Randy Elrod's Blog, page 26

Fulfilling A Disappointment (The Backstory)

I was the first person in my family to graduate high school. As I prepared for that momentous day, the guidance counselor (whom I had never met) summoned me to her office. She told me I had made the...



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Fulfilling A Disappointment (The Backstory)

I was the first person in my family to graduate high school. As I prepared for that momentous day, the guidance counselor (whom I had never met) summoned me to her office. She told me I had made the...



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About

About I am the Executive Director and founder of the 501(c)3 non-profit Creative Community, Inc (since 2006). From 1999-2017 I was the founder and CEO of re:Create Conferences in Franklin, TN — an...



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Update on “The Quest: A Way To Enjoy The Second Half of Life” (My Latest Book)

After nine years of exhaustive research and leading seven live Quest experiences, I have finalized the structure and content for my latest book, The Quest: A Way To Enjoy The Second Half of Life. It...



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Candid Thoughts About Going Forward After Insurrection Day

I’ve taken 24 hours off media to formulate my thoughts and gather my emotions. My mood has changed from furious rage to smoldering anger. I stand resolute as an American against these seditionists....



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Ten Things That Helped Me Get Through This Year From Hell (Sorry Santa, A Few Are Naughty)

Desperate times call for desperate measures and 2020 was possibly the worst (and best) year of our lives. Because Gina is high-risk we have both quarantined the entire year. We went out to eat (one...



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I Have Been But Now I Am

I have been too many things to count. I have been a twinkle in the eye of a sixteen-year-old boy. I have been a sperm fast and true and thus a firstborn. I have been dirt poor and filthy rich. I have...



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A Warning To My Followers

Do not think me whole because I speak in praise of wholeness, or Christian because I once was religious. I am a man weak as any, feet of clay, impetuous, stubborn, lusty, and profane. Yet prone to...



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A Few Random Thoughts On Family, Friends, and Thanksgiving

 Family is NOT everything. That is sentimental bullshit. But family is something. For many of us, today is filled with nostalgic memories of a gentler, kinder time—of family members once dear to us...



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Ten Questions At Age Twenty, Forty, and Sixty (Oh How Things Change)

James Lipton was famous for these ten interview questions on Inside the Actors Studio. He always asked the same ten questions to the nearly 300 guests who appeared on the show. I posed them to Gina...



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