(The following is the June 4 devotional from my Next Step Devotions book. Before reading it, I suggest you read Acts 21 and pay close attention to verses 10-14.) How often do you take risks? Some people enjoy adventurous living and engage in activities too extreme for others. Life provides plenty of options on the risk scale, from …
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Reflections on ESNchat
One of the most satisfying things I’ve done professionally in recent years is to start the weekly Twitter chat #ESNchat in September 2013, to see it grow through the 13 months I hosted it, and now to see it have new life and new leadership going forward through The Community Roundtable (@TheCR). After sensing a void …
2013 Lesson Learned: Take Risks
Continuing with periodic posts in December about the major lessons learned throughout 2013, today I turn my attention to the matter of taking risks. Each of us takes risks daily to some extent. We do so in relationships we establish, goals we pursue, changes we attempt, causes we promote, work we devote much time to, …
Go Ahead – Take a Chance!
When was the last time you really took a chance and tried something significant with no guarantee of success? Maybe it was related to your career. Perhaps it was taking a huge step in a relationship with someone. It might have involved financial risk or a shift in educational direction or geographic location. The last …
Book Review: “Concerning Christian Liberty” by Martin Luther
If you're looking for a book review of something hot off the press, you're in the wrong place with this post. Today I completed the brief treatise by Martin Luther written in 1520 called Concerning Christian Liberty, also called On the Freedom of a Christian. I downloaded the free Kindle version a while back not …
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