I had a conversation Friday with a work colleague about the opportunities and limitations around expressing one's personal religious faith at work. There is a tension around the subject which is understandable. My company didn't hire me because of anything related to personal faith, nor do my work responsibilities call for (or allow) any overt …
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Leap Year Lesson #361: Sometimes Good Isn’t Good Enough
The lesson below is a guest post from my friend, Carla Puckett. She also wrote lesson #336: Plan and Prepare, But Don't Forget the Present. Be sure to check out Carla’s blog at That’s What I’m Thinking. I was travelling early Friday morning at about 4:30, and turned to a local AM radio channel in hopes …
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Leap Year Lesson #348: Evil Is Real, and So Is the Cure
Like many of you, I found myself shaking my head in disbelief and shedding some tears over the unthinkable tragedy today at the Newtown, Connecticut elementary school where more than two dozen children and adults were senselessly murdered. Nobody with a heart could watch the story unfold without getting a sickening feeling in their gut. …
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Leap Year Lesson #257: Read Something That Challenges Your Beliefs
I just finished reading Andrew Farley's latest book Heaven is Now. The title is a bit misleading, so the subtitle more accurately portrays the message: "Awakening Your Five Spiritual Senses to the Wonders of Grace." I'm a Farley fan, counting his first book The Naked Gospel among my top 10 of books having the greatest …
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Leap Year Lesson #254: Stay Grounded
How do you stay grounded? I just conducted a Google search on "staying grounded" that returned over 4.7 million results. I suspect the phrase means wildly different things to different people, depending on the context. For me, being grounded refers to first knowing who I am at my core - knowing what is most important …
