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September 17, 2024

Reflection – Seven Habits of a Highly Effective Christian

Reflection – Seven Habits of a Highly Effective Christian

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…
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September 10, 2024

Reflection – Why Me?

Reflection – Why Me?

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…
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July 9, 2024

Reflection – How to Respond When Your Faith is Challenged

Reflection – How to Respond When Your Faith is Challenged

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…
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June 25, 2024

Reflection – An Envelope of Desperation

Reflection – An Envelope of Desperation

“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…
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June 17, 2024

Reflections – Maintaining Balance in a Time of Disruption

Reflections – Maintaining Balance in a Time of Disruption

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…
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June 6, 2024

Reflection – Seeking But Not Perceiving

Reflection – Seeking But Not Perceiving

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…
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May 21, 2024

Reflection – An Envelope of Desperation

Reflection – An Envelope of Desperation

“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…
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April 15, 2024

Reflection – Faith in a Time of Crisis

Reflection – Faith in a Time of Crisis

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…
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March 4, 2024

Reflection – Tell Me About the Gospel!

Reflection – Tell Me About the Gospel!

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…
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January 19, 2024

Reflections – Faith in Times of Crisis

Reflections – Faith in Times 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 recent condominium collapse in Florida are going through. They…
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