The word heart occurs over one thousand times in the Bible. It denotes a person’s center for physical, emotional, intellectual, and moral activities. Since this is “Heart” month, represented by the sending of Valentine Hearts to loved ones and close friends, I want to focus on the emotional, intellectual, and moral uses of the word...
Read MorePeck! Peck! Peck! is what I hear most every morning outside my office window. It is a sparrow that is able to see itself in the mirrored window. It probably is challenging its reflection thinking it to be another bird. One day a red tail hawk lit on the ledge outside one of the windows. As I watched, it too ruffled its feathers and strutted like it also was challenging its reflection...
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 MoreOne day I am going to die. How’s that for an opening statement? Not a fun thought, no doubt. But it’s a real one. A friend of mine lost a mother over the weekend, and as I have been thinking about her and her family on my drive to Emporia yesterday, I got to thinking about some important things. Things that often only death can get you to think about.
Read MoreThere has been a verse that has been a theme for my life for the past two years. Psalm 90:12, “Teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom.” The brevity of life gives some hope and it incites fear in others.
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