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7 Ways to Create an Uprising.
Meeting the challenge of critical thinking and breaking the grip of mind-numbing group thinking is easier said than done. Group thinking feels so safe and we are conditioned from an early age to stick with doing what every one else is doing. The problem is that following the herd blocks us from changing the world. Read the rest of this entry
What I Learned from Bob Schuller.
He’s been controversial over many years and it is true that the landing years of his retirement/transition out of ministry have been incredibly rough. There’s no doubt that his ministry has Read the rest of this entry
Light helps me see, seeing helps me find my way
It wasn’t quite as bad as the TV show about driving trucks on the world’s most dangerous roads but it was a close second for the passengers in the jeep. On one side Read the rest of this entry
Would You Rather Have Good News or Bad News?
His eyes were bulging and he was red in the face. Every movement he made seemed to involve waving his soft fat finger in my direction. He’d never made the effort to talk to me before but now he was using all the resources he could gather to talk at me. Apparently I was to blame for Read the rest of this entry
Finding Satisfaction, Self-Respect and Purpose
I want to believe I am significant, that I matter in the big picture of life and that I will accomplish something worthwhile before I die. But when I start to get excited about doing stuff I remember all my mistakes and I realize I’m just being ridiculous. Why would God ever use someone like me? It’s just a dream that will never happen. Then I begin to wonder if Read the rest of this entry
Significantly Confident
The path of faith builds off the foundation that God actually cares about us and pays attention to what happens in our lives. Now this can be hard to grasp – why would a God who is great and self-sufficient give a rip about me? Doesn’t he have something better to do with his time and energy? Maybe if he put his energy elsewhere there wouldn’t be so many problems in the world today! Read the rest of this entry
Overcoming fear, facing danger
He was young and short on experience but he recognized danger when he saw it. This was danger. He also knew the stupidity of ignoring danger – which means he must have been at least in his mid-twenties and past the stage of life when he thought of himself as invincible. Life does that, it tempts us Read the rest of this entry
