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I Need A Guide!

BlogOctober 11, 2019461Views0Likes0Comments
OK, so I have a hard time asking for directions. But, hey, since the invention of the GPS, I don’t have to! My man’s ego is protected by technology once again! Seriously, I do admit to not being crazy about asking for help. It feels like weakness to me and that plugs into my own…

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The Futility of Their Minds

BlogOctober 10, 2019500Views0Likes0Comments
Think about the word “Appropriate.” What a powerful idea! If something or someone is “appropriate” then that thing or that person or that situation is laudatory, worthy of emulation, and creates a space where there is a sense of well being. In other words, the complete opposite of the current American election for president! OK,…

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Hey, You Don’t Belong Here!

BlogOctober 8, 2019629Views0Likes1Comment
I was embarrassed. I was ashamed. I had wandered into the wrong place. Everything about me screamed, “he doesn’t belong here!” And it was confirmed when a waiter came to escort me out! There is nothing quite as cutting to anyone than to be made to feel unwelcome or unwanted. The stigma of being the “outsider” is…

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The Head Over ALL Things

BlogOctober 7, 2019420Views0Likes0Comments
He told me “Never say ‘never.’” Of course, at the time I missed the humor in that contradictory command. But, still, there is wisdom there. Whenever I counsel couples or anyone having challenges in their relationships (aren’t we all?), I tell them “Avoid the words ‘always’ and ‘never.’” And that’s because those statements are “usually”…

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Your Inheritance

BlogOctober 4, 2019704Views0Likes4Comments
“Count your blessings. Name them one by one. Count your many blessings, see what God has done.” When I sang that old hymn as a boy, I wondered what it could mean. After all, how can you count your blessings? There are so many. All you’d do is count all day long. But maybe that’s…

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Go And Tell; See And Hear

BlogOctober 3, 2019465Views0Likes0Comments
Life can be discouraging at times. A wise man once told me this during a particularly discouraging time in my life: “Son, don’t quit when life is tough. You don’t throw your ticket away just because the train goes through a dark tunnel!” I still remember that today. And yet, there are dark times when…

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Simple YES. Easy NO!

BlogOctober 2, 2019490Views0Likes1Comment
Being a typical man (that’s not a bad thing!) I always assume I don’t need to read the directions! After all, I’m educated. I’m capable. I know what’s going on, right? Uh, yeah, right. So, with that confidence (perhaps overconfidence) I launched into putting together the table we just purchased from the Do It Yourself store. It…

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Nepsis

BlogSeptember 30, 2019488Views0Likes0Comments
It seems we’ve been focusing on being awake this week and today is no exception. In fact, I want to really dive deep today in the central wisdom of the Church that teaches you and me to “BE” awake to what is most important in life. And that’s because it seems in our modern world there…

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