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When Life Hands You Lemons – The Sequel

April 21, 2012

“Love’s like a hurricane, I am a tree, Bending beneath the weight of His wind and mercy, When all of a sudden, I am unaware of these afflictions eclipsed by glory. ” from How He Loves Us by Jesus Culture The South American Indians knew every plant on the wild plains, every tree in the [...]

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When Life Hands You Lemons (Really?!)

April 14, 2012

“You can’t hide a piece of broccoli in a glass of milk.” Armir, age 9 I imagine many a kid would agree that there is wisdom in this. And I have tried to hide teeny, tiny, almost microscopic pieces of mushroom in a Bolognese sauce thinking my kids would never find them.  They found them, [...]

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The Help You Need

June 23, 2011

‘The act of compassion begins with full attention. You have to really see the person. I’d say that compassion begins with attention.‘  Daniel Goleman When was the last time you needed real help? Maybe your car broke down and you needed a ride somewhere, or you had a family emergency and you needed a day [...]

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Gift

June 8, 2011

“God asks no man whether he will accept life. That is not the choice. You must take it. The only choice is how.” Henry Ward Beecher If we start at the beginning, your life and mine are the gift of others.  In the beginning we do not choose, we are a choice.  And in the [...]

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On A Wish And A Prayer

June 3, 2011

‘It is always the simple things that change our lives. And these things never happen when you are looking for them to happen. Life will reveal answers at the pace life wishes to do so. You feel like running, but life is on a stroll. This is how God does things.’ Donald Miller, Author of [...]

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Who Fights Your Battles?

March 24, 2011

As Joan of Arc was leaving Vaucouleurs a woman asked her: ‘How can you make such a journey when on all sides are soldiers?’ Without hesitation the 17 year old Joan replied ‘I do not fear the soldiers, for my road is made open to me; and if the soldiers come, I have God, my [...]

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So Few Inches Apart

March 15, 2011

‘With these our hells and our heavens, So few inches apart, We must be awfully small, And not as strong as we think we are.’ from We Are Not As Strong by Rich Mullins Watching the treacherous waters of the recent Tsunami as it hit the North Eastern Coast of Japan, it felt like all [...]

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How To Find Heaven, Every Day

February 17, 2011

‘You are not what you were born, but what you have it in yourself to be.’ from The Kingdom of Heaven, Twentieth Century Fox, 2005 How is you week going?  What has happened to you and the people you love this week?  What has happened to the circle of people who make up your daily [...]

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Having It All

February 14, 2011

‘Happiness is not a station you arrive at, but a manner of traveling.’Margaret Lee Runbeck, Author, 1905-1956 Have you noticed how new words and phrases creep into our everyday language?  New words and phrases always reflect the latest ways of doing things and can even make us re-think our thinking. If you were to think [...]

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Injustice, And How To Overcome It

January 24, 2011

‘As they have dared, so shall I dare. Dare to tell the truth!’ from J’accuse by Emile Zola, French writer 1840 – 1902 Injustice.  A man who has served his country faithfully, is accused, tried, convicted and sent to a notorious, disease infested prison colony called Devil’s Island for a crime he did not commit. [...]

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