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Personal optimism extended
Personal optimism is required for how we are to live our own lives. When we consider the great commandment this optimism can be extended to our neighbors. This optimism concerns the person’s potential to be influence by the spirit of … Continue reading
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Personal Optimism: A Required Perspective
My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into various trials, knowing that the testing of your faith produces patience. But let patience have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing. (James 1:2-4) When … Continue reading
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Primacy of Love, Specify Content
It goes without saying, yet there is a need to say it: love is the primary driver and content of all that we do. We know that without love our actions have no meaning to God. Knowing this, now we … Continue reading
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No poor among you…there will always be the poor…
except when there may be no poor among you… (Deutronomy 15:4) For the poor will never cease from the land… (Deutorornony 15:11) Now all who believed were together, and had all things in common, and sold their possessions and goods, and … Continue reading
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From outsider to insider
At some point in your life you may find yourself on the outside and needing to be inside. Those on the inside, from their perspective, are just fine without you. You on the outside want to enjoy the benefits of … Continue reading
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Some Basic Skills: A Framework
I am often considering what are the basic skills that are helpful in directing success. The following abilities/skills/qualities/situations seem fundamental: Decision Making (Logic/Creativity) Self-Teaching Math Memory Obedience Resilience Relationships Sales These items seem to reflect much of which is unavoidable in … Continue reading
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Complete and growing in Christ
We are complete in Christ. We are growing in Christ. There is a sense of paradox in this. How can that which is complete be growing? There is also a comfort in this combined state of completion and growth. We … Continue reading
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Narrow is the way
Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in by it. Because narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads … Continue reading
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The voice
In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God and the Word was God…and God said: “let there be light,” and there was light. (John 1:1, Gen 1:3) Creation begins with a voice. It begins with a … Continue reading
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On Miracles
I think the best way to approach miracles in our time is to say that they are occurrences that defy the reasonable expectations of understood technologies and/or seem to demand the experience of a sense of wonder. Miracles change how … Continue reading →