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Update on What's Next
What’s next for me? Simply put, I will be focusing on two core passions: coaching and making. Coaching During the pandemic, I earned my...
Kevin A. Parido
Sep 5, 20242 min read
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Final day at the church...
Today marks my last full day in the office. Though there will likely be some final emails, texts, and those inevitable last-minute "I...
Kevin A. Parido
Aug 29, 20244 min read
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Needs > Wants
I recently started back at our local CrossFit gym here in Winchester - S3. I am in my third week back. Loving the place, the people...
Kevin A. Parido
Jul 24, 20243 min read
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What are your musts?
As I came into the office today, I saw an index card where sometime in the past month I had scribbled, “What are your musts?” What are...
Kevin A. Parido
Jan 2, 20241 min read
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The X, Y, and Z
We as humans are a fickle bunch. We say we want X but we chase Y instead. We complain about Y and yet we still try to get it. What...
agroundedlife2020
Dec 27, 20231 min read
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IN the in-between
In the in-between This week between Christmas and New Year’s Day is always a time to reflect and reframe for the year ahead. My...
Kevin A. Parido
Dec 26, 20231 min read
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thankfulness Sunday post:
Thankfulness Sunday Post: I keep talking about clarity in all of these posts. Seems strange that find myself every Sunday thinking...
Kevin A. Parido
Jul 9, 20231 min read
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These are not the droids you are looking for…(for those that lead in churches)
This is one of my favorite lines from the Star Wars series. The storm troopers can not resist the Jedi mind-trick. They are looking...
Kevin A. Parido
Oct 3, 20224 min read
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Any 800 boulders have you trapped?
“As an avid climber and adventurer, Aron Ralston often imagined countless different scenarios of how he’d save himself if something went...
Kevin A. Parido
Sep 29, 20222 min read
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Seasons and priorities
Tomorrow is the first day of Fall. I love Fall. My favorite season by far. It reminds me: “Seasons come and seasons go.” It is part of...
Kevin A. Parido
Sep 21, 20222 min read
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The index cards on my desk
Those that are not truly free, will always hold others hostage. I was cleaning off my desk this morning. And I have become a big fan...
Kevin A. Parido
Sep 14, 20222 min read
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What is your favorite song of all time?
What are you favorite songs of all time? This summer I have been jumping around from song to song that are my all time favorites. There...
Kevin A. Parido
Aug 18, 20221 min read
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An invitation to repent...
The following blog is Inspired by conversations with current leaders in the church, those that worked in the church at one time, and ...
Kevin A. Parido
May 26, 20223 min read
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What are you seeking/what is seeking you?
Many things in our everyday lives distract and pull at us. Every moment has a choice. Everything we participate in and everything that...
Kevin A. Parido
May 19, 20221 min read
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Stay curious my friends...
Be curious, not judgmental - Walt Whitman Stumbled on to this beauty of a quote through the amazing show Ted Lasso. It reminds me to be...
Kevin A. Parido
May 10, 20222 min read
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A 100 Mondays of Covid...
Do I say what I see? Or do I say what you see- Because if I do, then you will like and follow me? If I don’t say what you already know...
Kevin A. Parido
Jan 24, 20223 min read
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Grieve and let Grieve...
What I have observed as we emerge from the Pandemic: I am struck by the amount of grief we are all carrying around. No matter how you...
Kevin A. Parido
May 25, 20213 min read
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Choosing surrender, not control
Surrender not control Following Jesus is all about choosing surrender not control. And yet, much of what is today called Christianity, is...
Kevin A. Parido
May 15, 20213 min read
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After the fallout: Finding God's path and reclaiming our faith (part 14: the journey)
Practice: Journey together with others you deeply know and by whom you are deeply known. “It's like in the great stories, Mr. Frodo. The...
Kevin A. Parido
Mar 24, 20217 min read
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After the fallout: Finding God's path and reclaiming our faith (part 13: breaking from Tech)
“Let me tell you why you’re here. You’re here because you know something. What you know you can’t explain, but you feel it. You’ve felt...
Kevin A. Parido
Mar 22, 20216 min read
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