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Here’s an article from this month’s Success magazine well worth your time: 27 Resources For Your Success. This is the kind of stuff I can never get enough of - anything that may help me become all that God has created me to be. Many of these resources may not be new to you, yet […]

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I love big stuff: big events; big projects; big renovations. Yet over the last couple of months I’ve found myself getting a huge amount of satisfaction - sometimes, downright giddy - over little improvements. Things that other family members may not notice right away. Things that wouldn’t warrant any kind of announcement at church. But […]

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This is what I woke up to this morning. I’m on a couple day personal retreat in the northwoods of upper Wisconsin. I’m by myself in a rustic cabin on a beautiful lake. The loons call to me often from the lake and deer pose for me when I aim my iPhone at them.

This is […]

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Our church hosted Gary Smalley’s Couples Conference simulcast today. Keynote speakers were Gary Smalley, Erwin and Kim McManus, Les Parrott, and Henry Cloud. Here are my take-aways:

Guard your heart for from it flow the issues of life - your words, actions, emotions.
If you’re irritated by something your spouse does, it’s most likely a […]

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In an earlier post, I wrote about how Gov. Mike Huckabee’s book, Quit Digging Your Grave With A Knife And Fork: A 12-Stop Program To End Bad Habits And Begin A Healthy Lifestyle, helped me make some changes at the first of this year. I’m over 90 days into the new routine and am still […]

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I’ve been an experienced retreater for quite a few years. One of my regular retreats is a day each month. It’s on my calendar each month for the entire year. Even though it’s generally the same day each month, I sometimes get surprised when I see it’s coming up that week. Occasionally, my reaction […]

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I’ve taken Mondays off for 28 years - ever since I’ve been involved in ministry in the local church. They have always been my sabbath day of rest. Not everybody knows how to use a day off for recharging. Many make the mistake of simply doing nothing - sleeping in, wandering around aimlessly, watching hours […]

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One of the best things you can do is to decide what you’re not going to do - or stop doing. This has been an ongoing practice of mine for years yet I always love hearing another’s insight. Here’s a great blog post I discovered today by Timothy Ferris. I just started reading […]

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Received the following from a church member…
1 :: Wake Up!!
Decide to have a good day.
Today is the day the Lord hath made; let us rejoice and be glad in it. Psalm 118:24
2 :: Dress Up!!
The best way to dress up is to put on a smile. A smile is an inexpensive way to improve your looks.
The […]

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I’ve always been intrigued by the Bible verse in Philippians 4:9: “The things you have learned and received and heard and seen in me, practice these things; and the God of peace shall be with you.” The writer, Paul, doesn’t mention specifically what those “things” were - but his readers knew. I think anyone who’s […]

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