February 24, 2015

5 habits to think more intentionally about your future

Where do you want to go with your life? And what’s keeping you from getting there? These are the Thomas Merton questions that we seldom ask of another. Or ourselves. For good reason. It’s hard work. It requires slow thinking. ...

April 26, 2013

When anxiety flattens you

Here’s the 3-step formula for living: Breathe in. Breathe out. Repeat. Forget any one of those and you’re pretty well sunk. Experience a job loss or health crisis and you feel pretty well sunk too. That punch in the ...

April 22, 2013

A prayer for the anxious

Anxiety affects us all at one time or another. In my previous post, Surviving the tsunami of a job loss, I described how anxiety suppresses our creative thinking about how we might respond. In this post and the next, ...

August 8, 2010

Thought for the Day – Psalm 34:1 on Praise

I will extol the LORD at all times; his praise will always be on my lips”– Psalms 34:1 (NIV) We sang of my favorite songs in church today: O Come Let Us Adore Him. Perhaps as you read the name ...

June 27, 2010

Thought for the Day – Ephesians 3:12 on Confidence

In him and through faith in him we may approach God with freedom and confidence.”– Ephesians 3:12 (NIV) As a business consultant for over 15 years now, I’ve learned that successful consultants possess two important attributes. The first, not ...

May 16, 2010

Thought for the Day – Psalm 5:3 on Expectation

In the morning, O Lord, you hear my voice; in the morning I lay my requests before you and wait in expectation.”-Psalm 5:3 It is right to wait expectantly on God when we pray. So often, however, our prayers ...

March 28, 2010

Thought for the Day – Ecclesiastes 5:1 on Listening

Guard your steps when you go to the house of God. Go near to listen rather than to offer the sacrifice of fools, who do not know that they do wrong.”– Ecclesiastes 5:1 Do you start your prayer time ...

March 21, 2010

Thought for the Day – John 9:31 on Prayer

We know that God…listens to the godly man who does his will.”– John 9:31 (NIV) I’m sure you’ve heard it said that we serve a God who hears our prayers. But have you ever thought about the fact that He ...

February 11, 2010

Thought for the Day – C. Ten Boom on Concerns

Any concern too small to be turned into a prayer is too small to be made into a burden.”– Corrie Ten Boom There are times when a burden is so great, so seemingly insurmountable, that it totally saps our ...

August 30, 2009

Adopt the “Start Seeing People” Campaign

A number of states have promoted “Start Seeing Motorcycles” campaigns in an effort to reduce motorcycle fatalities. Perhaps you’ve seen some of the bumper stickers or even have one on your car. The campaign seeks to foster increased alertness ...

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