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Character Checkup
“Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, vision cleared, ambition inspired, and success achieved.” -Helen Keller There are numerous important elements of good character, such as how an individual acts when no one is watching, or how a person responds to the… View Article
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Exceptional Love
In his book, Just Mercy, Bryan Stevenson (lawyer and social justice activist) recalls a memory from his childhood when he was “about ten years old.” Stevenson relates a particular day when his mother took him to a church service. Afterward, as he stood outside of the church building talking with his friends, one of them… View Article
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Permission to Disturb
Privacy can be defined as, “the state or condition of being free from being observed or disturbed by other people.” When you’re staying in a hotel, chances are there will be an option to attach a door hanger to the door of your room that says, “Do Not Disturb.” This is undoubtedly a valuable… View Article
Read MoreOne Thing You Lack
There were not many people to whom Jesus, in His flesh, said the words, “Follow me.” We know of Peter, Andrew, Matthew, James, John, some unnamed disciples, and another individual we commonly refer to as “the rich, young ruler.” His story is accounted for in Mark chapter ten, where this young ruler had approached Jesus… View Article
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Better Than the Birds
It was not long ago and on a Friday that I was at my home after what had been a long, arduous week of writing papers. I’d spent most of the day catching up on laundry, knowing I had another busy week just around the weekend’s corner. Everything I was doing felt like preparation… View Article
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