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A Return to the Conservative Truth

The landscape has changed and wisdom is required. Belief no longer enjoys the benefit of protection so conviction may need to be lived out without the shelter of the law. President Obama decided that...

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Staying Between The Lines

Have you ever been driving along on a highway and something distracted you enough that you veered off to the side of the road? In such a time, were there those cuts in the asphalt that resulted in a...

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More Isn’t Bad When We Are Less

There is always more and the gnawing dissatisfaction with your present circumstances may not be a bad thing. The thing in you that isn’t as content as it seemed to be at one point in your life may be...

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How Low Will You Go?

There’s always more. No matter how long you’ve done the deal or how many things you’ve gone to or even led, there is a depth of revelation and maturity available for each of us. There is more in the...

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Getting From Here to There

We all want to be special. We want to think that the plans for our lives are so unique compared to the mundane of our experience. We want to have a purpose and we want that purpose to be eternal. We...

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Church

Sometimes it’s just not about you. We can get so enveloped that we reduce the whole equation down to the cause and effect of a given situation to how it impacts us. There is family, friends and...

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Seeing the Strength

I’m increasingly convinced that the key to healthy community is encouragement. The way to live together is to find the things in others that are their strengths and affirm them. Affirm them not only in...

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Move Out and Engage

There is a saying in military strategy that states, “Tactics win battles, but logistics win wars.” In other words, the fighting of the battle will bring victory in a particular engagement with two...

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What He Said

There is no secret combination, just an order. We don’t have to do this and then do that and then come back around again and do it again. We just have to put first things first. When first things are...

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Reality Check

December 31st is a good day to take an inventory. We can look back on the prior year and consider the good, the bad and the ugly. Bobb Biehl teaches to expand and develop the unexpected “wins” of the...

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Sunday Every Day

The only way to sustain belief is to operate from it. It’s not possible to foster growth and depth without actually doing the stuff that otherwise is untested theory. The things that we hold important...

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Beyond a Shadow

Even when your mind is made up and your course is set, there is an inclination to look back and question your decision. The place you used to be which was intolerable enough to leave looks better with...

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The Forest for the Trees

Sometimes we can just get in a funk. Our focus gets fixed on the challenges of our circumstances and the result is a bad attitude. Our eyes direct our brain which lies to our heart and we are sour from...

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Keeping Things Stirred Up

Monotony can beat a person down. The same old, day-in and day-out routine will numb our senses and dull our excitement. It’s hard to appreciate the depth of life and living from under the weight of...

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Set Your Face Like Flint

I read today that the students at a university have voted to keep Chick-fil-A off campus because of the stance that the Chick-fil-A owner has taken related to various social issues. He bases his stance...

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Viral Multiplication

I’ve been writing this blog for about four years. Most of the posts are viewed by a certain audience. The traffic is solid and steady with spikes at certain times and based on certain topics. A few...

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7 Things that Hold Back Our Purpose

What if much of the stuff that you want to do is completely doable from where you are currently position? What if the thought of opportunity to make an impact is an illusion in as much as the...

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Just Get You Some

It’s free but it’s not automatic. You’ve actually got to receive it. Not passively want to receive it, but actually claim it. If it’s not something you appropriate, it sits there available yet...

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Broken Peace

The difference between a champion and a potential champion is the ability to bring the potential into such focus that it is actualized. The immaturity of a potential champion has to accept the...

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Five Steps Towards Destiny

The process starts within us and it is meant to be applied beyond us. It’s not about us, but we’re invited. The destiny of significance that was in our original design requires transformation of our...

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