What do you want today? We believe the lie that satisfaction waits over the next horizon. You can hear yourself saying, “If only I had…” Sometimes live in longing for that one thing to settle us. Even worse though, we get what we want only finding ourselves looking for the next horizon. Psalm 23:1 in […]
Lord, we confess to You that we search for our identity in lesser things… We rattle off our accomplishments. We remind people who we know. We introduce ourselves by our positions and titles. We judge ourselves by our data — likes, follows, retweets, contact lists, etc. Somewhere, we believed that the lie of earning love
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What movies have offered you wisdom for your life? Denzel Washington plays Coach Herman Boone in the movie, Remember the Titans. Inspired by a true story, he leads the integration of two high school football teams along with the coaching staffs. Coach Boone provides remarkable one-liners throughout the movie. I wanted to share with you two
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Can you imagine a world without Coca-Cola? NPR outlines the story of how Coca-Cola returned to Myanmar after a 60-year absence in “How to Sell Coke to People Who Have Never Had a Sip.” Before Coke-Cola returned to the country people drank generic and knock-off brands. Shakir Moin, the head of marketing in Southeast Asia for
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How would you describe finding “belonging” in a church? Some of you have a rich experience of finding deep relationships at a church. That might include a small group or one friendship that significantly invited you to stay in community. I know for many of you that church represents the opposite. It took you multiple trials
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What was the last memoir you read? Stories have power. Some of us can default to merely reading didactic how-to books. A memoir invites us to slow down. The writer provides the opportunity for us to ask the same questions; see what they see; and ultimately through their lens, we can relate to our
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What happens when anxiety rushes over you? You can feel your heart racing. Your hands may begin to sweat. Your thoughts can through a continuous loop of worry. Each of us have situations that trigger our anxiety. Growth and maturity happen when we learn how to respond differently to these triggers. Anxiety and worry assume our
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How often do you do things for affirmation? If we honestly asked ourselves this question, we might surprise ourselves how often this happens. A husband will clean the house hoping his wife will notice. A boss or a coworker will come into the office with hoards of coffee and donuts. A parent will buy a
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In what relationships, do you wish you responded differently? Calvin Coolidge fascinates me as one of the former United States Presidents. He led quietly and had extraordinary attention to detail. If you read anything about his budget meetings, he coined the phrase, “sharpen your pencil.” Amity Shlaes wrote a biography on him, Coolidge, and does a
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Peter, Today, you celebrate your birthday. Twenty years from this point, your life will look completely different. I want to take a moment to share with you a few insights that will help you navigate your teenage, college, and young adult years. First, your dreams will not come true. You will not play in the
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