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Can You Control Your Feelings?

This is one of the most damaging misunderstandings of our day. You don’t have to let your feelings dominate your life. You can manage your emotions.

Feb 7, 20202 min read

Fishing Is Messy

I did a lot of fishing as a kid. I have memories of my friends and I waking up in the dark, riding our bikes with fishing poles in tow, to the river, to have our lures in the water by dawn.

Jan 24, 20202 min read

How to Have a Quiet Time

In last week’s post, we talked about having a Quiet Time. Maybe you’ve tried to establish one before.

Jan 17, 20202 min read

Your Best Day

"The very moment you wake up each morning, all your wishes and hopes for the day rush at you like wild animals. And the first job each morning consists simply in shoving them all back;

Jan 10, 20203 min read

Time For Change

Penelope Stokes in Words In Season wrote, “The trouble with turning over a new leaf is that once you’ve done it twice, you’re right back where you started.”

Jan 3, 20202 min read

Is It OK for Christians to Smoke Pot?

In a few days, marijuana will be legal in Illinois. So…will it be OK for Christians?

Dec 27, 20192 min read

The Perfect Christmas

Many years ago, my friend, Bob, described to me how he envisioned the perfect Christmas. He said, "I’m sitting on an old fashioned park bench next to my girlfriend, under an old fashion park lamp.

Dec 20, 20192 min read

Is December 25 A Pagan Holiday?

The only reason Christians celebrated Jesus’ birth on December 25 was because the Romans had a pagan celebration on that day and Christians took it over. Right?

Dec 13, 20192 min read

Christmas This Year

Here it is….Christmas season! Are you ready? Decorations up? Gift list completed? Shopping started? Plans for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day settled?

Dec 6, 20192 min read

Gratitude To Greed

How was your Thanksgiving? The trouble is, even before we could really contemplate our gratitude, this world is churning out its marketing ploy for Christmas, instigating dissatisfaction and greed.

Nov 29, 20192 min read

The Problem with Prosperity

Jim Carey said, “I think everyone should get rich and famous and do everything they ever dreamed of so they can see that it’s not the answer.”

Nov 21, 20192 min read

Is Happiness a Legitimate Pursuit?

As a young Christian, I heard someone say, “God doesn’t want you happy, he wants you holy.” Another way I’ve heard this, “God isn’t interested in your happiness, he’s interested in your holiness.”

Nov 15, 20192 min read

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Feb 27 • 2 min read

Developing Negatives

Remember the days before digital cameras and smartphone pictures? We used to buy film and then take the pictures to the lab to develop them.

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Can You Control Your Feelings?

Fishing Is Messy

How to Have a Quiet Time

Your Best Day

Time For Change

Is It OK for Christians to Smoke Pot?

The Perfect Christmas

Is December 25 A Pagan Holiday?

Christmas This Year

Gratitude To Greed

The Problem with Prosperity

Is Happiness a Legitimate Pursuit?

Developing Negatives

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