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More Than Enduring…

Posted in Crumminess, Growth, life, prayer, questions, tagged , , , on March 6, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Every day has their ups and downs. Generally I can overcome the downs without much effort. Today is not one of those days.
Part of the Lenten reading that I am going through talks about being willing to enter a place of pain, so that you can enter others’ places of pain. Part of the whole [...]

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What it is…

Posted in Growth, books, prayer, tagged , on February 9, 2009 | 3 Comments »

“The only thing holding you back is your own fear. Not easy to admit, but essential to understand.” -Seth Godin, Tribes p. 44
It is fear that holds me back.
Fear of criticism, failure,  lack of money, timing with starting a family, vulnerability etc. that paralyzes.
I feel directionless because I hold onto fear.
Lord, please reveal what areas [...]

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Just Started

Posted in Growth, books, prayer, quotes, tagged on January 27, 2009 | 1 Comment »

“If we are to live lives that enable us to hear more clearly who we really are, then we will have to learn to move to a rhythm that is superior to the ones we have fashioned for ourselves, or the ones a consumer society has foisted upon us. We will have to discover the [...]

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Down in my heart…Where?

Posted in Friends, Growth, life, prayer, versus, tagged , , , , , , , , on January 6, 2009 | 6 Comments »

I just learned a new word: “Joie de vivre.” (I’m still not sure how to pronounce it.  I have to wait to go home and have Dave help me out.)
Wiki defines the term as the “joy of living.” It even  suggests that the definition “joy of life” does not encapsulate the true meaning of living [...]

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“Connectedness sounds like this”

Posted in Growth, Resources, books, prayer, quotes, tagged , , on October 24, 2008 | 2 Comments »

“Humility is the essence of Connectedness. You have to know who you are and who you aren’t. I have a piece of wisdom. I don’t have much of it, but what I do have is real. This isn’t grandiosity. This is real humility. You have confidence in your gifts, real confidence, but you know you [...]

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