Tag: gratitude
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Learning from the Best – Meet our Friend Martin
Leadership is hard. Lonely. Underpaid for limitless hours. You don’t hear much about church leaders who have been in full-time ministry over decades. Maybe because few last that long. But even those who do hardly ever figure in the headlines. If they do, it’s because they’ve done something deplorable, unspeakable… that we’d like to talk…
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The Uneasy Bliss of Growth
I got a glimpse of his expression just as the accident occurred. Big eyes, open mouth, his body rigid as he prepared for the impact. He tipped over and the pedal slammed into his knee before scraping the shinbone. I rushed toward him as I listened. Not a sound. He was sitting on the ground…
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The Gift No-one Else can Give
I feel I’ve been wrapping gifts for weeks. There’s not all that many, but I’ve spent days and weeks thinking about what to get for each of my loved ones. What do they want? What would make them happy? Is there any gift that I could give them that would make them feel known and…
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The Slayer of Entitlement
“Because I’m worth it!” The catchy phrase from the well-known commercial stuck with this generation. Not necessarily in a good way, though. More like in an annoying, self-entitled, spoiled, bratty way. How could self-worth ever be considered bad? Isn’t it wonderful that someone realizes his or her inherent worth? That they acknowledge their divine fabric,…
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Ornaments of Gratitude
It was dark. We spoke softly, careful not to wake our son. After hours of screaming in pain, our one-year-old was finally asleep in the hospital metal crib next to us. My husband was telling me of an experience that he had while traveling. He had heard someone explain a special tradition they had. Each…