Category: Life Thoughts

A Chicken Living with Pigs

Our chickens have had it rough on the farm. We slowly lost our flock of birds to predators throughout the spring and summer. We got down to one rooster. He was all alone, wandering alone during the day and spending nights in the coop by himself. This rooster looked around and couldn’t find all of …

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A Prayer for Our Schools

As our schools begin their new year, I invite you to join me in this petition to our Heavenly Father. I know there are many concerns, so let us not be “anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let [our] requests be made known to God” (Phil. 4:6). Father we …

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Chocolate Snow Flakes

2020 has been a rough year, but residents of Olten, Switzerland woke to a pleasant surprise recently–chocolate particles falling from the sky and covering the landscape. While this may sound like a scene out of the movie Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, this really happened. The Lindt chocolate factory had a cooling ventilation defect …

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Reaping the Whirlwind

The prophet Hosea wrote that Israel was sowing the wind and would reap the whirlwind (Hos. 8:7). The powerful and evocative image convicts Israel of having sown what was worthless and profitless, and thus reaping the same with interest. The harvest to follow would be one of violence and destruction! When I see the current …

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Be Wary of Judging Past Heroes

Everything is being examined in our culture–from food brand names to faces on Mount Rushmore, nothing is beyond criticism. Universities are renaming buildings and statues are being placed in storage all because we are judging past heroes as unworthy of esteem. Let me offer four thoughts for us to consider as we go through this …

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Has COVID Dimmed Your Light?

We teach children to let their “little Christian light” shine all around the neighborhood. Jesus said Christians are the “light of the world” (Mat. 5:14). I think we need to add an additional verse to the children’s hymn which currently speaks of hiding our light under a bushel or letting Satan blow out our light. …

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The Importance of Listening

“President Theodore Roosevelt was a man of action, but he was also a good listener, and he appreciated that quality in others. Once in a gala ball, he grew tired of meeting people who returned his remarks with stiff, mindless pleasantries. So he began to greet people with a smile, saying, “I murdered my grandmother …

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God Uniquely Created You!

Michael Phelps has won 28 Olympic medals, of which 23 are gold medals. This is the most of any Olympian in any sport. Americans watched his Olympic races with excitement pulling for his victory. Fewer Americans recognize the name Hicham El Guerrouj. El Guerrouj is an Olympic Moroccan runner who holds two Olympic gold medals …

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Paul’s Six Step Method for Dealing with Anxiety

Paul understood we would have worries and anxieties in this life [see my post about this]. Paul himself dealt with many (2 Cor. 11:16-29). We certainly have reasons to worry today. Our recent wave of fear, crisis, and worry should drive us to God’s word for an answer. Paul’s answer can be seen in Philippians …

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Old Wisdom for New Technology

What is the latest debate going through social media? 2020 has had so many they seem to change daily. We are living in crazy times! Spending time on social media is no longer a relaxing time of seeing pictures from friends and family, but it is an anxiety-filled experience of finding out the latest topics …

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