Food for Thought: Finding Resonance
“Nancy Duarte starts her book Resonate by describing a simple phenomenon in physics called “resonance.” Resonance occurs when the frequency of an object’s…
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Reminders: What’s It Worth?
A motivational speaker started his presentation by holding up a one- hundred-dollar bill. He asked, “What’s it worth?’ Someone in the front row…
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Prayer Seed: Psalm 5:11-12
Dear Abba, Thank you for allowing me to take refuge in You. Thank you for encompassing me and filling me with Your love!…
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Reminders: There is No Perfect Church on Earth
A farmer went to a big city to visit his sister for the weekend. He attended church with her. When he got home…
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Food for Thought: Water, Symbol of Both Life and Destruction
While my husband and I lived in the Boston area, I was privileged to help write and provide teacher workshops on a water…
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Prayer Seed: Joel 2:23
Dear Abba, Thank you for meeting all of my needs in the past, today and in the future. Thank you for always being…
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Reminders: Be Wise as an Ass
What happens to us is less important than how we react to it. Take the case of the donkey that fell in a…
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Food for Thought: Influences
A friend of mine, who taught rhetoric (speaking and writing) to college freshmen, assigned her classes to write essays on the two or…
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Prayer Seed: Psalm 31:14-15
Dear Abba, As I place all of my trust in You, please help me to wait patiently while you work out the plans…
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Reminders: Signs of the Times
Ole was the pastor of the Norwegian Lutheran Church. Pastor Sven was the pastor of the Swedish Covenant Church just down the street…