February 2006

“consult not your fears”

February 21, 2006

Consult not your fears but your hopes and your dreams. Think not about your frustrations, but about your unfulfilled potential. Concern yourself not with what you tried and failed in, but with what it is still possible for you to do.–Pope John XXIII

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Kids Harmed When Parents Fight

February 18, 2006

Kids Harmed When Parents Fight says that unresolved conflict between parents harms children. It’s not so much the presence of conflict between parents as the continuation of conflict that parents can’t or won’t resolve.

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a promise of significance

February 15, 2006

Yesterday, Creflo Dollar made reference to Isaiah 54:13, “All your sons will be taught by the Lord, and great will be your children’s peace” (NIV). I read through the entire chapter today–several times–and I’m deeply moved. There are so many wonderful promises in this chapter:…

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“great answers from a great God”

February 11, 2006

In a meditation titled “Great Answers from a Great God,” Martin Luther comments on the meeting of Jacob and Esau (Genesis 33:4). Jacob had prayed simply–and desperately–for protection from his brother, but he received hugs, kisses, and tears. Luther writes, “Jacob’s anguished prayer accomplished more than he dared to ask.” He continues…

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the familiarity of the cockpit

February 9, 2006

In Pursuing Your Life Dream, Eastman Curtis tells of a conversation he had with a trainer of fighter pilots in Vietnam. This trainer said that most of the pilots who were shot down could have escaped from their planes…

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Psalm 117

February 8, 2006

This is the shortest of the Psalms, and though scholars offer a variety of reasons for this, it seems clear to me that it’s short…

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more from Ratzinger

February 6, 2006

I’ve finished reading the first sermon in Ratzinger’s God Is Near Us, and it’s filled with powerful ideas and statements. This sermon is titled “God with Us and God among Us,” and for it Ratzinger takes as his starting point this sentence from the Nicene Creed:

By the power of the Holy Spirit…

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