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Tag Archives: Integrity
Thoughts on Memorial Day 2013
It is my family’s custom to go out to breakfast on all holidays so today was no different. On my way home, I thought about my observance of Memorial Day. I hoped I could find a service somewhere either in … Continue reading
Posted in Adversity, Appreciation, Bravery, Choices, Commitment, Country, Courage, Faithfulness, Fear, Freedom, Holidays, Life, love, Loyalty, Memorial Day, Military, Mission, Patriotism, Prayer, Quiet Time, Service, Soldier, The Past, Values
Tagged American, Country, current-events, Fear, Integrity, Liberty, Life, Loss, Memorial Day, Military, Patriotism, Principles, Surrender
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Good Friday
What is happening: Jesus was interrogated last night before the ruling body of Elders, the Sanhedrin, where they tried to figure out what to do with him. Finally he was locked away in a dungeon at the home of the … Continue reading
Posted in Accomplishment, Adversity, Atonement, Bible, Courage, Crucifixion, Darkness, Evil, Faithfulness, Good Friday, Holy Week, Jesus, Manliness, Mission, New Covenant, Passion, Perseverance, Priorities, Prophecy, Rejection, Sacrificial Lamb, Salvation, Suffering
Tagged Atonement, Christ, Crucifixion, Faithfulness, Forgiveness, Good Friday, Integrity, Jesus Christ, Suffering, Surrender
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Cleaning Up The Place of Worship
What’s happening: It’s now Monday. He is walking back to Jerusalem, this time traveling the few miles on foot. No crowds are waiting, so he makes His way inside the city to the Temple. The sprawling edifice is still under construction, … Continue reading
Posted in Addiction, Belief, Bible, Christ, Courage, Holy Week, Humanity, Love of Money, Materialism, Meditation, Money, Passion, Prayer, Priorities, relationships, Religion, Repentance, Spirituality, Values, Word of God, Worship
Tagged Abiding, Christ, Church, Holy Week, Integrity, Passion, Prayer, Quality Worship, Worship
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Spiritual Pandemic
Part of a daily devotional series at Words of Hope (https://woh.org/word/devotionals/2013/03/13) looking at how people in the Bible handled tough situations: Read 2 Kings 23:1-25 In the 21st century the world has learned a new term: pandemic. A virus that … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptability, Adversity, Belief, Country, Courage, Darkness, Evil, Faithfulness, Fear, Life, Materialism, Morale, Morals, Patriotism, Peace, Prayer, Priorities, Spirituality, Values
Tagged Abiding, Country, current-events, Fear, Identity, Integrity, Morals, Perseverance, politics, Prayer, Principles, Quiet Time, Spirituality, Trust
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I Met My Wife in My Former Church
A Gust of Grace blew into my life in November of 2009. On that Sunday I visited my old home church and saw someone I had known over 20 years ago. Seven months later we were married. At the … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptability, Communication, Courage, Faithfulness, Focus, Gifts, Grace, Grief, Guidance, Happiness, Laughter, Letting Go, Life, love, mercy, On Line Dating, Perspective, Principles, Priorities, Providence, relationships, Sense of Humor, Trust, Values, Wisdom
Tagged Abiding, Fun, Grief, Identity, Integrity, Life, Perseverance, Relationships, Surrender, Trust
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Everything Seemed Smaller Now
Experience as a Flashlight: A number of years ago, I had the opportunity to travel back with my brothers to our boyhood town. It’s a small town in a largely agricultural area of Wisconsin. Our dad had moved us there … Continue reading
Posted in Acceptance, Aging, Appearance, Contentment, Feelings, Identity, Letting Go, Memory, Old Age, Perseverance, Perspective, Reality, Self-Worth, Thankfulness, Time, Wisdom
Tagged Aging, Appreciation, Childhood, Comparison, Integrity, Letting Go, Loss, Perseverance, Self Worth, Surrender, The Past, Time
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Grades? What Grades?
Observations About Life: I went back to seminary later in life. I was in my forties and retaining information for tests was tedious and at times impossible. It seemed the harder I worked for a class, the worse grade I received. … Continue reading
Posted in Appreciation, Belief, Bondage, Education, Employment, Feelings, Happiness, Identity, Perfectionism, Perseverance, Personality, Perspective, Priorities, Reality, School grades, Self-Worth, The Past, Work, Worry
Tagged Appreciation, attitude towards work, Education, Grades, Identity, Integrity, Perseverance, Principles, School, Self Worth, Worry
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On Alert After Martin Luther King Jr.’s Assassination
Living in the Past: The reader needs to know that I am not a violent man. I have had only one fight in my life. I avoid physical confrontations because of some difficulties I have with my anger. In the … Continue reading
Posted in Country, Courage, Eternity, Faith, Fear, Feelings, Legal, Life, Memory, mercy, Military, Morals, Patriotism, Peace, Perseverance, Perspective, Politics, Principles, Priorities, Service, Soldier, Trust, War, Wisdom, Youth
Tagged Country, current-events, Fear, Identity, Integrity, Liberty, Morals, Perseverance, politics, Principles, Stress, Suffering, Trust, Worry
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I Liked Ike
LIVING IN THE PAST: When I was little I remember seeing little buttons saying “I Like Ike.” They were being worn by people who supported Dwight David Eisenhower, our 34th president. The slogan was simple and catchy. Dwight D. Eisenhower … Continue reading
Posted in Contentment, Country, Courage, Faithfulness, Fear, Memory, Nuclear Holocaust, Patriotism, Perspective, Politics, Trust, War, Wisdom, Worry
Tagged Country, current-events, Fear, Integrity, politics, Trust, Worry
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I Will Awake the Dawn
As I read Psalm 57 today, I recognized this line from a song we sing at church: “Be exalted, O God, above the heavens. Let your glory be over all the earth.” (Psalm 57:5 NRSV). It’s a song that gets … Continue reading
Posted in Bondage, Claustrophobia, Courage, Eternity, Faith, Faithfulness, Fear, Grief, Habitual Sin, Meditation, Night, Perseverance, Perspective, Praise, Prayer, Quiet Time, Sleeplessness, Stress, Suffering, Trust, Uncategorized, Worry
Tagged Abiding, Aging, Claustrophobia, current-events, Fear, Identity, Integrity, Loss, Perseverance, Prayer, Quiet Time, Renewal, Suffering, Surrender, Trust, Worry, Worship
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