Tag: grace
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When Down Means Up
Chris Thelen, from the 140 Character Christian got my attention recently with his post What Does Being Poor in Spirit Get You? My blogger friend pondered why Jesus started his Sermon on the Mount with this: Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Jesus- Matthew 5:3 (NIV) If I’d…
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The High Cost of Small Things
Headed home from a leadership conference last week, my colleagues and I stopped to get gas. As we pulled up to the pumps, a woman on the other side of the filling station laid a fuel nozzle on the ground, with it still turned on! She ran into the store, as a growing river of…
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It’s Not the Nail: A Reflection on Leadership and Sufficient Grace
A presenter at a leadership conference I recently attended spoke about the importance of affirming communication. To illustrate, he showed a viral video of a young woman who’s telling her boyfriend she has a splitting headache. “It hurts so badly I can’t think straight,” she says to her beau, turning toward him on the couch.…
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Snail’s Pace Toward Grace
The TV in the waiting room of my doctor’s office shares advice for good health and well-being. One day, while I was sitting there, a commercial came on for a prescription drug that helps lower A1C levels, to prevent type 2 diabetes. The smiling actress, surrounded by people at a party said, “It’s the little…
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Every Moment Counts
Just as our nursing home sing-along was about to start, a lullaby played over the dining room speakers. This happens when a baby is born at the local hospital. A few of the residents looked at each other and smiled; a new life has begun. As we enter our senior years, we discover just how…
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Safe Pasture in Strange Places
It happened early this past summer. A small herd of elk lumbered into town, grazing and then lying down in a grassy field across the street from a fitness center. It was quite a spectacle, all the more so as elk are naturally reclusive, even shy. Picture four young bulls, with full racks of antlers,…
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