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  • Counting Sheep

    Some people think of counting sheep as a way of falling asleep. I would suggest it as a metaphor for staying awake and alert. Proverbs 27:23-24 says (NIV), "Be sure to know the condition of your flocks, give careful attention to your herds; for riches do not endure forever, and a crown is not secure…

  • How Is Your Fig Tree?

    Proverbs 27:18 NIV) says, "He who tends  a fig tree will eat its fruit, and he who looks after his master will be honored." This is pretty simple: Do your job. Do your best. Then, do better. Treat your job, if you still have one, like it is your own business and act in the…

  • Sharpen Up

    Are you taking full advantage of the opportunities that come to you with arms and legs every day? You have been gifted with associates above you and below you on charts made by human hands who have the capacity to add value to your life with every conversation and as you observe them. Some of…

  • What Can You Say in 100 Words?

    Two lessons to me on blogging: Relate to where people are by speaking from your present emotional location. Say it as succinctly and clearly as possible. I love what Steven Heartsill does with his 100 word blog posts. They are worthy of emulation. I am not sure I have what it takes, but he does:…

  • Stay on Your Toes

    The admonition is to be alert and take nothing and no one for granted. Live life on tiptoe in anticipation, and in awareness of what is going on over the horizon. Boasting vs Believing about Tomorrow   We are to make faith declarations and dream statements as freely as we breathe, but boasting is another matter. It…

  • Chaos

    The only thing that is consistently predictable in the universe is the consistent persistence of chaos… And in that, we behold the emergence of divine order at a magnitude that stretches our minds … Beyond their capacity.

  • Just Be

    Tonight as you prepare to rest, just be. Being is what you were meant for, made for, and are maturing into. You are, after all a being, human and developing. Be yourself. Be REAL – Responsible, Evolving, Authentic, and Loving. Be what you are becoming as in what you will COME to BE (BE -COME).…

  • Who Can I Lift Today

    A Prayer Who can I lift today from dregs or rags or rubble? "Who will lift me?" replies the me within me whose focus, inverted and cross eyed cause me to stumble over unexpected opportunities. For that me knows the dregs and rags and rubble common to all. "Refocus!" shouts the me within me that…

  • Optimism

    Are you optimistic? The Online Etymology Dictionary is my friend, confirming my quasi-informed suspicions about words and their origins such as "optimism." When I say I am optimistic, I want to know that what I think I mean is what I am really saying. Here is their take on the word: "1782, from Fr. optimisme…

  • Read Energion.com Bloggers

    Henry Neufeld does the surfing for you on behalf of Energion Press to bring you blog entries in webzine form on matters of faith and spirituality. Energion Bloggers is a great starting place for bookmarking blogs.