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Get Rid of Distractions and Focus on What Matters
“Since we are surrounded by so many examples of faith, we must get rid of everything that slows us down, especially sin that distracts us. We must run the race that lies ahead of us and never give up....
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What To Do When You’ve Been Knocked Down
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Mark Gilroy is author of the critically acclaimed novel Cuts Like a Knife. A 30-year veteran of the publishing industry, he has served as publisher and executive vice president at...
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10 Signs Football is Upon Us
10. Every morning at 6:30 your house’s windows shudder and shake unevenly from the percussion section of local high school marching band practice – six miles away.9. Coverage of the US presidential...
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Creativity 101
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Mark Gilroy is author of the critically acclaimed novel Cuts Like a Knife. A 30-year veteran of the publishing industry, he has served as publisher and executive vice...
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Self Promotion: I Wanna Talk About Me
How many times can I work in a reference to Toby Keith’s big hit, “I wanna talk about me”? Funny song and a great reminder straight from Dale Carnegie’s “How to Win Friends and Influence People” –...
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A PRAYER WHEN A BIG OPPORTUNITY IS BEFORE YOU
“For I know the plans I have for you,” says the Lord. “They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope.” —Jeremiah 29:11 nlt “It is amazing how many people let life...
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On Purpose
Most would agree that purpose-filled living beats an aimless existence every day of the week and twice on Sundays. But how do you actually live life on purpose? The starting point for purpose-filled...
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Exercise and Productivity
I was sifting through some excerpts from Albert Schweitzer’s Africa Notebooks and stumbled on this relevant observation the great missionary and humanitarian made as he conversed with the natives of...
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The Wild Side: Small Business Ownership in Tough Economic Times
My dad worked for General Motors for 37 years, his only full-time employer. My wife’s dad worked for Du Pont for 35 years after a brief stint with IBM. Who knows – he might have been with IBM for 37...
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When Less Is More
The 2004 documentary, Super Size Me, followed producer and director Morgan Spurlock as he ate at the same fast food restaurant three times a day for 30 days. Every time he was asked if he would like to...
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Great Things Come in Small Packages
It comes every year and will go on forever. And along with Christmas belong the keepsakes and the customs. Those humble, everyday things a mother clings to, and ponders, like Mary in the secret spaces...
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Generosity Brings Joy to Others – and Ourselves
The joy of brightening other lives, bearing others’ burdens, easing others’ loads and supplanting empty hearts and lives with generous gifts becomes for us the magic of Christmas. – W. C. Jones Jim...
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Christmas Is a Time to Celebrate
“Perhaps the best Yuletide decoration is being wreathed in smiles.” – Unknown There is a rhythm to life that includes work, rest, worship, and play. God has planted the need for all four of these...
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