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Ed's Rule on Leadership
Ed used to raise sheep, and he once told me a curious thing about them: you can lead sheep, but you can't drive them. If you try to drive them, you'll scatter them.Of course when Ed told me this, he...
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Dennis Prager on the Third Commandment
You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain, for the Lord will not hold him guiltless who takes his name in vain. (Exodus 20:7 NKJV)Dennis Prager explains this commandment as follows:Is...
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Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord: And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord...
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Proverbs for Stress Management
1. Accept that some days you're the pigeon, and some days you're the statue. 2. Always keep your words soft and sweet, just in case you have to eat them. 3. Always read stuff that will make you look...
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Are You Carrying Idols from Your Past?
Then Jacob said unto his household, and to all that were with him, "Put away the strange gods that are among you, and be clean, and change your garments." (Genesis 35:2)Jacob and his people had been...
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The Self-Refuting Argument
Chuck Colson in his 2011 book The Sky Is Not Falling writes of a time in which he asked the audience of young adults to evaluate a statement made in a Congressional hearing. Colson writes:When I...
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Bedford Falls or Pottersville? A Time to Choose
In 1946 an Italian immigrant named Frank Capra produced a movie that has become a classic tale about what is right with America. Jimmy Stewart and Donna Reed starred in that story of a mythical town...
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Naomi Wolf and The Return of the Gods
If you have faith as a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move; and nothing will be impossible for you. (Matthew 17:20 NKJV)In her recent Substack post...
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Are you a Snoopy Christian or a Lucy Christian?
"A good laugh makes any interview, or any conversation, so much better."–Barbara Walters"Humor can alter any situation and help us cope at the very instant we are laughing."–Allen Klein"Humor is...
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Harmonizing Our Way to Fun and Peace
I was way out of my league on that stage. We were four strangers, freshman in college, all four of us a long way from home, all from different points of the compass, all working as janitors to pay for...
View ArticleErma Bombeck: It's Okay to Smile in Church
In the 1970s, American humorist Erma Bombeck attended a worship service that she would never forget. Something happened that made her mad. Here’s her account of what happened:In church the other day I...
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Excerpt from HELPING THOSE WHO HURT
From PECULIAR TREASURES: A BIBLICAL WHO'S WHO, quoted in the book HELPING THOSE WHO HURT by H. Norman Wright: [Job] had four well-meaning but insufferable friends who came over to cheer him up and try...
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Bring Back Small Ball
In baseball, small ball means mastering a few small fundamentals such as putting the ball in play, advancing runners, stealing bases, bunting, throwing strikes, and playing solid defense. Home runs are...
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For Such a Time as This
Religious folks over the millennia have often felt the need to separate themselves from the world and its foibles, whether it be to hold up in a monastery, to form separate communities, or even to trek...
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Meatballs and Marinara
Trust me when I say that I'm not offended when people ask me this: "Was your mother a good cook?"That's an odd question that few people hear, but I get it all the time. Look at my last name, and maybe...
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Dangerous Beatitudes
What would you give to have a neighbor who lives a life of meekness and mercy, humility and honor? What if he is a justice-seeking warrior for peace, pure in heart, and poor in spirit? What if he...
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Honor the Real Heroes
In our world of phony heroes, where celebrity counts for more than character, wouldn’t it be great if we had a holiday to honor the common working stiff, the one who sacrifices daily to provide for...
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Crystal Blue Persuasion?
1969, Crystal Blue Persuasion. Tommy James and the Shondells. I was 16 years old when the song came out. I liked the tune. I liked it a lot, but I confess to never paying much attention to the...
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The Department of Happy
In India, according to the BBC, "a gaggle of bureaucrats and a newly formed State Institute of Happiness, are tasked with the responsibility of 'developing tools of happiness' and creating an...
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Does Jesus Really "Get Us"?
Never one to hold back what was on her mind, she said that she flat out disagreed with this passage from Hebrews:For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we...
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