“Hope” is the thing with feathers -That perches in the soul – And sings the tune without the words – And never stops – at all”

—Emily Dickinson

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  • Salute to Women Entrepreneurs Continue reading

  • The Power of a Prior Commitment

    Photo by Isaac Jenks on Unsplash First, Commit; then Learn to Follow  “Teach me, O LORD, the way of thy statutes; and I shall keep it unto the end. Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; yea, I shall observe it… Continue reading

  • How to Cheat the Genie Code – One Wish – One Thing Continue reading

  • Light that Blinds and Hardens Us or Enlightens Us As I was reading this again after reading it all my life,  a subtlety landed in my brain and stirred a thought. The exact same light that enlightens our thinking can… Continue reading

  • The Creation (and More) by James Weldon Johnson

    The classic poem, “The Creation” written by James Weldon Johnson and Read by the classic actor,, James Earl Jones. Also included are Fred Waring’s God’s Trombones, and Johnson himself reading. Continue reading

  • Saving Faith that Launches Our New Life – Acts 16 verse 31 Continue reading

  • We Are All Community Projects We really, truly, absolutely need each other. We are already a community, but we also need to build authentic communities where people related to each other, collaborate together, negotiate our differences productively, and live redemptively… Continue reading

  • Go, Think about It.

    I saw a church board that declared that Satan is the author of confusion. I assume that comes from 1 Corinthians 14:33 "For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace, as in all churches of the saints."… Continue reading

  • Find a Mission that Will Benefit the World Continue reading

  • Questions Are Answers – Prayers of Desperation from Psalms 70 and 71 Continue reading

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