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My voice is raspy, rough and tired right now. I generally spend about 7 hours a day, 4 to 5 days a week talking & presenting to groups of people. This is my job. There are some days that I get sick of hearing my own voice. Some days I am fairly sure that I [...]
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July 4th seems to announce the arrival of summer in a most emphatic way. Fireworks light the sky, barbecue smoke fills the air, beaches are packed (overflowing is more like it), and everyone is thrilled to be staring a brand new summer in the face. Summer feels like a time to take action! I don’t [...]
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I am a nerd. Honestly…I really am. Everybody has those subjects in school or topics of interest that just really “click” with them…well mine is anything to do with Science. God has wired me to be extremely inquisitive and detailed, both things that are inherently scientific. While the rest of my peers are watching reality T.V. or catching [...]
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It’s strange how loaded the word Father is to each of us. It can be a word that brings us joy. It can make us cry. The word Father can cause us to grit our teeth in years of suppressed anger or encourage us with a strength that can seem to come from no other. [...]
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There are a lot of wise old sayings in the world of addiction recovery, including variations on this one: “If you always do and think what you’ve always done and thought, you’ll always get what you’ve already got.” And that’s true when it comes to our societal addictions to oil, coal, consumption, and violence. But [...]
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As a dedicated LOST fan for the last number of years I was sad to see the show go. But I must admit the show ended on an emotional high for me. I like that questions seemed unanswered and I liked that even though you wanted to get closure it showed that life just does [...]
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Change is scary…it’s also inevitable. Change is a fact of life, sometimes it can be the hardest thing to deal with, and other times it can be a huge blessing from God. The thing about change is that it happens everywhere, regardless of who it happens to or who it is affecting. It’s scary when [...]
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I recently read Francis Chan’s book Crazy Love! It’s a very challenging, honest and insightful book based around God’s relentless love for us. I highly recommend it. Of all the topics in the book the one thing that stood out to me as a universal concept to bring to everyone’s attention is when Francis Chan [...]
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Ever been at that place in life, when everything looks dark and glum? When something amazing has ended and you are left standing with questions that begin with the word ”Why?” You begin that cycle of confusion, then denial, then sadness, then anger and then apathy….only to start the cycle of emotions over again, until you can [...]
