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Inspiration
I had the opportunity to participate in the Global Leadership Summit this week. Here are some key quotes: Craig Groeschel “Everyone wins when a leader gets better.”“PUC ( Pain Chaos Uncertainty) – the one word we must all endure as… Continue Reading →
Gold medals aren’t really made of gold. They’re made of sweat, determination, and a hard-to-find alloy called guts. Dan Gable The summer Olympics are in progress and I thought it would be apropos to reflect upon one of America’s great… Continue Reading →
My vision of God is dependent upon the condition of my character. My character determines whether or not truth can even be revealed to me. Oswald Chambers Are you hearing from God? God’s call was not addressed specifically to Isaiah,… Continue Reading →
We first make our habits, and then our habits make us. John Dryden We must exercise our will and self-discipline to incorporate good habits into our lives. We may underestimate the incredible power our habits have to influence us in… Continue Reading →
To each there comes in their lifetime a special moment when they are figuratively tapped on the shoulder and offered the chance to do a very special thing, unique to them and fitted to their talents. What a tragedy if… Continue Reading →
Our sermon this week focused upon our victory in Christ from Romans chapter 8: Once your horizons have been expanded, you’re not content to return to the old ways. Your birthright as a child of God is a life of… Continue Reading →
One’s mind, once stretched by a new idea, never regains its original dimensions. Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. When your eyes have seen a new horizon, it can be difficult to return to the old routine. Jesus came to expand our… Continue Reading →
We are all insane. That is what original sin means. Sin is insanity. It is preferring finite joy to infinite joy, creatures to the Creator, an unhappy, Godless self to a happy, God-filled self. Peter Kreeft We have a tendency… Continue Reading →
A God without wrath brought men without sin into a Kingdom without judgment through the ministrations of a Christ without a Cross. H. Richard Niebuhr God has made man in His image and unfortunately men have been returning the favor… Continue Reading →
I do not think anything worth having in the spiritual world is easily attained, there is no short-cut to holiness. Amy Carmichael We live in a society that looks for the quick fix or the easy hack. Amy Carmichael is… Continue Reading →
Freedom is not the right to do what we want, but what we ought. Let us have faith that right makes might and in that faith let us; to the end, dare to do our duty as we understand it…. Continue Reading →
To assess a nation, you look at the health and strength of its ideals. Os Guinness What would you say is the health and strength of the ideals of America? For many years it appeared that America had a common… Continue Reading →
If your work is your self, when you cease to work, you cease to exist. Alex Soojung-Kim Pang I just finished Rest: Why You Get More Done When You Work Less by Alex Soojung-Kim Pang. The author warns us that… Continue Reading →
Time in nature is transformational. It can be healing. It can reveal who we are. It can show us who we’re capable of becoming. It can foster community with one another. It can make us appreciate the comforts of home…. Continue Reading →
Don’t be a prisoner of your past – become the architect of your future. All of us have memories of our past that we wish were not there. You can’t move forward when you’re fixated on the rear view mirror…. Continue Reading →
