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We’re ALL afraid…
Every mass shooting reignites the same debate over guns – gun owner rights vs. gun law reform. Before I go any further, I should confess I don’t own guns, and I don’t like guns. I never have, and likely never will. I don’t feel a need to own one. In…
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Exploring Shadows
Some of my recent study, for personal growth and development, has been around the idea of the “shadow.” Psychologists like Sigmund Freud and Karl Jung believed every person has a “shadow-side,” where key aspects of an individual’s personality are consciously and unconsciously concealed. Proponents of this philosophy teach that we…
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Enough’s Enough: Smear Ads, Social Media Posts, Gossip, and Run-of-the-Mill Slander
What if we critiqued others less? What if, instead of judgement and criticism, we looked for the good? What if, before jumping to conclusions, we gave others the benefit of the doubt?
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Recalibrating Your Soul
Whether or not you’ve found a time, place or activity that uniquely settles your heart and soul, I think we all need it. I know we do. It’s just so easy to get out of whack. Just like a motorcycle engine operates at an ideal speed and RPMs, but may…
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Unpredictable paths…
I increasingly believe that every choice we make – every step we choose on our journeys (including choices ignorantly made) – have a lot to do with what steps will follow.
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Timshel: “You may…”
Timshel means we have a choice. In every aspect of our lives, we have choices. WE CHOOSE!
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Pulling Weeds
Weeds are pretty good metaphor for my life. When I’m not paying attention, weeds can unexpectedly pop up, crowding into my life, sapping energy and vitality. Sometimes weeds are bad habits. Sometimes weeds are unhealthy emotions. Sometimes weeds are negative, self-defeating thoughts. Sometimes weeds are painful memories. Sometimes weeds are…
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Two Essential Elements
According to Scripture, humans are composed of two essential elements – carbon and spirit. Carbon appears on the Elemental Table. Spirit doesn’t.
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More Than Objects
Anyone whose lived in Florida for long, and traveled on I-75, will recognize the billboard pictured above. Though the signs have been changed, the billboards, like the one above, adorned the Interstate for years and years. I’ve passed those billboards countless times. I assume the photos imply beautiful women can…
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Monuments of Shame
During my college years, I was quite enamored with beer. I’m not proud of that. But, it’s the truth. My love affair with beer became a destructive habit that damaged relationships, hindered my maturation and education, and cast a permanent dark cloud over that chapter of my life. I not…
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