An Encouraging Word – Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!
The old has gone, the new is here! 2 Corinthians 5:17 “Don’t cry because it’s over. Smile because it happened.” These words from Dr….
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An Encouraging Word – Looking back with gratitude
We acknowledge this with all gratitude. Acts 24:3 I am an introvert, often mistaken for an extrovert. In other words, I function quite well…
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An Encouraging Word – The windshield, not the rearview mirror
Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God; trust also in me. John 14:1 I still remember the day I went to…
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An Encouraging Word – A time to be born and a time to die
To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under heaven. Ecclesiastes 3:1 I have decided to give you fair warning….
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An Encouraging Word – Audacity
I will not be afraid! Hebrews 13:6 I discovered this Admiral Grace Hopper quote later in life, but it has been a personal policy…
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An Encouraging Word – Bored to death is not an option
My heart is overwhelmed, my pity is stirred. Hosea 11:8 One of the things that I expected when I started working in the island…
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An Encouraging Word — A peak experience
Jesus took Peter, James, and John his brother, and led them up a high mountain by themselves. And he was transfigured before them; his…
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An Encouraging Word – Making a difference?
Your kindness will have its effect. Sirach 12:1 A few months back, I turned 73. If I think about it too much I begin…
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An Encouraging Word – To ‘friend’ and to be ‘friended’
There are friends who are friends in name only. Sirach 37:1 Several years ago, I read a story about neighbors finding the decomposed body…
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An Encouraging Word – Spiritual, but not religious?
We are only earthenware jars that hold this great treasure. II Corinthiams: 7 I have spent a lot of time, in my 47-year priesthood,…
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