Devotionals
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Wednesday, May 27th, 2009I remember the day I asked my dad if I could buy a used dirt bike—a Suzuki 80 that one of the other kids was selling. I was ten. My palms were sweating profusely as I came into the living room—I desperately wanted a Yes from him, but I didn’t think it was going to [...]
Pomp & Circumstance
Wednesday, May 20th, 2009Caps and gowns, tassles and cords, Pomp and Circumstance, diplomas and speeches… graduation is a big deal, isn’t it? As it should be! Graduation trumpets a fine accomplishment with appropriate honor and celebration. But the really big deal about graduation is what’s ahead. Thus the day’s more formal title. Commencement marks a new chapter with [...]
oh, the stress
Wednesday, May 6th, 2009Seems like stress is turning up everywhere. There’s life-change stress, heart stress… now there’s even bank stress!
What is stress? Stress is the strain that occurs whenever the demands exceed the available resources.
Most of us don’t need a test to figure out we’re stressed. All we need is one look at the stack of bills [...]
the end
Wednesday, April 29th, 2009Every so often we see a doomsday headline that predicts we’re on a collision course with a massive asteroid or some other space object. There’s one heading our way that may hit in April, 2029. Will that be the big one? Maybe. It’s just a matter of time—“the world will face an extinction-level impact at [...]
tolerance
Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009Have you heard all the ruckus from last Sunday’s Miss USA pageant?
Leading finalist, Carrie Prejean (Miss California ), was asked a question by judge Perez Hilton: “Vermont recently became the fourth state to legalize same-sex marriage. Do you think every state should follow suit? Why or why not?”
Carrie’s answer: “I think it’s great that Americans [...]
