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Most of us grew up hearing the story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears but few of us know the true story. In 1837 British poet, Robert Southey, wrote down the version we know and love with the sweet little blonde haired girl exploring the home of the quaint family of bears. In the well-known tale, Goldie Locks tests the bowls …
I originally wrote this post after a trip to Sarajevo, Bosnia in October of 2016 to visit my dear friends Robert & Sandrina Jurjevich. I was reminded of it after recording a podcast with them recently. Click here to hear it. Their lives and their friends Bob and Eileen have impacted me greatly. I believe their story will impact you …
Often times the things that are in our hearts are completely out of reach. Where the world’s wisdom tells us how to self medicate and learn to cope with our inability to attain our dreams and desires, God’s Word implores us to engage our faith and see the impossible become reality. However, much like a turtle who is apprehensive to emerge …
This is an updated version of a post originally shared in April of 2016 The annual Jewish Feast of Passover started this past Friday Night and around the world Jews (and many Christians) will be celebrating the passing over of the death angel in Egypt of every home which had the blood of the lamb on their doorposts (Exodus 12). …
Our world is all about strengths. Maximize your strengths, stick with your strengths, play to your strengths. While I agree with some of the principles and concepts associated with the ‘strengths philosophy,’ I believe the most overlooked and underused strength is restraint. It does not take much skill, humility, or wisdom to engage brute force. I believe the greatest of all …
What do you do when your prayers seem to fail? How are you supposed to respond when the story doesn’t end with “happily ever after?” Many people have had a crisis of faith when what they thought ‘should’ happen or believed was ‘supposed’ to happen did not. Some blame themselves for not being righteous enough as if the failure is …