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Stop Being So Defensive

Stop Being So Defensive Nobody learns from someone who is being defensive.  It’s impossible to never make mistakes in life, so what is important after making a mistake isn’t hiding it or explaining it away, but rather admitting it and learning from it.  The sad thing is that in many societies there is fear of…

Overcoming Addiction

  Overcoming Addiction Over the years I have counseled so many different people that have struggled with addictions, particularly regarding their purity.  Addiction makes you feel like a slave to what you can’t stop doing.  It can also make you feel like an animal, living for your urges and unable to think rationally about them. …

The Favor to Get Stoned and the Blessing to Be Crucified

  The Favor to Get Stoned and the Blessing to Be Crucified In a lot of Christian circles there is talk that we have the favor of God upon us and that because we are the light of the world we should be bringing a shift in the atmostphere wherever we are.  My heart resonates…

Tyranny of the Urgent…

  Tyranny of the Urgent… Is a great mini book about stewarding time (by Charles Hummel).  Here is an excerpt from the book… “For me hardware stores have a strong attraction.  I am fascinated by the variety of tools and gadgets.  Suppose that today I need a new electric drill for an important home project…

Testimony of the girl who inspired Oak Tree Project

  Testimony of the girl who inspired Oak Tree Project (our new scholarship/mentoring program for orphans who desire to attend college)…   My earliest childhood memory is when I was around five years old living at a home for babies. At the age of six, I was moved to an all-girls children’s home and grew…

Peace in Submission

  Peace in Submission In my Bible reading today I noticed an interesting verse in 1Peter 3… 1Peter 3:5-6 – For this is how the holy women who hoped in God used to adorn themselves, by submitting to their own husbands, as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him Lord.  And you are her children, if you…

Our Fear of Loss Killing Our Hope for Increase

  Our Fear of Loss Killing Our Hope for Increase  I’ve recently been reading a book about the nation Israel and how, despite having a population of only 7 million people and being surrounded by enemy nations, they produce more start up companies than Japan, India, Korea, Canada, and the UK.  Israel is so succesful…

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