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A former Canadian politician, Jack Layton, said, “My friends, love is better than anger. Hope is better than fear. Optimism is better than despair. So let us be loving, hopeful and optimistic. And we’ll change the world.” I’m reflecting on this attitude toward change as I consider the inherent negativity that exists in our everyday […]
A number of years ago, an intriguing tale was brought to life in a TV series called The NeverEnding Story. The story involves a young hero named Atreyu who is trying to save his planet from utter destruction. One episode was called The Nothing. The job of The Nothing was to keep people in a […]
Today, I’d like to just stand up and give a shout out to the givers, the people who continually look for ways to put others ahead of themselves. Sometimes they do it with fanfare, but usually they simply do it with heart, never thinking twice about the act itself. When God said He loved […]
Write these things for the future so that people who are not yet born will praise the Lord. Psalm 102:18, NCV One thing about publishing your writing, as opposed to journaling or emailing your thoughts to someone is that readers may discover your work far into the future. Often, you can update or revise your past writings, […]
Bob Hope once quipped that “if you haven’t got any charity in your heart, you have the worst kind of heart trouble.” From a Christian view that may well be so because charity is considered to be the highest form of love. When we lose our ability to love one another, we have troubled hearts […]
I love this message from Romans 12:11 that says, “Never be lacking in zeal, but keep your spiritual fervor, serving the Lord. Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.” These two sentences are chock full of things we can do that might just change the way we see life on any given […]
“Hope” is the thing with feathers– That perches in the soul– And sings the tune without the words And never stops at all. This portion of the poem by Emily Dickinson resonates with us for a lot of reasons. One reason is that we can’t always identify what causes us to have hope. We don’t […]
