Man is not an island. We are not intended to “go it alone.” We were made for fellowship. Fellowship with the Father and fellowship with others. If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other. Mother Teresa I believe that our destinies are intertwined in our relationships with others. God created us…
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Intro to Late Bloomers
Somewhere, at some moment in time, on some seemingly ordinary day without me knowing or understanding it fully, I could no longer live, or be, who I was. A strange thing happened. I could hardly be nice—and nice was all I had ever been. I didn’t want to be — no, I couldn’t be —who everyone around me wanted me…
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Intro to Called to Create
Put down your clever, and pick up your ordinary. We keep ourselves out of our creative spirit by trying to be smart, to know, to be clever. We are at our most potent at our most ordinary, but we can’t see it. Because it’s our ordinary, we believe it’s everyone’s ordinary. It’s not. We compare ourselves with others and in…
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The Prayer That Will Last for Eternity
When I was 19 years old, I decided I didn’t like life much. Actually, I had decided that a few years earlier. I wanted out of life, but knowing that wasn’t really an option, I decided to give my life away—as I’d heard could be done. And so… I did. I gave my life away to Jesus Christ. It…
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What’s Your Dream?
Is creativity, imagination, wonder, and dreaming, practical and possible in all situations? Yes. The short answer is yes. In fact, all those practices can save your life. I have read, and maybe you have to, about the accounts of prisoners of war, and of Nazi concentration camp survivors, and those who were in hiding places during that time–how they held…
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Intro to Just for Fun
Sometimes we have to lighten up and find the humor in life. Even in the day-to-day living. Probably ESPECIALLY in our day-to-day living. We can’t bear down and be so intense and serious 24/7. Our bodies and emotions cannot sustain that. So here you will find some of my “just for fun” stories. Some comic relief. You might want to…
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