Category: Daily Life
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What’s Acceptable?
I believe the root of all human discord can be traced to contrary opinions about “What’s acceptable?” This question, composed of two words, does more to cause personal misery and divides people, nations and organizations.
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When you don’t know the right words to say in a crisis
Right now my organization is going through a financial crisis that is testing the mettle of every leader. The problem is a simple one really, there’s not enough money to support all the resources we have acquired over the past several years. I think we all knew this day of reckoning would probably arrive—we just…
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The philosophy of “True Detective”
I think I’m hooked on a new television series. It’s HBO’s “True Detective” featuring Woody Harrelson and Matthew McConahay. My son introduced it to me over the Thanksgiving holiday. In what seemed like an offhand comment my son said to me, “If you want to know my philosophy of life it’s found in this series.”…
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Secret Pals
The following is a lesson presented yesterday at Dayspring Church by my good friend Robin Acker. I wanted to save this so that I could read it often. Thank you Robin for such a thoughtful lesson! Secret Pals by Robin Acker Speaking on our topic today makes me think about when I was in school, when there…
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Meditation on Fullness and Completion
I believe that all of us desire to have feelings of emotional fullness and completion. Both are blissful states that we reach first through meditation and then through constant awareness that we are full and complete. Fullness I describe fullness as those moments you when you understand that, “It can’t get any better than this!” It’s those moments of transcendence when…
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A Different Universe
The following was written by Dr. Henry Cloud in his book Necessary endings: the employees, businesses, and relationships that all of us have to give up in order to move forward. (p. 50 – 51) Many people wish for a different universe than the one we live. They want one where every day is a harvest time…
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Present Moment Awareness
I suppose like most people I’ve heard about the concept of present-moment awareness for sometime now. It’s almost a part of the cultural lexicon to say something like “Stay focused and remain in the present moment.” But like many simple ideas, it’s easier said than done. I’m learning that my mind is a place I like…
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How to Lay up treasures in heaven
Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. “But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys, and where thieves do not break in or steal;…(Matthew 6:19)
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A Simple Way to Pray
Prayer can be as simple or complicated as you want it to be. I’ve heard many lessons on the subject of prayer, seen different approaches to use while praying and participated in countless prayer activities. For me, simple heartfelt prayers are the way to go. Here is a small slide show of two very simple techniques that I use and…