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A Letter to a Failing Middle School
I wrote a letter recently after witnessing an incredible display of antisocial behavior by several students at a local middle school. I haven’t decided whether I plan to send it. First, there may well be a strong backlash. That wouldn’t … Continue reading
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Tagged authority, consequences, discipline, law and order, laws, lax, lessons, middle school, real life, real world, right, rules, school, taught, teach, teaching, wrong
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Coffee Fast
Some time before the week is out, I plan to embark on a coffee fast. I am doing it in place of a food fast because the last several times I did food fasts, I experienced a great deal of weakness, … Continue reading
Posted in Discipline, Uncategorized
Tagged character, coffee, discipline, fast, fasting, flesh, God, Jesus, sacrifice, spirit, strength
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Stewardship of the Mind
A friend sent me a piece about the human mind that is well worth sharing. As is his custom, Fred selected this from among the often neglected archives of 19th-century letters.
Posted in The Mind
Tagged despair, discipline, evil, flesh, focus, gloom, good, hope, intentional, mind, mindful, optimism, passion, permanence, pessimism, philosophy, ponderings, soul, spirit, thinking, thoughts, train, undisciplined
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Ten Talents
“Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things.” –Matt. 25:23 I just had an epiphany: I am an obsessive collector. Furthermore, my tendency to collect … Continue reading
Posted in Character, Discipline, Giving, Ministry, Stewardship
Tagged blessings, character, collecting, collections, commitment, discipline, eternal, giving, materialism, ministry, money, possessions, serving, stewardship, talents, temporal, time, treasures
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The Blessing of Adversity
Endure hardship as discipline; God is treating you as sons. –Hebrews 12:7. Maturity in the Christian life comes slowly and painfully for some. Whether because of entrenched distortions in their thinking,
Posted in Character, Hardship
Tagged adversity, character, discipline, hardship, heavenly Father, maturity, sons, sonship, teaching
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Obedience
In spite of my unshakeable belief in the person of Christ, my Christian life has been a patchwork of successes and disappointments. I have known both joy and tumult. A number of crashing personal failures and regular emotional turbulence
Posted in Obedience
Tagged character, chastening, consequences, discipline, humility, love, obedience, pain, rebellion, sin, submission, surrender
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Discipline
I tossed and turned all Sunday night. Actually, it was Monday’s wee hours. Sunday had been a beautiful day. In spite of illness, anxiety and a potent helping of the blues, I prayed to God as I went about my … Continue reading
Posted in Discipline
Tagged agenda, anger, crisis, direction, discipline, obedience, resentment, setbacks, submission, surrender
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