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Have you ever tried to get something done but cannot seem to finish because of interruptions? Maybe it's that paper for class that keeps calling your name, but friends or your job keep you from completing it. Maybe the 'something' is that magazine you are trying to read through but your kids keep interrupting you …
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Our ||40days|| journey through Lent continues this fourth week with attention to our theme: 'listen'. In previous weeks, we have looked at the journey of Lent, the need to acknowledge things in our lives, and then to turn from them. Today, with the focus on listening to God, we look at listening to God in …
When I do premarital counseling with couples, one exercise I always have them do is called the wish list. Each person must identify three things they wish happened more or less in their relationship, and then share that with one another. While one person is speaking, the other person has to listen without making a …
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Our ||40days|| journey through Lent continues this fourth week with attention to the theme: 'listen'. In previous weeks, we have looked at the journey of Lent, the need to acknowledge things in our lives, and then to turn from them. But what should we turn toward? If we are to turn away from sin, evil, distractions, and …
What was your schedule like this week? Did you rush around from one event or meeting to another? Did you feel like there wasn't enough time for everything and everyone? Legislators in the 1950s expected that as technological advances were made, people would have less work to do and more free time in their lives. …
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Matthew Erickson 