Sappy as it may sound, I really like good love songs.
I like hearing the pledges of faithfulness where the lover vows never to let the other down, and never give up on them. I smile listening about the astonishing joy the lover feels simply in seeing the beloved’s face, and the longing to be with…..
Is there anything worse than being sick with a dreadful cold or flu and realizing you can’t stay in bed?
Illness doesn’t exempt us from our responsibilities and at the very least we have to find someone to take our place if we can’t show up for work or care for…..
When we read Exodus’s story of Israel’s flight into the desert, we usually observe the fickleness of the Hebrews – how they praise God one minute and turn around and complain the next. But when we find ourselves in our own spiritual wilderness period, it’s pretty easy to find things to grouse about.
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Trust is valuable. We want people we trust and aspire to being trustworthy.
Yet, like so many precious things, it’s fragile. Once broken, it’s challenging to reassemble.
Such a valuable commodity predictably requires delicacy. Yet when we speak of building trust, we forget that it can also be a pretty messy and graceless process.
Let’s…..