Happy Saturday! Here’s a song we’ve all heard, performed in a somewhat unique manner. Enjoy! (If you can’t see the video, click here.) Have a great weekend!
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How Do You Face One Of Those Days?
Do you ever experience one of “those” days? I don’t want to be here right now. The past twenty-four hours have not been much fun. I’m angry and impatient. It’s one of those situations that shouldn’t bother me but it does and I want to fix it but I can’t and I wish I could […]
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How can you guard your heart without living behind barriers? Two of this week’s articles create a bit of tension. I believe we’re called to engage with our community, so I don’t want to create a protective bubble in which I only interact with people and ideas that never challenge me. I don’t think it’s […]
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We all know a bunch of Bible stories. Do we know the overall “Bible story”? Note: This is part of our continuing Wednesday series about the Bible. Previous articles in the series: Why Read The Bible? The Bible Is About… 100 Significant Scriptures Remember the Bible stories from Sunday school? Am I the only one […]
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Do you tend to hang out with folks who think like you? Last week I spoke to an Optimist Club. I shared A Reluctant Optimist’s Code and invited audience members to add to my list. One guy said that optimistic people tend to associate with other optimists. I suppose that’s true. In general, we’re all […]
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Happy Monday! I’ve been pondering the issue of impact, and it occurred to me that I ought to turn the question around and ask, “Who’s impacting me?” That question prompts today’s word-of-the-week… INPUT We’re immersed in input. It’s a 24/7/365 world in which more voices than ever compete for our ears and eyeballs and attention. […]
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Happy Saturday! I’ve watched this video at least half-a-dozen times, and each time I hear something I missed before. I think it contains some powerful ideas. (If you can’t view the video, click here.) Did this talk give you any new insights? How about sharing them in a comment?
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Is Jesus an optimist? How about His followers? I’ve been writing this week about optimism. I created A Reluctant Optimist’s Code in an attempt to counteract my natural inclination to perceive that The Half Empty Glass Is Leaking. Today I’m wondering what the Bible says about my half-baked ideas. Since I just posted my list […]
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Is faith optimistic or pessimistic? I’ve admitted that optimism isn’t my default approach to most situations. Relentless Grace certainly tells of a tug of war between intellectual faith and gut-level despair. As I said in Tuesday’s post, I naturally default to a feeling that The Half Empty Glass Is Leaking. Jesus’ teaching tells me something different. Many […]
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This is easily the longest article I’ve ever posted. Check out the next few sentences and you’ll see why. A while back someone asked me to define my “life verse.” I suppose if I HAD to choose a single passage I’d pick Romans 8:28. And we know that in all things God works for the […]
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Do you consider yourself an optimist? Why (or why not)? I’m doing a talk this week for an Optimist Club, so I’m thinking about optimism. I did a little research to find out what optimism is, where it originates, why some folks have it and some don’t. Frankly, for much of my life I was […]
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Happy Monday! Today’s a special day for all who embrace peace, justice and nonviolence. In honor of Dr. King, let’s think about today’s word-of-the-week…. Sacrifice August 28, 1963. More than a quarter-million people crowded onto the national mall in Washington, D.C. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. stepped to the podium, introduced as “the moral leader […]
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