Knowing God, Part 2
In “Knowing God, Part 1,” we discussed the need all people have to know and value themselves and to be important to others. We also looked at how only God can fulfill that need and how only He fully...
View ArticleOrdinary to Extraordinary
In His Majesty’s Secret Service Mention of the British Secret Service brings to mind images of James Bond. Age probably determines exactly who Bond looks like… Sean Connery, Pierce Brosnan, Daniel...
View ArticleStudy to Stay Steady
How to Identify Counterfeits Do a quick internet search for “how to identify counterfeits” and one fact becomes abundantly clear… there a lot of counterfeits out there. Money Food Textbooks Bags...
View ArticleAre You Strong Enough to Admit You are Weak?
What is weakness? Dictionary.com defines weakness as… “Lack of strength, firmness, vigor or the like; feebleness.” “An inadequate or defective quality, as in a person’s character; slight fault or...
View ArticleDealing With Stress
This text began a multi-day conversation with my son, a college freshman, as he attempted to prepare for his first round of college finals. This discussion not only stirred memories of my own college...
View ArticleBroken Widows
Broken Windows The Broken Widows Theory in criminology provides a metaphor for tackling disorder within neighborhoods. The creators of this theory developed it because… “They saw serious crime as the...
View ArticleIdentity Crisis
Identity Determines Focus Protecting your identity is a big deal these days, and for good reason. 10 million Americans yearly are victims of identity theft. Identity theft happens every 10 seconds....
View ArticleIdentity in Christ
Our identity is important because it is the core of who we are. It creates our values, which shape our beliefs, which direct our actions. Our identity shapes the focus of our lives, and our focus...
View ArticleA Secure Identity
It’s astounding to think about that in Christ, our identity is secure. Christ paid for it through His death and resurrection. We really cannot comprehend this truth, especially in a world where...
View ArticleSocial Connection… Not Easy But Best
Because introversion is a dominant part of my personality, I used to believe I did not need much social interaction. In fact, I once bragged I could go days without talking to anyone outside of my...
View ArticlePracticing Righteousness
What is Righteousness? Like faithfulness, many people struggle with the concept of righteousness. It’s a very churchy-sounding word, after all, and can seem overwhelming, even impossible. Because it...
View ArticleApplying Personality Profiles
Personality Profiles Over the past 20 years or so, I’ve taken at least three different types of personality profile assessments. They all provide the same, basic information, just different wording....
View ArticleReset Your Focus
What’s Your Focus? Lost and a wrong focus happens to everyone from time to time. Busyness. Illness. Distraction. Details differ, but everyone struggles with keeping focus on what God desires for their...
View ArticleRemember?!
Is Remembering Enough? From holidays to monuments, memorials commemorate and preserve a significant person, place or event. Think of memorials as direction markers in history showing the people and...
View ArticleDon’t Forget to Remember!
Remembering our history as a culture, as individuals and related to our faith is important. To Remember?!, especially as Christians, exists not simply as an act of recollection but also as a habit that...
View ArticlePurposeful Remembering
As Christians, it’s important that we “Don’t Forget to Remember.” Understanding this thread found throughout the Bible helps us understand the place remembering should take in our lives. In other...
View Article“What if we’re the aliens?”
In my eclectic article reading, I came across one that said the likelihood of the existence of aliens has not been ruled out by science. However, if there is intelligent, alien life like what we see in...
View ArticleCapturing Thoughts
Continual Drawing There’s sometimes little rhyme or reason to how my mind works. I just don’t get how I dwell on certain things but let others go easily. Frustrating, especially when nothing I do can...
View ArticleSurrounded
The song “Fight My Battles” by Michael W. Smith annoyed me the first several times I heard it. I mean, it’s the same wording over and over and over again. “This is how I fight my battles…” “It may look...
View ArticleA Godly Teacher
A Godly Teaching Philosophy Recently, I had to write my teaching philosophy for a class I was taking. It’s actually something all teachers are supposed to create for help in finding a teaching job. For...
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