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I’ve been attending classes on how to present a message for a church. Here are a few tips I took away from last nights class. -Don’t use divisive words. Churches often have their own lingo however, using this lingo creates a wall between the regulars and anyone new. -Don’t let anger in your voice talk…

The Student of the Year spoke at the college graduation I attended last Saturday. He told his peers that he had reinvented himself when he came to college. “I was unpopular and detached in High School,” he said. “I decided to change my attitude and broaden my horizons when I came to college.” A few…

The 12-step alcoholics anonymous program starts with honesty. Anyone seeking improvement must first admit they need help. This generally comes after years of denial, after years of refusing to admit the truth that there is a problem. Alcoholics do not have a monopoly on the habit of refusing to admit truth. Parents, spouses, co-workers, bosses,…

It’s been really windy here the last few days. The wind can sometimes be a nuisance, but could you imagine no wind? Nothing to stir things up? The environment would become stale, muggy, stifling, stagnant, static. Exodus 14:21 (ESV) 21 Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and the Lord drove the sea back…

Here is an excerpt from Martin Luther King Jr’s sermon titled, “A Tough Mind and a Tender Heart.” “There may be a conflict between soft-minded religionists and tough-minded scientists, but not between science and religion. Their respective worlds are different and their methods are dissimilar. Science investigates; religion interprets. Science gives man knowledge that is…

Spring comes late here in upstate New York. Buds on the trees are just now swelling, however daffodils are in full bloom. The bright yellow daffodils grab my attention from the drab brown surroundings of leafless trees and bushes. The whole scene enlarges my concept of the “senses.” I generally assume “senses” mean what I…

Mother’s Day is celebrated in many countries around the world, usually in spring. Dates vary from country to country and this year’s Mother’s Day in the United States falls on May 11. Americans will spend an average of $162.94 on mom this year, down from a survey high of $168.94 last year. Total spending is…

By time you read this sentence, everything around you has changed. The earth has moved. You have new cells in your body. Clouds have shifted. Grass has grown. Birth and death has occurred. This changeable human life experience is thrilling, mind-boggling, nauseating, and rampant. The questions and answers that bombard our minds need to be…

New York State is clamping down on drivers who use mobile devices while driving. Statistics show that distracted driving makes for dangerous situations and terrible accidents. With technology at our finger tips, human beings have become so acclimated to instantaneous communication that our bodies automatically react to answer the cell-phone, text a message, or look…

A psychotherapist in the profession for 35 years, told me during an interview, “We aren’t born with the skill to communicate with human beings. It has to be learned.” He is also an Episcopal Priest and has been for 42 years. His insight to approach communication from a systems point of view and wisdom has…
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