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Tag Archives: Doing good
Bless Our Children
I have always loved children and I have always loved it that children seem to take to me so naturally. I love the freshness and hope that they bring. Nothing is sweeter than a baby’s breath and nothing can be … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Life, Love, Presence
Tagged Being a Father, Doing good, Growing Older
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“Love Isn’t Love ‘Til You Give It Away”
I have always loved these lines of a song from “The Sound of Music”: A bell is no bell ’til you ring it A song is no song ’til you sing it And love in your heart wasn’t put there … Continue reading
Living is About Giving
There is a lot self-centered and selfish individualism in the world today. Many people have been influenced by the writings and philosophy of Ayn Rand who extolled rational and ethical egoism and belittled altruism. This kind of thinking eventually results … Continue reading
Posted in Love, Nature, The Good News
Tagged Choice, Doing good, Generosity, Prayer, Service
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Ruminating on a Quote From Ralph Waldo Emerson
Sow a thought and you reap an action. All actions are born out of a thought, even seemingly spontaneous ones that happen in the blink of an eye. Malcolm Gladwell calls this rapid cognition. But not all thoughts bear fruit … Continue reading
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Tagged Choice, Discipline, Doing good, Wisdom
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Discipleship is a Choice
I am alive and life life is such a wonderful, unmerited gift. I have been endowed with reason to understand and make sense out of this life I have been gifted with. I have also been endowed with emotions as … Continue reading
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Dos and Don’ts
The law and its implementing rules are often expressed in terms of Don’ts and as a list of prohibitions. When Christ came to fulfill the law, he turned all these Don’ts in to Do’s and changed the prohibitions into affirmative … Continue reading
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Tagged Doing good, Justice, Service
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Loving The Unlovable?
Every life is precious. Every life is beautiful. But life is not all joy and happiness. There are moments of sorrow and pain. God placed a little bit of himself in each and everyone of his creatures. There is so … Continue reading
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Tagged Doing good, Learning, Love
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Life Is Better Lived In The Active Voice
Being good is not easy. Keeping the ten commandments is difficult. I have often transgressed many times and usually the same ones every time. But the ten commandments are but the bare minimum to a just and upright life. When … Continue reading