Encouragement — Connecting to Impact

Growing into Your Role

February 22, 2012 5:00 am book club, discussion, Encouragement

That person is a born fill in the blank… You might say leader or business person or communicator. People certainly can be born with certain skills and abilities, but no one comes out the womb as fully capable in any area. We all have to experience life and grow in anything we want to excel [...]

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Has God Disappointed You?

February 20, 2012 11:00 pm discussion, Encouragement

Every single human being knows what it feels like to be disappointed. It can be as trivial as the restaurant you visited didn’t have your favorite dish or as crushing as suffering infertility issues. The reality is, pain is part of our world and it can be difficult to understand at times. Many will blame others for [...]

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2 Surefire Ways to Get Suckered

February 20, 2012 5:00 am discussion, Encouragement

A show used to run on TV Land called Myths and Legends. If you never saw it, the whole idea was that they would debunk or confirm some of the crazy stories of television and entertainment past. In one episode I saw, they were confronting the rumor that Mr. Ed from the classic talking horse TV [...]

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Sanctuary: Joyful Shouting

February 19, 2012 1:00 am Encouragement

Sanctuary– 1 : a place (as a church or a temple) for worship 2 : a place of refuge and protection Meditating on the beauty He’s created and the power of His words… Psalm 126:2-3 (NASB) 2 Then our mouth was filled with laughter And our tongue with joyful shouting; Then they said among the nations, “The LORD [...]

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Seeing Significance (#9)

February 18, 2012 1:00 am discussion, Encouragement

I am currently rereading The Search for Significance by Robert McGee (disclosure). It’s an incredible book about “seeing your true worth through God’s eyes.” Once a month or so, I’ll be quoting a sentence or two from the book and then asking you to discuss. I realize you won’t have all the context, but I think [...]

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Blessings Bring Adjustments

February 16, 2012 12:00 am discussion, Encouragement

It’s officially been a week since we’ve been home with our new son from Japan, and all things considered, Mizuki is doing wonderful. There have been several rough nights and plenty of tantrums and misunderstandings, but that’s only to be expected. Our little boy is in a new culture, new language, new location, and new [...]

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How Available are you?

February 15, 2012 5:00 am book club, discussion, Encouragement

The last few days my site (and others I run) have been down due to technical issues that have been intensely frustrating and time-consuming. The good news is the bulk of those things should be behind me now and I’ve got to learn a lot of new things along the way (looking at the bright [...]