Tag: devotional
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More “Care”Bell!
I recently came across this nugget of wisdom for educators: “One key ingredient of student success is the belief that their teacher likes them.” Notice, it says the kid believes I like them, it doesn’t mean I necessarily do.🥸 But in a great teacher’s classroom, you can’t tell the difference. Every student feels valued and…
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Divine Motivation
Something curious happens just before Jesus begins his longest recorded message in the New Testament—the Sermon on the Mount. And seeing the multitudes, He went up on a mountain, and when he was seated His disciples came to Him. Then He opened His mouth and taught them. Matthew 5:1-2 (NIV) Most celebrities, when surrounded by…
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Waiting for the Light to Change
One day last week, my wife and I were waiting to turn left, against a steady stream of cross traffic. Rarely a patient driver, I shook my head, “This is ridiculous!” My more forbearing bride said, “The traffic light will change.” Taking a deep breath, while nodding my head, I heard a gentle voice within—unmistakably…
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Above and Beyond
Every Friday night, before we sing on Saturday, I text the nursing home activities director,“Are we still good for tomorrow?” She usually answers with a thumb’s up emoji, but one week she sent the message,“Please lead the residents in patriotic music, around the flagpole out front, for Armed Forces Day.” My wife and I eagerly…
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A Little Way Through Small Days
Fellow blogger, Deb Farris, had me nodding my head recently with her post, The Little Way Through: One Writer’s Morning. She’d gone out to the front porch swing, accompanied by her loyal Goldendoodle, to reflect and write. But her anticipated time of deep work was repeatedly interrupted by lawn mowers and leaf blowers and workers…
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Three Rocks. One Story.
The first rock made its way to my bookshelf in 2011. Anthony, one of my students, found it while walking to school and brought it to me. It’s an ordinary looking grey stone, worn smooth from years of weather, about the size of those chocolate eggs you see at Easter. But it meant something special to…
Davids Daily Dose 