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The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People is a popular book written by Stephen Covey (1932-2012), an American educator, author, businessman, and speaker. The book goes over his ideas on how to spur and nurture personal change. The book also explores the concept of effectiveness in achieving results and the need to focus on character…

During times of crisis and disruption, we often find ourselves in anguish and asking, “Why me?” We just don’t understand why God would allow such a calamity to take place in our lives. I can only imagine what the survivors and families of recent school shootings in the United States are going through. They must…

How do you respond when your faith is challenged? Secular humanism, moral relativism, and political correctness have become the norm in contemporary Western society, a fact that makes life difficult for Christians. Secular humanism is a worldview that rejects the God of Holy Scripture. In this worldview, man is god. Moral relativism is based on…

“Oh God, come to our assistance.  Lord, make haste to help me.” Lord, it feels like we are living within a great envelope of desperation.  Disease is knocking us off balance.  Social unrest reflects the desperation that is so evident around the globe.  Hurricanes, typhoons, and cyclones produce untold misery.  Wars wreak havoc among peoples…

I was reminded today of three things that help me maintain balance during times of disruption and crisis: times like today’s COVID-19 pandemic, times like December 7, 1945 (Pearl Harbor), and times when we find it hard to agree with or even understand our neighbors. This week I am coping with my first infection of…

So many of us are seeking but not perceiving. Hearing aids have been a great help to my wife, whose ears have deteriorated over the past few years. (Mine have, too!) Last evening, she came to bed with the hearing aids on. When she woke up, one of the devices was missing. The other was…

“Oh God, come to our assistance.  Lord, make haste to help me.” Lord, it feels like we are living within a great envelope of desperation.  Disease is knocking us off balance.  Social unrest reflects the desperation that is so evident around the globe.  Hurricanes, typhoons, and cyclones produce untold misery.  Wars wreak havoc among peoples…

Where is your faith in a time of crisis? During times of crisis and disruption, we often find ourselves in anguish and asking, “Why me?” We don’t understand why God would allow such a calamity to take place in our lives. I can only imagine what the survivors and families of those crushed by the…

This week’s Reflection is a little different from the normal, “Tell me about the gospel.” It is a request for your help in understanding how to share the “gospel” that Jesus came to proclaim. How do you articulate the “gospel?” Jesus told his disciples that he had come to proclaim the “good news” of the…

During times of crisis and disruption, we often find ourselves in anguish and asking, “Why me?” We don’t understand why God would allow such a calamity to take place in our lives. I can only imagine what the survivors and families of those crushed by the recent condominium collapse in Florida are going through. They…