To start 2013, I want to share with you my goals. In an attempt to be fairly well-rounded in them, I have made sure to include some in the categories of body, mind and spirit. I make them public to invite you to hold me accountable. Goals for my body: 1. Keep my weight at …
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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 #360: Know What You Believe
I spent many hours the past few days writing down a summary of my core Christian beliefs. Why? To put it in writing to give to my sons this Christmas in a letter I periodically write to them; As a good exercise in clarifying and articulating what I believe; To take a public stand about …
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Leap Year Lesson #349: Dig Deeper For Understanding
As the nation deals with yesterday's tragedy in Newtown, Connecticut, the long process of grieving begins. I appreciate stories from antiquity that tell of allowing long periods of mourning - a month or so - in recognition that grief isn't something that we turn on and then turn off like a switch mere days later. …
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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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