Honesty Sincerity connects because it’s so rare. Our antenna is up and our tolerance is down. (Deeper Path Team) We hear a lot about “fake news,” and we’ve all experienced hypocrisy in almost every area of common life. It’s unfortunate that, indeed “our antenna is up”...
Forgiveness Forgiveness is the cure when we want to take revenge. (Anonymous) Although we often want to “get even” with someone who has wronged us, it really doesn’t help. Judith Orloff, M.D. put it this way: “Forgiveness is a paradigm-shifting solution for...
Conflict I will not waste my life in friction when it could be turned into momentum. (Frances Willard, 19th-century American educator) Like many physical realities, friction has both positive and negative outcomes. Friction between two objects can create heat,...
The Basics The restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men. (George Orwell, 20th-century writer) Someone might be criticized for always stating the obvious. After all, if it is so well-known, why is repeating it necessary at all? On the other hand,...
Choices II Every choice reduces [a little] one’s freedom to choose the next time. (C. S. Lewis, late British author) Perhaps you’ve never thought about choices the way Lewis did. We’ve all made decisions without considering the effect those choices will have on...
Choices I No matter how many books you read, no matter how many schools you attend, you’re never really wise until you start making wise choices. (Marie T. Freeman, teacher) We may not be reading as many books as we once did, but some of us are listening to...
Christmas Is Coming (in three weeks) Unless we make Christmas an occasion to share our blessings, all the snow in Alaska won't make it white. (Bing Crosby, late popular singer) Even Bing Crosby, who introduced the popular song, “White Christmas,” recognized that the...
Jesus Speaks: Highway to Hell Jesus was sent by God over 2,000 years ago to visit earth. What He said was recorded by eyewitnesses in the book of Matthew in the Bible. This is what Jesus said about the road to destruction. “Do to others whatever you would like them...
Hope There is tremendous energy in the present power of a future hope. (Linda Brumbaugh, blog writer) Life often seems dark and foreboding. Whether it’s the failures of the past or today’s discouragements, sometimes it seems that life is overwhelming. When we are in a...
Change If you don't like where you are, change. (Chris Suitt, pastor) Suitt continues: “If you don't like what you have become or where you are at the moment; you don't have to stay there!” Sometimes we find ourselves in unhappy circumstances. If they continue, we...
Lying There is simply no way to undo the mischief a lie can produce. (Chuck Colson, founder of Prison Fellowship) After his conversion, Chuck Colson, acknowledged the error of his conduct as a politician and government official and the suffering he had caused others....
Worldview Get correct views of life and learn to see the world in its true light. (Robert E. Lee, Confederate leader) Everyone has what we call a “worldview,” That is, the perspective from which you view life and all that goes on around you.” You might see it as...