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Tag Archives: selflessness
Gun Control vs. Self-Control
Two days ago, an 18-year-old murdered nineteen children and three adults in Texas – just ten days after another 18-year-old shot thirteen people, ten fatally, in Buffalo, NY. The New York shooter was a known racist, while the Texas shooter … Continue reading
Posted in Quips and Quotes
Tagged civility, Ecclesiastes 9:3, Ephesians 5:15, gun control, morality, murder, selflessness, shootings, values
53 Comments
Life Together
Have you ever moved, almost without realizing it, from learning about another’s burdens to helping carry them? Indeed, if we don’t share one another’s burdens, are we even truly alive? ~The Wishing Map
Posted in For Pastors and Teachers, Quips and Quotes, Religion/Faith, The Wishing Map
Tagged Christ, Galatians 6:2, giving, kindness, love, selflessness
9 Comments
Real Fatherhood
During self-introductions a college student of mine once boasted that he’d fathered 11 children by 11 different mothers. I normally avoid judgmental statements. Not this time. “Do you support them?” I asked. “Uh, no!” he said with a grin. “Then … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, For Pastors and Teachers, Memoir
Tagged abuse, children, college, fatherhood, manhood, parenting, selflessness
46 Comments
A Few More Thoughts about Moms
“A mother is a person who, seeing there are only four pieces of pie for five people, promptly announces she never did care for pie.” ~Tenneva Jordan “The phrase ‘working mother’ is redundant.” ~Jane Sellman “God could not be everywhere, … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Humor, Quips and Quotes
Tagged forgiveness, funny, love, moms, Mother's Day, motherhood, selflessness
19 Comments
Throw it Away
“Only those who throw their lives away for my sake and for the sake of the Good News will ever know what it means to really live.” ~Mark 8:35 May the good news of God’s grace invade every part of … Continue reading
Posted in For Pastors and Teachers, Quips and Quotes, Religion/Faith
Tagged good news, grace, kindness, Mark 8:35, others, selflessness, serving
10 Comments
Love is Inconvenient
“Love suffers long, it is kind and does not envy…it is not easily provoked and keeps no record of wrongs. It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. It never fails. Only three things will last forever: … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, For Pastors and Teachers, Poetry, Quips and Quotes, Religion/Faith
Tagged 1 Corinthians 13:4-13, faith, hope, love, selflessness
27 Comments
Live with Honor
“The greatest way to live with honor in this world is to be what we pretend to be.” ~Socrates
Posted in Culture, For Pastors and Teachers, Quips and Quotes
Tagged courage, honor, integrity, Memorial Day, selflessness, Socrates, teaching
13 Comments
Heaven?
Many will say: Those who do this and steer clear of that clearly have God tucked under their hat. And those who’ve insured themselves against fire by naming the cross and defaming desire are certain their names must appear on … Continue reading
Posted in For Pastors and Teachers, Poetry, Religion/Faith
Tagged forgiveness, God, grace, healing, heaven, love, selflessness
16 Comments
But Did He Love Me?
I chose to tell this true story about a favorite relative (name changed) in first person in order to retain the impact it had on me. I was never sure if he loved me. I mean right off, Burt liked … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, For Pastors and Teachers, Story Power
Tagged accident, car, danger, faithfulness, love, romance, selflessness
20 Comments
You Have Not Lived Until…
Posted in Culture, For Pastors and Teachers, Quips and Quotes
Tagged compassion, giving, grace, hope, John Bunyan, life, selflessness
20 Comments