The rare jewel of Christian friendship Part 3: Focus on being likable (lovable) or on liking (loving)? July 20, 2015 If you want to be more likable, you can focus on how to become more emotionally intelligent as the article below by Dr. Travis Bradberry recommends. You look at yourself, see where you don’t measure up, and add these “habits” to your daily doings. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dr-travis-bradberry/13-habits-of-exceptionally-likeable-people_b_7564884.html?ncid=tx

The rare jewel of Christian friendship Part 2: Loving without needing June 8, 2015 When the question was posed last month to a group of young people, “What would be a fate worse than death for you?”, a common response was “not having any friends.”

The Rare Jewel of Christian Friendship* Part 1: Friendship Imposters June 5, 2015 “I have no one else like him.” ~ Philippians 2:20...

5 Reasons I Am Reformed My response: Thank you for this thoughtful post. I found it while doing a Google search for ‘reformed deepen affection for God’. What I am thinking is that if our pain is not from God, where is the personal love of God in it? Are not afflictions tailor-made and personal, from His loving hand, ultimately to bring us to Him if we are His? Perhaps the word “caused” is not the right word, but certainly God is sovereign and infinitely more involved than on

My thoughts for today on Qigong Strength Training – Acknowledging the Creator and Connector of bodies and minds – Though I don’t hold the...

This article just came to my inbox yesterday from Pastor Phil Pockras. It gets at the challenge it is to get clear on our faith in Christ and in His Word, how easy it is to entertain ideas that contradict truth in the name of truth, and how important it is to know where you stand (internally finding words like this that we can think on to solidify our faith in Christ) and to be willing to take a stand (finding the words to reason externally like this helping others solidify t

Swiping spills multiplies mess as sounds bellow. Babies squeal, big machines hum making mountainous vibrations in my head, achy...

In this article: Desire healthy relationships? Listen. Do you desire healthy relationships? Listen. My goal is to help you to be heard. But that’s not my end goal but only a means to my end goal. My end goal is to help you to hear yourself so that you are freed up to hear others, really listen to the loved ones in your lives, your friends, colleagues, and neighbors. As you connect with yourself, get comfortable with your inner thought life, sift through the myriad of thoughts

In this article: Good relationship with parents lead to children’s improvement in: relationships with others mood ability to cope with fear employ-ability physical health over time Poor relationship with parents lead to children’s: tendency to sabotage relationships feelings of neglect alienation from others experiencing rejection and distress producing isolation leading to further distress and poor health These results are statistically significant from the thesis: The conne

Our bodies are not more powerful than the God who gave them the ability to feel great pleasure and great pain. Sexual immorality, all...

“Stuttering is something the stutterer does, not something he has, because of something he is.”

Thought from Romans 8: No opposition can finally crush us No good thing will finally be withheld from us No accusation can ever...

“To hurry pain is to leave a classroom still in session. To prolong pain is to remain seated in a vacated classroom and miss the next lesson.” by Yahia Lababidi (b. 1973)