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Claire, Elisabeth, Ginger, Julie, and Rick share thoughts from the heart to the heart

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Born For This

Born For This by Chris Guillebeau addresses the question, “How can I find the work I was born to do?”  The model he presents is similar to Jim Collins “Hedgehog Concept” in finding the intersection of joy, money, and flow: He… Continue Reading →

What’s Really Important?

Where do you find it easy to spend your time?  We often gravitate to those tasks that are easy rather than tasks that are difficult but prove to be significant in the long run.  The easy tasks can provide a… Continue Reading →

Time with God influences your priorities

How do you maintain a proper sense of priorities amidst the challenges of life?   Arnold Cook describes a phenomenon called historical drift, “Historical Drift is the inherent tendency of human organizations to depart over time from their original beliefs, purposes,… Continue Reading →

Multi-tasking – friend or foe?

All of us been guilty of multi-tasking but is it beneficial?  Research has conclusively demonstrated you can only do one cognitive activity at a time.  If you are performing an automatic physical task without a great deal of thought then… Continue Reading →

HEART CHECK

The weekends are a good time to accomplish what I call “offensive reading” – that’s reading that you want to do rather than reading that you have to do.  I was gripped by the following sentence by Samuel Chand,  … Continue Reading →

TOP TEN POSTS OF 2011

Here are the top ten posts of 2011 as determined by you the reader.  Click on a title while you’re waiting for the new year to come in: THE HOLE IN OUR GOSPEL A MIGHTY FORTESS IS OUR GOD THERE’S… Continue Reading →

AND THEN THE END SHALL COME

I’m attending the Forum of Biblical Agencies conference in Orlando, Florida (80 degrees in November, I can get used to it).  Samuel Rodriguez who is the President of the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference gave an inspirational keynote address emphasizing… Continue Reading →

ARE YOU PART OF THE 99%?

This morning as I was driving into work I heard a news story about the Wall Street protesters claiming they were the 99% and they were railing against the overpaid Wall Street executives and CEO’s who were the 1%.  Now… Continue Reading →

EDUCATORS TAKE NOTE

Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Seth Godin had a rather provocative post this morning.  If you’re concerned about education and preparing people for our workforce you may want to check out his post at sethgodin.typedpad.com –… Continue Reading →

REALIZING THE PROMISES

Have you ever read a verse in the Bible that makes you think “Yes, that’s what I want that for my life!”  Joshua 21:45 is such a verse, “Not one of the good promises which the LORD had made to… Continue Reading →

WHAT MATTERS MOST?

“Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter least.” This thought by Goethe is worth considering as we enter the New Year. As we hang up the new calendar we have a tabula rasa,… Continue Reading →

DON’T MAKE THE SAME MISTAKE

George Santayana is generally credited with the statement, “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” We realize the importance of this statement but why is this principle so often ignored? Approximately 2500 years ago the prophet… Continue Reading →

THIS ONE THING

A key principle in life is to have a proper sense of priorities.  What is the “one thing” most important for your life?  It’s been said that the main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing.  We… Continue Reading →

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