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Love and Loss

This morning I read an essay in Christian Ethics Today by Robert Baird, Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at Baylor University. I have summarized and rewritten his words here:As we age

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When Someone Offends Us

A friend of mine, Chad Thompson, MD, gave me these two ways of responding to offensive words. When someone offends us we can: Tell others about it. The listener begins to

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Crush Procrastination

Procrastination, doing low-priority tasks before high priority activities, robs us of valuable time: We usually do the least important things first because they are easier.  We put off the most

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The Presidents’ President

The people of Springfield, Illinois little realized what destiny held for Abraham Lincoln. Most pitied him. Married to a virago who embar­rassed him with her envious, hostile outbursts, he with­stood

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Oops!

Oops! I goofed-up. For the past two years I have been writing two blog posts every week. Last week I missed a post.The reason for writing two posts each week

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Praying with Faith

Are we praying with faith?  Faith has nothing to do with answered prayer. Faith is the conviction of things unseen. Faith is the assurance that a loving, personal God exists

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Thoughts Generate Feelings

Our emotional health depends on our attitude.  We can choose: To accept or refuse love; grow from or surrender to challenges; enjoy or complain about our work; modify our habits

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People Pleasers and People Poopers

Most of us–over fifty percent of us–are people pleasers. We are conscientious, industrious, persevering citizens who possess the following traits: We have a difficult time saying “no.” We take on

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