Dietrich Bonhoeffer, in his book Life Together, emphasizes the value of solitude as a necessary practice before one is able to give their best to any ...

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Once there was a tiny orange hamster that was loved by two little girls. Their Father plopped down $5 for him because the girls longed for a furry typ...

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Pain—whether physical, emotional or spiritual—is a regular part of life. I’ve noticed that I have basically three responses when I e...

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I worked a few years back at a fine company in Central Florida called Health First Inc., as an organizational development practitioner. I had a wonder...

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So far in 2011 I’ve ingrained two strong spiritual “bookends” to start and end my day. They are long-established but probably often ...

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“Describe your ideal job,” the vice president of human resources asked me in October 2005, during what I thought would just be a run-of-th...

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I was right in the middle of delivering a sermon when my two-year-old daughter Aly broke free from her mother’s grasp and came running up the mi...

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Last spring I suffered from several weeks of acute lower back pain. Finally, when I could stand it no longer, I went into physical therapy. I increase...

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