Are you making an impact? Maybe it’s the new year, but I’ve been thinking about the impact of the things I’m doing. Mostly I just roll along (pun intended), but occasionally it’s good to stop and ask if what I do makes any difference. It seems that so much of the culture is about appearances, what […]
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Note: This is the second in a Wednesday series about the Bible. You can check out the first article (The Bible Is About…) if you missed it. Why do you read the Bible? I suppose answers vary with individual needs and life’s seasons. At different moments we seek knowledge, inspiration, encouragement, comfort, and guidance. When […]
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Do you ever wonder how God sees you? Sometimes I wonder how, or why, God would care about me. I understand the psalmist’s question: When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place, what is mankind that you are mindful of them, human […]
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Happy Monday! Today I’m trying to put an uplifting spin on a difficult word-of-the-week… Blues Do you ever get “the blues”? I got a sudden attack of the winter blues last week. I just slipped into a funk where everything got a little foggy and overwhelming. The worst symptom is low energy, a sense that […]
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Happy Saturday! It’s no secret that there’s a lot that’s wrong with big-time sports. This nine-minute video proves that, beneath the negative headlines, there’s a lot that’s right as well. D.J. Williams shares a story of courage that demonstrates his conviction that life is about the choices we make. I hope you’re as inspired as […]
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Here’s a link to the 2011 New Year edition of Rich’s Semi-Regular Newsletter. Happy New Year–and that the last time for this year.
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How do you get over it? Ever been there? Something terrible happens and you can’t escape the grief. Or maybe a whole lot of things just accumulate and you just don’t feel very positive about life. Unwanted tears appear without warning. You feel stifled under a heavy blanket of pervasive sadness. The fog of depression […]
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Is “good” always good? I’ll bet you received a lot of “year-end” messages from different organizations seeking a final funding push. One that caught my attention was an appeal to join in combating their perception of a growing movement called “good without God.” I was invited to sign an online declaration—and of course to send […]
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Here’s a list of articles in our Wednesday series about the Bible: The Bible: What Did It Mean To Them? The Bible: Who’s The Audience? The Bible: Chapter And Verse? Who Chooses The Actual Words In The Bible? When Words Aren’t Quite That Simple The Easy Bible Bible Stories: Were Noah And Moses Really Brothers? […]
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Why are you doing whatever you’re doing? Last week we shared a small house for a short time with a lot of relatives. One interesting dynamic was repeated a number of times. An adult entered a room, saw a kid immersed in some activity, and asked, “What are you doing?” The question carried varying degrees […]
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Happy first Monday of 2011! A new year provides a reminder of something that’s true every day for a follower of Jesus. This year’s initial word-of-the-week… Rebirth God offers a fresh start every day. The old stuff, the bad choices, the failures—they’re past, and because of Jesus’ sacrifice we get to set them aside and […]
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Happy New Year! Happy people make people happy — but you can’t make someone be happy. Gretchen Rubin It’s next year. Let’s work together to make it a great one. Today I want to re-post my favorite video of 2010. It reminds me of what I want 2011 to be about. The Butterfly Circus […]
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