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How to Find Peace with Difficult People

July 24, 2014 by

Jerry Seinfeld had a great line, “People. They’re the worst!”

Do you ever feel that way?

I imagine we all have a few of those difficult people in our lives. They seem to go out of their way to make our day less wonderful. A rude remark. A “constructive criticism.” A purposeful slight.

Frankly, we just don’t like hanging around them. And often we don’t need to.

But what about the ones we can’t avoid? In a church or other organization. Where we work. In our family.
What do we do then? [Read more…]

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Finding Love in All the Right Places

July 8, 2014 by

Something in our society is broken. We’ve run off the rails.

Depression and other emotional illnesses have skyrocketed.

Personal and family therapy is a new growth industry.

We have more affluence than any society in history yet more people are chronically unhappy.

Why? I certainly don’t know all the answers but one seems glaring. [Read more…]

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From Love to Love

July 1, 2014 by

In college I lived in a fraternity surrounded by friends partying every weekend. Yet increasingly I felt lonely. I know, it sounds bizarre.

By my senior year I was five years into an on and off relationship with a long time girlfriend. I had just broken up with another also. I was a bit unsettled.

Yet, I yearned to have a deep relationship with someone. At times I despaired of ever finding that. [Read more…]

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What I Don’t Like About Religion

May 27, 2014 by

I’m tired of organized religion frankly but feel closer to God than ever.

I think a lot of people really want to understand and have a relationship with a God who cares about them if only they knew he existed.

Yet unfortunately, I see organized religion built way too often on excluding people.  If I don’t speak the right doctrine, worship the right way, wear the right clothes, give to the right causes then I’m excluded by them.  And they tell me by their god. [Read more…]

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The Critical Ingredient to Healing a Relationship

April 8, 2014 by

A few years ago I had a major blowout with a friend when we were working together in a non-profit.  To be honest to this day I don’t know why.  She suddenly grew very angry.  Our work relationship and friendship imploded.

When the project concluded I called her one afternoon and said, “I really don’t know what went wrong but I’m sorry for hurting you whatever I did.”

She responded simply, “Thank you.”

To say the relationship remained strained would be a gross understatement. [Read more…]

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How to Make Peace in a Church

April 3, 2014 by

Jerry Seinfeld had a great line, “People–they’re the worst!”

I would modify it, “Christians–they’re the worst!”

Ever feel that way?  Man I have. [Read more…]

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Never Alone Again

March 18, 2014 by
Photo by Steve Williams. Fasi Winery Driving Tour

Photo by Steve Williams. Fasi Winery Driving Tour

 

“Don’t forget that you Gentiles used to be outsiders. You were called “uncircumcised heathens” by the Jews, who were proud of their circumcision, even though it affected only their bodies and not their hearts. In those days you were living apart from Christ. You were excluded from citizenship among the people of Israel, and you did not know the covenant promises God had made to them. You lived in this world without God and without hope.  But now you have been united with Christ Jesus. Once you were far away from God, but now you have been brought near to him through the blood of Christ.”  (Ephesians 2: 11-13 NLT)

I look back in amazement that when I gave my life to Jesus I near instantaneously connected with a whole new group of friends.

At the time I was living in a fraternity house surrounded by “brothers.”  Continuous parties,  girls and drinking. Yet, in many ways I felt alone.  Sure lots of friends but few I could open up to. [Read more…]

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Two Steps to Start Healing a Relationship

January 14, 2014 by

  “I have not stopped thanking God for you. I pray for you constantly.”  (Ephesians 1: 16 NLT)

Relationships are tough.  Without a doubt one of the most critical needs of our lives.  We all want to be loved and to love.

Yet, half of marriages that started out blissfully end in divorce.  And those relationships that don’t get to marriage nearly all end in hurt.

Then add in the rifts in families and friendships that blow up.  What a mess. [Read more…]

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An Amazing Father

November 21, 2013 by

“God decided in advance to adopt us into his own family by bringing us to himself through Jesus Christ. This is what he wanted to do, and it gave him great pleasure.”  (Ephesians 1:5 NLT)

 

So many children live in single family homes in the U.S. and it’s tragic.  In some segments of our society it numbers well over 50 percent.

Yet, we all need the connection of both parents.  We crave the approval and love of our father and mother.  But so many are deprived of that.

And it leads to all kinds of issues. The statistics are startling. [Read more…]

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“Out of Grief Can Appear Amazing Joy”

September 27, 2013 by

A thought from yesterday’s post.  If you haven’t read it you can here.

If you are enjoying these posts I hope you will share them.  Blessings!

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