Right Here, Right Now

One time it was my privilege to visit the White House for a meeting. I had to reluctantly surrender my attaché case to a security guard before I could go in. When the guard peeled my fingers off the handle and took the case from me, he said in a reassuring way, “Sir, please understand [...]

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A Picture of Peace

There once was a contest for the painting that best portrayed peace. The winning painting was of a raging storm. You could almost hear the howling wind and feel the driving rain. The sky was dark and ominous. But if you looked closely, there in the midst of the storm, a bird was sitting on [...]

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The Real Meaning of Submissive

Most of us don’t want to be characterized as “submissive,” yet the Bible describes the person living according to God’s wisdom as being submissive. The word “submissive” literally means “open to reason or easily persuaded.” You may think that sounds like being a wimp – the kind of person who’s gullible and easily pressured and [...]

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The Discrepancy Between Intentions and Actions

Have you ever noticed how quick we all are to judge others by their actions, while we want others to judge us by our intentions? The discrepancy between actions and intentions is as old as time. The Bible instructs us that “the wisdom that comes from heaven is…full of mercy and good fruit.”   “Full [...]

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How to Get Close to God

Do you ever long to be close to God but don’t know how to do it? The Bible gives this advice: “Come near to God and he will come near to you. Wash your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts.” In Bible times, hand washing was not primarily for sanitary purposes. They had no [...]

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On Your Permanent Record

My grade school teachers had a threat that never failed to frighten me. Whenever I was about to do something that they didn’t want me to do, they said it would end up on my “permanent record.” If I was late for school, it went on my permanent record. If I misbehaved on the playground, [...]

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Dumbo

When I was a little boy I had a stuffed elephant named Dumbo who went everywhere with me. But as the years passed, he lost one of his eyes, got dirtier and his color faded. After I was married, my mom returned him to me. When our daughter Jill came along, my wife and I [...]

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Who is More Important?

I know a man with the annoying characteristic of always letting others know where they stand in his pecking order. Whenever he’s talking to someone and I walk by, if he counts me to be more important than the person to whom he is speaking, he stops, mid-sentence – whether it’s his or the other [...]

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How Much Money is Enough?

When a reporter asked billionaire John D. Rockefeller, “How much money is enough?” he answered, “A little bit more.” Everywhere we go, we get the message that our worth as persons is defined in terms of our wealth. But listen to what Jesus taught, “I tell you the truth, it is hard for a rich [...]

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Finding Contentment

Henry David Thoreau moved into a shack by Walden Pond to enjoy the contentment of living with little. His experience was immortalized in his book, Walden. During the Great Depression, many people had such a life imposed upon them when they lost everything and were forced to live in poverty. Now, few of us retreat [...]

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Fender Benders

Fender benders are one of life’s annoyances. Not the least of the frustrations is how to get around while your car is being repaired. I remember a time when it happened to me and a friend graciously offered me the use of his car while he was on vacation. I gratefully accepted, not minding that [...]

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The Right Kind of Woman

Mother’s Day is often a celebration of nostalgia. We think back to the good old days when life was simple and less stressful. We yearn for two-parent homes and non-working moms. But are things really all that different? What divorce is doing to families today, death did in earlier times. And as far as non-working [...]

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