Sharing the Ascension Experience
Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukah, Joyful Kwanzaa, Blessed Solstice, Hurt no one so that no one may hurt you. — Islam, Muhammad, The Farewell Sermon Here’s hoping your holidays are filled with Style. Laud the Lord. Peace, Jim LAUDABLE Definition: praiseworthy; commendable How to Live This Quality Today: Do what you are supposed to do. … Read more
Dear Folks, Our brains develop according to the mental activities that we engage in intensely. . . . [T]here is opportunity for the development of a different perception of reality. — Anton Zeilinger, (1945 – ) Quantum Physicist As a society we tend to give the greatest accolades and rewards to those with aggressive qualities, … Read more
7 Checkpoints Curriculum Strategy for Students is an intentional, systematic approach to discipleship focused on the content of discipleship. These seven student-specific principles are the irreducible minimum. The authors are convinced that these seven basic principles every student should understand, commit to memory and embrace before they leave the safety of their homes and youth … Read more
Dear Folks, Remember that great love and great achievements involve great risk. — The Dalai Lama One who is Venturesome derives great please from the new, and difficult, experience. There is risk in life, and if we can assess it in a Merry light, we may be able to take it as it comes. No … Read more
His was a positive influence. And as the world morns the loss of Stephen Covey we have highlighted his Seven Habits in the hope that you will make them your own. We highly recommend buying his book and digging a bit deeper into the qualities that have changed the lives of so many who value … Read more
Bedding retailers Sleep Train and Sleep Number have pulled their ads from the Rush Limbaugh show due to his impetuous slurs against a young woman attending the Georgetown University Law School. Quicken Loans and Auto Zone withdrew shortly thereafter. The Republican-controlled House had rejected the request of Democrats for Sandra Fluke to testify on the … Read more
Christmas Day, 1914 By Aaron Shepard t is 2:00 in the morning and most of our men are asleep in their dugouts – yet I could not sleep myself before writing to you of the wonderful events of Christmas Eve. In truth, what happened seems almost like a fairy tale, and if I hadn’t been … Read more
We can be thankful to a friend for a few acres, or a little money; and yet for the freedom and command of the whole earth, and for the great benefits of our being, our life, health, and reason, we look upon ourselves as under no obligation. — Lucius Annaeus Seneca Deep Abiding Devotion … Read more