I have come to a greater appreciation of children’s books. Max Lucado wrote You are Special. The story follows small wooden people called Wemmicks. Punchinello, the main character, spends his time trying to earn stars for his achievements but receives grey dots for his failures. Through a course of events, he meets his creator named Eli. The turning […]
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Who did you make a mix tape for? What songs did you record on it? Stereo systems had the ultimate cassette tape and CD player combo. I still remember recording a few songs from my brother’s CD collection on to tape. Then we moved to burning CD mixes on our computer. Now we have playlists
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Would you consider yourself an inviter? This week at Browncroft, we launched summer interest groups. These groups gather people together through an activity or hobby. Leaders have started fourteen different types of groups including volleyball, basketball, hiking, kayaking, playgroups, and a book club. You know what’s been remarkable about the groups? The leaders and members
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What’s on your agenda today? As you run down your to-do list, how many of those things happen behind the scenes? Those seemingly thankless tasks that people rarely notice. Washing the dishes. Putting away the toys. Calculating the spreadsheet. Organizing the files. Filling out applications. The struggle is real as the list goes on. I
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Imagine what goes through the minds of the people you see on a daily basis about you. Perhaps, you are going through the list of the people you will engage this week — coworkers, spouses, children, friends, family, etc. Each relationship has an experience of you. Honestly, all of us have a mixed bag of positive
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What’s it like for you to walk into a new place? If you watch any tv show or movie about high school, you have seen this scene. The main character walks into the cafeteria looking for a place to sit. They scan the room for a person to give them eye contact while all the
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Who do you shepherd? The writers of Scripture describe Jesus as the Good Shepherd. You may have seen a picture of Jesus carrying a sheep over his shoulders or with a large staff. Sometimes these all too familiar pictures soften the message. John 9-10 shares a conversation Jesus has with his disciples and Pharisees. Jesus
What reminders of your WHY do you have in your life? The Buffalo Bills recently drafted Harrison Phillips out of Stanford. He shared with Chris Brown in the article For Harrison Phillips, the NFL was always his why, how he reminded himself of the goal of getting to the NFL. Here are a few ways he kept
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We are beautifully unprepared for changes in life. We live vicariously with the allusions of control through our planners, to-do lists, social media profiles, Google, and all the trappings of apps for any problem we might have. Often, our most remarkable transformations happen when we lose the allusion of control in the midst of a
It’s 6:00 pm. You walk through the door from work. Whether you have a roommate, kids or a spouse, sometimes the last thing you want to do is talk. For some of you who have had a long day with housework and kids,6:00 pm hits, your spouse comes home and you have the desire to
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