It’s easy to say that name-calling and harsh words don’t change out lives, but they sadly do. Words have the power to give us our identity, and in the same way, if they are negative, have the power to give us our insecurities. I’ve spent the last three years thinking about a comment a friend made who said I was…
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What is the one thing that would destroy your life if you got everything you ever wanted?
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You don’t need a superhero level super power. You just need the determination to stand again.
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Maybe it’s time we redefine for ourselves in our own circles what “black looks like” and take it to a new level.
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Understanding how to define something as right and wrong from Captain America: Winter Soldier.
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“You didn’t listen to your own advice!!” I silently yelled at the book I was reading and then sat silent for a second. Why was I yelling at this book? I was recently reading Me, Myself, and Bob by Phil Vischer, a story about the creator of VeggieTales, a Christian kids video series. He had a dream to really change the…
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We become experts at putting on a happy face and acting like everything is normal, whether it is or not. We hide our emotions in closets assuming they are going to somehow fix themselves.
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“Don’t you think we’re being hard on King David? He did a lot of incredible things, being a little bit disappointed in himself for messing up is no big deal. We all do that!” “We definitely do. But I think David’s biggest failure is not that he messed up. His biggest failure is decades later he was still expecting repercussions…
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I watched an awesome documentary about Mr. Rogers, Won’t you be my neighbor, a few weeks ago and was struck by how unique his life was. He initially wanted to become a minister, and went to school for it. However, instead of working full time in ministry, he took a job working to create a children’s television program that would…
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“Whoever watches the wind will not plant; whoever looks at the clouds will not reap. As you do not know the path of wind… so you cannot understand the work of God, the maker of all things.” Ecclesiastes 11:4-5 I was reading Ecclesiastes a few weeks ago and was struck by this passage. The entire book is such a…
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