We have spent the last few weeks looking at various ways and tools to help us build stronger relationships with the people in our lives. This week, I want to focus on a topic that doesn’t come natural to most - being present for others.
Read MoreThere is an awful lot going on in our world today. In the rare times that I turn on the news anymore, it feels like a daunting task when I begin to think of what I could do to bring any positive change at all. It can be easy to slip into despair or, as I like to call it, “learned helplessness” - and yet there is still some incredible opportunities that you and I have to have a positive impact on the world around us.
Read MoreAs I look back on the last year, two things stand out in my mind. Those two things are mercy and grace. One Christian writer says that mercy and grace are merely two sides of the same coin. Another writer says that mercy and grace are often confused and while related, they are not the same...
Read MoreIt has been pouring rain all morning. Like buckets of rain. I watched it coming down off my back porch this morning before coming into the office. I thought of the many conversations I have had in the last week and a half. Many of you are going through your own personal storms in life. As I prayed for these individuals by name this morning, I thought I would focus this week’s blog on finding peace in the midst of life’s storms...
Read MoreAround noon, there was a man in a white Chevy truck that seemed to be in a hurry. We loaded his one box (seriously dude, you waited an hour for one box?) and about the time it hit his truck bed, his truck bit the dust. He was out of gas...
Read MoreSometimes it helps us to better understand ourselves and our circumstances if we first consider the negative rather than the positive impact of our daily actions.
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