist, here’s a song I wrote and recorded as a FUN way to commemorate Tyler’s and my friendship. this is the first time jess and i ever recorded music together. LISTEN WITH HEADPHONES […]

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Linky Wednesday 06.17.15

The Fallen of World War II from Neil Halloran on Vimeo. Our friend Colleen Cook shared this on her facebook recently.  An interesting, sobering presentation about WWII.  Watch till the end.  I appreciated his last few sentences. == The Hipster Is Dead and You Might Not Like Who Comes Next –> http://on.mash.to/1Gq5WbO  (Thanks to my wife […]

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The Biggest Hindrance To My Productivity

In Steven Pressfields book The War Of Art he talks about a concept called resistance.  Resistance is a force that works against the artist to keep them from doing the hard work of creating. Giving name and identifying the subconscious thoughts that undermine our lives on the daily is a huge benefit.  We can’t fight an […]

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What Past Hurt Are You Projecting On Others?

We have to THINK.  We’re so quick to take a quote that we agree with and make it our banner without thinking it through all the way. I wrote a blog post last week talking about how you have a unique voice and your perspective matters!  I stand behind that.  But there needs to be […]

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Linky Wednesday 06.10.15

  I saw a youtube clip of Ed Sheeran on Jimmy Fallon.  He mentioned how he doesn’t play with a band but is playing HUGE venues.  I wanted to see what his live show was like, because it seems pretty amazing to me that one person can stand on a stage and keep thousands entertained. […]

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Does Your Voice Matter?

You have a unique perspective that no one else can offer.  Don’t believe the lie that says your voice doesn’t matter. I started my Wednesday morning off a couple of weeks ago, grabbing coffee with my friend Spencer.  The night before I had finished my book How To Raise Support Well.  After I returned from […]

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Linky Wednesday 06.03.15

WHAT?!  It’s JUNE?!  Crazy.  Check out this past weeks links! Here’s a video I saw that excited me.  I hope to have a home someday.  I have no carpentry skills but I suppose I’d be up for learning.  I just love the idea of having a large garden and some chickens Wish whoever the camera […]

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