“The greatest leaders do not seek their position, rather they assume responsibility out of necessity,” said the noble leader mentoring their protege in a movie my family happened to be watching. My 15-year-old son turns to me on the couch and says, “Hey, dad, that sounds like something you’d say.” The corner of my lip
We are “funny” creatures, aren’t we? We’re so fickle, so unpredictable sometimes. One day we’re pouring ourselves all over others, seeking ways to help them, the next day we’re cursing them for not helping themselves. Not only that, but God has given us the ultimate instrument of expression. The Bible depicts the human tongue as
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For it is for this we labor and strive, because we have fixed our hope on the living God, who is the Savior of all men, especially of believers. Prescribe and teach these things. — 1 Timothy 4:10-11 Superman’s not the only one that wears a cape and tries to save people. There are many
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There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens. — Ecclesiastes 3:1 It’s summertime here in New England and the smell of BBQs wafts through the air. It’s a nice reprieve from the harsh winters we often endure. So go the seasons. By the end of the summer,
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At precisely twelve noon on September 16, 1893 a cannon’s boom unleashed the largest land rush America ever saw. Carried by all kinds of transportation – horses, wagons, trains, bicycles or on foot – an estimated 100,000 raced to claim plots of land in an area of land in northern Oklahoma Territory known as the
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In my final years of playing organized baseball, I was the leadoff hitter, which means that I was the first batter up to the plate. My job was to get on base. Physically, I was a “late bloomer”, standing around 5’4” tall and weighing somewhere in the 130 lbs. range. When I’d take a pitch, I’d
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Character: the way someone thinks, feels, and behaves : someone’s personalityIntegrity: the quality of being honest and fair — Merriam-Webster People sometimes say things like, “Oh, that man right there…he’s a man of character and integrity!” And the typical context for such an accolade is the speaker giving someone else their own stamp of approval,
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Then I began to weep greatly because no one was found worthy to open the book or to look into it; and one of the elders *said to me, “Stop weeping; behold, the Lion that is from the tribe of Judah [Jesus Christ], the Root of David, has overcome so as to open the book
Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice! Let your gentle spirit be known to all men. The Lord is near. Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all comprehension, will guard
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Leaven — Merriam-Webster.com I recall the first time I read of leaven in the Bible and was like, “Huh? What’s leaven?” Like anything in scripture, there’s always a context that we must understand before we can gather the fullness of its meaning. When Jesus, for example, used the term, it would’ve resonated immediately with His contemporaries. “He
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