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The best way to approach any big goal is to break it down into small chunks. So, if I want to learn to speak another language or play an instrument, I need to practice a little bit each day.  If I want to lose 20 pounds, I have to incorporate exercise into my daily routine. …

Every moment of every day, we are faced with this simple choice: to do good or to do evil. We all know what good and evil are.  I don’t care what religion, political party or culture you come from, human beings innately know the difference between good (being loving, kind and compassionate toward others) and…

“No one after lighting a lamp puts it under the bushel basket, but on the lampstand, and it gives light to all the house.” Matthew 5:15 Every person has a light. Your light is that thing about you that makes you different from other people.  The key to success in life is to figure out…

When I was in high school, I worked for a lady who had been afflicted as a child by juvenile rheumatoid arthritis. As a result, she was confined to a wheelchair.  Remarkably, her disability did not stop her from going to college and graduate school.  When I met her, she was a social worker at…

We live in a world in which people are more apt to discourage than encourage. If you have a dream to do something great, and you tell ten people about it, nine will tell you that you won’t succeed.  And they’ll give you different “rational” reasons to support their opinion.  But their messages will be…

We all sometimes forget to give God a chance. Instead of waiting in faith for God to solve our problems, we get discouraged.  Instead of giving God time to help us achieve our goals, we give up. Realize that God doesn’t make us wait to hurt us. Rather, He makes us wait in order to…

“Like good stewards of the manifold grace of God, serve one another with whatever gift each of you has received.” 1 Peter 4:10 There is no doubt that we are meant to serve others. Not only does God call us to do so, but serving others is good for our emotional well-being.  When we help…

As a woman, as a Christian and as an American, I’ve been reflecting this morning on last night’s election results. And what I’ve concluded is that yesterday, ethics and decency took a back seat to dollars.  The man we have elected has made crass comments about women, he has judged people on the basis of…

“Do not indulge in dreams of having what you have not, but reckon up the chief of the blessings you do possess, and then thankfully remember how you would crave for them if they were not yours.” – Marcus Aurelius The Aurelius quote is a challenge for each of us to understand how truly blessed…

This week I’ve been reading about Moses and the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt. What I find most interesting about that story is God’s approach to freeing the Israelites.  He, of course, has the power to free them immediately.  But God doesn’t do that.  Instead, He brings locusts, hail, gnats and all sorts of other…
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