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Category Archives: Building character
Ity Words
These words have been running through my head all last week. Do they describe you? Integrity Serenity Fidelity Dignity Holding to high moral values. Consistently displaying a calm and unruffled nature. Being faithful in all things. Living … Continue reading
Looking Good
Forgive me, Lord, for spending so much time trying to look good in this world, while giving nary a thought about how I’ll look in the next.
The Well-Dressed Soul
C.S. Lewis offers this thought on dressing for heaven: “Women sometimes have the problem of trying to judge by artificial light how a dress will look in daylight. That is very like the problem for all of us: to dress … Continue reading
Hear Yourself in the Crowd
On Good Friday, I tend to picture myself with the cluster of faithful followers gathered at foot of the cross. Truth be told, Stuart Townend’s version is more like it: “Ashamed, I hear my mocking voice Call out … Continue reading
Posted in Building character, Lent
Tagged Good Friday, How Deep the Father's Love for Us, Stuart Townend
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Rules of Debate
Posted in Building character, Spiritual architecturEcards
Tagged debate, fight fair, Romans 12:3
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Adjusting My Rabbit Ears
Let’s talk rabbit ears. Not the furry bunny kind. The antenna kind. You jiggle the rabbit ears to clear up the signal. I have spiritual rabbit ears–I can adjust them to better hear God. And sometimes I fiddle with them … Continue reading
Rabbit Ears
You remember the story of the tortoise and the hare. Bunny versus turtle. Quick versus slow. In what ways are you rabbit-like? Quick to judge Quick to speak Quick with advice Quick to listen Quick to listen? Listening … Continue reading
A Woman’s Works
Proverbs 31:31 (NIV) Let her works bring her praise at the city gate. Lord God, if you marched my works across the mall in Washington, would they bring me praise? More importantly, would they bring you praise?
Gratitude Ratings
We complain. A lot. We complain about the weather, our jobs, our homes, the food, our kids, our commute, the people we elected to govern us. How does all that sound to God? Like we’re evaluating his job performance? … Continue reading
Acceptable Hearts
Psalm 19:14 (ESV) Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in your sight, O LORD, my rock and my redeemer. As noted yesterday, a grateful heart gleefully puddle-jumps through life. A resentful heart … Continue reading