I think that there is a significant lack of honesty in our culture, society, families and within our own hearts. The evidence is overwhelming, we see it every where online, in the media, at work, and at home. It is hard to admit, but I struggle with honesty. What is honesty really? Merriam-Webster states that…
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Have you ever driven a vehicle with the words in the passenger side view mirror “Objects in mirror are closer than they appear”? The design of the mirror was originally made by Engineer Elmer Berger who applied for a patent on the “Cop-Spotter” door mirror in 1921. Mirrors on cars were options that would eventually…
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The New Year is here and it is a time that we tend to commit to doing something different over the New Year. It is a time of year that inspires me to reflect on what I have been doing in the past and what I want to do in the future. This has led…
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Lately, I have spent a lot of time in my head. Wondering am I really free? What is it to say I am free? What is freedom really? Just another word for nothing left to lose according to Kris Kristofferson penned in his famous song sung by Janis Joplin, “Me and Bobby McGee”. Is that…
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Good morning! As I write this we are approaching Christmas time. As the song says… “it’s the most wonderful time of the year…” and I cannot help, but think about how it is not anymore. I could rant and rave about the commercialization of Christmas, the whole battle over what to say “Merry Christmas” oh…
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I am not sure when it happened, nor exactly how it happened, but I see the results everywhere and it is true. The gentlemen are all dead. It used to be in this country that a gentlemen would remove his hat in Church, inside of a private residence and by all means in the presence…
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Recently, I heard of someone in the Church, in a leadership position, telling his students that “We choose God…” He did not like the idea of God choosing us first. I am not sure how to say you are wrong in a way that sounds polite so I quote Gomer (Andy Griffith TV Show reference…
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I recently read, something by Chuck Swindoll. In it Chuck wrote regarding the Sovereignty of God, “I believed that God was mostly sovereign. But I came to see that this is sort of like saying that someone is mostly licensed to practice medicine.” This got me to thinking about trust and I wondered do I…
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Several days ago I received a message from a friend. It is an often asked question that all of us, those of faith and those not, ask at one time or another in their lives. The message posed the following, “…what do you say to a friend when she says that everything good and bad…
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