Somewhere in life some words have been said about you that you later said about someone else. Those words are: “S/he will just have to learn for herself/himself.” The statement could have been made for a variety of reasons. Usually, the words are spoken when someone is doing something wrong and is too stubborn to …
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The economy was roaring. Unemployment was low. Consumer confidence and investor confidence was high. The stock market was making gains faster than anyone thought possible, increasing by over 20 percent per year for several years in a row. People were so confident in the market that even average people borrowed money to get in on …
One of the challenges in churches today is for people to feel welcome. Over the past year that has been especially challenging as virtually every church stopped meeting in person for some length of time due to COVID. Many churches are still not meeting, and if people were not comfortable attending churches prior to COVID, …
For the past 18 months, you have heard me say two things repeatedly. First, we need to be a people that move beyond good intentions to being people who are intentional. As I have reminded us countless times, billions (or perhaps trillions) of good intentions have been buried six feet underground and the difference that …
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On July 2, 1776, the Continental Congress voted to approve a resolution that the “United Colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and independent States, that they are absolved from all allegiance to the British Crown,…” (1) Now, in case you thought I misspoke, I did say July 2. In fact, John Adams, …
