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Tag Archives: growth
Babies Show Us Who We Really Are
Thought for the Week “Making the decision to have a child–it’s momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking outside your body.” ~Elizabeth Stone “I see something deeper, more infinite, more eternal than the ocean in … Continue reading
Posted in Humor, Quips and Quotes
Tagged birth, children, growth, life, love, selflessness, thought for the week, truth
28 Comments
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
The Thought for the Week Collection
Dear blogger friends, and normal people, I’m up to my creative eyeballs with a new in-development film project, as well as doing background research for my in-progress Memoirs. So I’m on a weeklong blogging hiatus, of sorts. Meanwhile, may I … Continue reading
Posted in Quips and Quotes, Writing
Tagged growth, life, Mondays, motivation, personal, philosophy, thought for the week, wisdom
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Stop Squirming!
“For it is God who is at work in you, both to will and to work for His good pleasure. Therefore, do all things without grumbling and disputation.” ~Philippians 2:13-14 †
Posted in For Pastors and Teachers, Humor, Quips and Quotes, Religion/Faith
Tagged art, discipleship, God, growth, Philippians 2:13-14, spiritual
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Slow-Growing Beauty
Thought for the Week I took this photo of magnolia buds on a recent walk. It may be the only time I’ve ever snapped a shot of tree buds. In fact, I rarely even notice them. Instead, early each spring … Continue reading
My Experiment in Becoming Human
The Key to Fulfilling God’s Promise I recently wrote about my goal of talking less and listening more, of focusing more on others. This, I concluded, meant altering my habit of speaking all of my thoughts aloud. However, there’s often … Continue reading
Posted in For Pastors and Teachers, Humor, Memoir, Quips and Quotes, Religion/Faith
Tagged communication, God, growth, Isaiah 30:15-18, parenting
101 Comments
Is It Real?
Faith: If it doesn’t change who I am, it isn’t real.
Posted in For Pastors and Teachers, Quips and Quotes, Religion/Faith
Tagged discipleship, faith, God, growth, Romans 12:2, spiritual, transformation
14 Comments
Isolation Sucks, and yet…
We seem to have hit critical mass. More than any other time during the pandemic people are suffering the effects of isolation: loneliness, depression, anger (domestic violence is up), longing for escape (drug sales are soaring). But if we to … Continue reading
Posted in For Pastors and Teachers, Quips and Quotes
Tagged coronavirus, depression, growth, healing, hope, isolation, loneliness, pandemic
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3 Ways To Hear God’s Voice
Originally posted on The Church Revolution:
Unfortunately, we don’t have the luxury of audibly hearing the sound of God’s voice with our own two ears. I mean, that would just be awesome! I feel like my life would be so…
Posted in For Pastors and Teachers, Quips and Quotes, Religion/Faith, Writing
Tagged blogger, blogging, discipleship, featured, growth, personal
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