Category Archives: Life Skills

Fool

Fool has such a bad connotation that when we hear the word we immediately think of less than informed people, things done without thought and more importantly we question motives regarding behavior. Servant Hospitality is being a fool for others.  In the … Continue reading

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Routines

The alarm goes off, either in our head or by our bed – rhyme or reason?? Yes, we laid our clothes out the night before, yes we polished our shoes and yes, the coffee maker was ready to go, either … Continue reading

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Dying to Self

It is Sunday morning and I have finished my lesson to the background music of Vivaldi.  I then begin reading  Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s biography, while in the other room, the cat is scratching his front paws on the new contraption labeled for such activity … Continue reading

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The Handshake

My Grandfather learned the value of hard, honest work at an early age.  He was taught that if a man did not work, he did not eat. One of my prized possessions is a ledger sheet from my Grandfather, in … Continue reading

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Complacency

Let’s just play it safe.  Let’s don’t upset anyone.  So, it is not exactly right – oh well – things are calm now – let it ride – if I push it to the limit, then my time will be taken and … Continue reading

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Omission

As individuals, we all posess the right to do as we please. As an onlooker, does one have the right to interfere in the choices of another? If so, how so? Romans 2:1…..Therefore you have no excuse, whoever you are, … Continue reading

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New Year

Are you caught up in New Year’s Resolutions? We seem to put off until the actual day the things that we should be doing every day prior to the celebration of the first day of the New Year. Psalms 33:3-5….Sing … Continue reading

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Gift of Giving

We have just celebrated Christmas with the frenzy of buying gifts for everyone on the lists, lists which keep growing each year.  Not everyone on the list is really that important to us; however, we feel that we MUST give … Continue reading

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Thankfulness

As I look back on my life and career, so many mistakes have been made and a major one was always forging ahead without looking from side to side being thankful for those around me who were also forging ahead, … Continue reading

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And the Wind Bloweth

Which direction is the wind blowing today in your business? Zechariah 8:17…Thse are the things that you shall do: Speak the truth to one another, render in your gates judgments that are true and make for peace, do not devise … Continue reading

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