“This happens every single time she gets a runny nose. It gets really bad, and doesn’t go away for weeks and she needs antibiotics. It happens every time, no matter what.” I sigh and bite my tongue. Because of the way this mom is talking I know exactly how this appointment will end- with her yelling at me that she’s…
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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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The majority of the movie is about whether or not Neo believes he is chosen, important, and special. And far too often, our lives come down to the same thing. Especially in our careers. What we believe is possible for our lives, for our career goals, for God’s ability to use us comes down almost entirely to what we believe about ourselves.
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“The problem starts when we make up our own minds what will give us happiness and then decide if we don’t get exactly that then God doesn’t love us.” Elisabeth Eliot Was reading a book not at all about career, workplace, or medicine this weekend and got struck by this quote. Really, what she is saying is that our first…
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“God, I thank you for this incredible woman who is giving her life to you today. We pray for healing in her health and blessings with her relationship with her family…” I sat agreeing with a student who was praying for a patient at our medical clinic on a Ten Days Medical Missions trip last year. It had been an…
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Have you ever been so annoyed with someone on a soapbox that you would give up your friendship with them?
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“Sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me.” We’ve all said it. We all believed it on some level. But deep down, we all know that it’s just not true. Mostly because we’ve all come up against someone who called us a name, said something angry or mean, or otherwise commented on our life and…
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