Baptism of repentance
Turning from our flawed human ways to God’s, is the path to peace in heart.
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General Application
Articles related to applying transformational living in general, including how it impacts world view, community (family, education, media, business, arts, and government).
Psalm 32 blessings
Blessed is the one whose transgressions are forgiven, whose sins are covered. 2 Blessed is the one whose sin the Lord does not count against them and in whose spirit is no deceit. 3 When I kept silent, my bones wasted away through my groaning all day long. 4 For day and night your hand was heavy on
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Divided?
A word used more and more in peoples’ conversations to describe our nation’s population, is the word “divided.” Some of the questions that pop up in my mind when thinking about this are as follows: Is division all that bad? Diversity of viewpoints is a good thing. Is there really anything new about the division?
One Packed Lunch
The Bible doesn’t have much to say about the life of Jesus before his public ministry started in adulthood. But, like any other person, Jesus grew from the womb, to boyhood, to manhood. Early in his ministry he chose 12 other men to train and become the first disciples who would train other disciples
Overcoming the cycle of offense
Included here is much of the contents of Chapter One of the book I authored called Escaping the Pain of Offense: Empowered to Forgive from the Heart. God’s Creation, including the human race He placed on earth as made in His image, is an awesome declaration of purpose and destiny. From the human
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Emotion Quotient
Emotion Quotient (EQ) is the measurement for identifying EC. In the previous two articles we examined how emotional capacity (EC) is directly linked to perceived worth and value as a human being. We discussed how shame destroys emotional health and how vulnerability is necessary to chase away the shame. Two core elements of vulnerability are
Emotional Capacity – Part 2
The previous article contrasted EI with EC. It takes much more than intelligence to deal with the realities of life. We defined Emotional Capacity (EC) as follows, “the ability to interpret and express inner emotional messages with unshaken assurance of personal worth and identity.” Challenging circumstances in life create inner emotional messages perceived as threats
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Emotional capacity
The term emotional intelligence (EI) has become a buzz word to address the role of emotion in relationships, work, organization, and family environments. However, much of what we hear on this topic has very little to do with emotions. EI seems to have more to do with cognitive awareness and attempts to avoid or subdue
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Trash turned into treasure
This is part three of a three part trilogy of articles on the kind of “trash” known as inner conflict or unresolved heart issues. Part One (Taking Out the Trash) discussed some of the ways inner pain can create unhealthy patterns of thinking and tolerating destructive behaviors. In Part Two (Trash Leads to Crash)
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Trash leads to crash
This is part two of a three part trilogy on “trash talk.” Part one discussed some of the ways to allow pain to expose unhealthy patterns of thinking and tolerating garbage in our mental and emotional life. In this article I show how these patterns create diseases that destroy our quality of life and
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