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Tag Archives: change
Good Pain
“Don’t try to get out of anything prematurely. Let endurance finish its work, so that you may be mature and complete, lacking in nothing.” ~James 1:3-4 “For through your patient endurance you will gain your soul.” ~Luke 21:19 ~Ω~
Posted in For Pastors and Teachers, Quips and Quotes, Religion/Faith
Tagged change, endurance, growth, James 3-4, Luke 21:19, Rick Warren, spiritual maturity
16 Comments
Some Things Never Change
Fall Elections were held in the U.S. this week. And as a result, my city now has a new mayor and a gaggle of fresh-blood council members. Why? Because, as the old expression goes, we “threw the (previous) bums out!” … Continue reading
Posted in Humor
Tagged change, elections, government, jaded, leadership, opinions, philosophy, politics, U.S.
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Fall Has Fell!
Artwork by The Creators Canvas Wishing all of my fellow-Northern-Hemispherians a Happy Autumnal Equinox! (And a Happy Spring Equinox to all of my Southern-Hemispherian friends!) Of course, technically the equinox (“equal night”) was yesterday–or the day before that for those … Continue reading
Posted in Humor, Popular Culture & Entertainment
Tagged autumn, change, equinox, fall, funny, hemisphere, seasons, spring
19 Comments
Change
“The pessimist complains about the wind. The optimist expects it to change. The realist adjusts the sails.” ~William Arthur Ward Stormy Sea at Night, 1849, by Ivan Aivazovsky (Pavlovsk Palace, Saint Petersburg) Thought for the Week Some years the world barely … Continue reading
Survivors, Not Victims
“Someone once asked me how I hold my head up so high after all I have been through. I said it’s because no matter what, I am a survivor, not a victim.” ~Patricia Buckley There’s a lot of talk of … Continue reading
5 Years Ago Today
Oh, how the world has changed in the last five years. Oh, how it has changed this year alone! Five years ago today: I’d recently seen Pixar’s Inside Out and cried like a baby; President Obama was normalizing relations with … Continue reading
Posted in For Pastors and Teachers, Quips and Quotes
Tagged 2 Corinthians 4:17-18, better, change, five years, hope, love, pandemic, worse
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Who’s Benefitting From the Pandemic?
Not a conspiracy theory, merely an unforeseen reality. While governments, businesses and workers are ravaged by the pandemic, some sectors are actually flourishing, and some job markets are actually expanding. Here are a few of the benefitees: Online Sales Amazon, … Continue reading
Habits
It took a while to break them in. But I finally did. And by now they were the most comfortable shoes I’d ever owned. So I wore them longer than any shoes I’d had before. I knew them, they knew … Continue reading
Posted in For Pastors and Teachers, Humor, Memoir, Quips and Quotes
Tagged change, Galatians 5:1, habits, lifestyle, relationships, self-improvement
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Prayer Changes People
“You will seek Me and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart.” ~Jeremiah 29:13 “For the prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective.” ~James 5:16
Posted in For Pastors and Teachers, Quips and Quotes, Religion/Faith
Tagged answers, change, James 5:16, Jeremiah 29:13, prayer, seeking, world
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Our True Colors?
I love to see the leaves change color in autumn, don’t you? Except that it’s a myth. Leaves don’t change color. My wife and I often walk in the woods. We’re blessed to live near Mount Airy Forest in Cincinnati, the oldest “urban forest” in the U.S., and what we’ve learned (as … Continue reading