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At your church, does everyone look like you? Do they all wear the same type of clothing?  Does everyone have the same skin color?  Does everyone make roughly the same amount of money?  Do most members have the same level of education?  Probably not.  The interesting thing about church is that it brings together people…

Who is the source of your happiness? Your joy?  Your peace?  It is easy to make other people the source of our contentment.  In fact, when it comes to our most intimate relationships, it is hard not to do so.  When we get married, we make our spouse our “better half.”  We become so close…

I don’t care for the term “defining moment.” The idea behind that term is that we are defined by what we would do if faced with a dramatic situation.  Would I jump in front of a speeding car in order to push a child out of its path?  Would I steal a large sum of…

There are some words that we use so often that we tend to forget their meaning. “Peace” is one of them.  We see the word on bumper stickers.  At the end of church, very often the pastor says, “Go in peace.”  But in practical terms, what does it mean to be at peace?  What does…

“This is the day that the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it.” Psalm 118:24 We all know that Bible verse even if we don’t know that it is from The Book of Psalms. There even is a children’s song which uses the verse as a refrain.  But do we follow…

We all experience times in our lives when things seem hopeless. Sometimes it is hard to believe that God is there when we feel overwhelmed and alone.  These are the times when we face a fork in the road.  We can choose to place our hope in God.  Or, we can sink into the abyss…

We all have occasional bad thoughts during the day. That is natural.  We are human beings.  We are fallible.  We all have areas of weakness.  Some of us are prone to angry thoughts.  Others fall prey to self-pity.  My weakness is being judgmental.  For instance, if I am waiting for someone to back out of…

One of the biggest challenges we face is to stay fully engaged in life. That means living life with gusto.  When we are fully engaged, if we cook a meal, we prepare something interesting.  We don’t just grab a can of soup.  If we have a yard to maintain, we read gardening magazines and creatively…

It is impossible to go through life without experiencing some insults, indignities and offenses. Some are worse than others, and no one goes through life unscathed.  The question is, “When we, or one of our loved ones, are hurt, who should fight the battle?” It has taken a great deal of life experience for me…

You cannot be happy, meet your responsibilities and have good relationships with other people, if you don’t take care of yourself. If that concept is obvious to you, and if self-care is second nature to you, feel free not to read further.  This article is for those of us who struggle with that idea. I…
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