The Holding Pattern
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The Holding Pattern

I often find the week between Christmas and New Year's Day to be interesting days when I’m concluding stuff to close out the year and also thinking about possibilities for the upcoming year. In some respects, this week feels like a holding pattern before the new year launches…

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Merry Christmas!
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Merry Christmas!

I suspect that you might be in full Christmas mode! This could include wrapping presents, going to parties or concerts, organizing Christmas day festivities, last-minute preparations and maybe squeezing in a Christmas Eve service to round out the holiday season. No doubt, this is the time of year when we are very busy…

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What Kind of Love?
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What Kind of Love?

When I think about our English word, “love,” it’s disappointing that this verb which is commonly used throughout our daily living is sometimes employed without some purposeful reflection. To that end, maybe it would be helpful to take some moments to think about the kinds of love…

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Let’s Keep Going!
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Let’s Keep Going!

3 Gratitudes, 2 Graces, and 1 Pause. A few weeks ago, I wrote a blog to suggest trying out this routine each day through the end of the year. How is this going for you? If you haven’t tried this yet, would you be willing to give it a go? This is just a brief commercial to encourage you to keep doing the 3-2-1 challenge, even if you miss a few days here or there…

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3-2-1: Something Fun!
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3-2-1: Something Fun!

Happy November to you! As we are coming to the end of Fall and about to enter the Holiday Season with Thanksgiving and Christmas in the near future, I have an idea for you to consider that could be really fun and constructive. I call this my 3-2-1 plan, and it’s something simple to integrate into our daily routines – it’s even possible that it could facilitate a noteworthy upgrade in your life!…

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Trick or Truth?
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Trick or Truth?

“Trick or Treat!”  This is what we’d say on Halloween when we’d go door to door, dressed up in some homemade costume, carrying pillowcases with the hope of getting candy at each door.  Usually, someone would answer the door with a giant bowl of candy, smile, ask about our costumes and then dispense with the candy distribution...

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Table Talk
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Table Talk

The talk around the table can span from global politics to the local gemeinschaft (community), from the latest Fußball scores to garden enhancements and heaps more. Because the stammtisch is reserved for the regular folk who frequent the establishment, the conversations can also be more intimate and connected…

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Flip the Script
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Flip the Script

The tricky part of looking at the negative images on photography film is that it can be difficult to understand what is being shown on the image. For example, on a negative image for a landscape, the sky is dark and the ground, trees, etc. are light. That’s what negatives do, they reverse the dark and light contrasts…

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Does Genuine Love Have Limits?
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Does Genuine Love Have Limits?

Do you go through difficult things? Do you face struggles, hardships, uncertainties, unresolved challenges, maybe feeling like you’re in way over your head? Of course, we go through seasons, and life has its ups and downs. Sometimes we have the strength and wisdom to navigate turbulent times, but sometimes we flounder…

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