The Result of Justice

2041) There will always be people who are looking to take advantage of situations where there is little accountability; of those who don’t realize they are being shortchanged. These people often pride themselves for coming out on top.   Proverbs 21:15 addresses this subject. Here it states when justice is done, it is a joy
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Eyewitnesses

2040) When some event happens that several people witness, their statements on what they saw will be different. They usually are not contradictory, but there will be things one person saw and others didn’t.   Eyewitnesses are important because they can give credibility to what they are reporting. The apostle Peter tells us in his
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Hacks

2039) When I see the word hacks in a headline on the internet, it will catch my attention. Depending on the subject the writer is addressing, I may choose to look because my time is so full. Some hacks I’ve read and find genuinely helpful, but not all are.   I am a little concerned
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The Full Picture

2038) I have a class of young scholars that, for the most part, hate school. They say so at least every other day. I don’t take this personally, but I try to find projects that are a little outside the box in hopes it will whet their appetites for becoming better readers and writers.  
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The Mystery of Prayer

2037) As a teen, when I wasn’t going anywhere with friends, I would settle in for the evening in my room, listening to the radio and thinking. My mind wandered far and wide.   My thoughts often included God and things I had read and heard at the Christian school I attended and at church.
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A Friendly Responsibility

2036) Friendships for my young scholars often waver between best friends and then mortal enemies. I have seen repeatedly one of my kids in manic jubilation over a new friend, to plunging into the depths of despair when the friendship crumbles.   In moments like this, it’s not helpful for me to say, if they
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Order Matters

2035) My novel, The Bottle House, centers around the shortest verse in the New Testament. Jesus wept. (John 11:35) But as I was looking at this passage this morning, I noticed something in verse 25. Here Jesus said, I am the resurrection and the life. Sound familiar?   What I saw that I had not
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Two Masters

2034) I have read and observed a fundamental truth about business. It must have one leader, even though there are organizations that should have boards who continually make sure the one in charge acts positively on behalf of that business. Two leaders rarely work because you have two sets of values (even if these both
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Wind

2033) Where I live in Maine brings with it much beauty but it also brings a lot of wind. We have had wind so strong here that small buildings, set in cement posts, have blown over. The wind makes many things difficult at times.   John 3 is a passage which cradles a very familiar
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More Valuable Than Money

2032) Mankind has always had a love affair with money. We can take stock of what we already have, but it’s easier to see what we don’t, often in comparison to the things of others. These thoughts came to me when I read the familiar verse Hebrews 13:5. It reads, keep your life free from
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