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Sep 1, 2011

How to Cope with a Toxic Boss

Glynn Young

I’ve counted 24 bosses over the course of my career. The longest I ever worked for one boss was four years. The shortest was for a few months. I’ve had good bosses and bad. I’ve had capable,...

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Aug 12, 2011

Forgiveness and Bear Traps

Heather Truett

I have been thinking about forgiveness. Specifically, I have been thinking about Jesus, hanging on the cross, praying, "Father, forgive them." I mean, it is one thing to forgive the past. You...

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Apr 8, 2011

Random Acts of Poetry: Five Dollar Forgiveness

Thom Turner

When I was in high school, I had to borrow money every once in a long while, but often it was the other way around. On one occasion, I remember handing out a $5 bill to buy a friend’s burger. I...

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Apr 1, 2011

Random Acts of Poetry: Forgiveness

Thom Turner

Lent corresponds with my busiest weeks at work all year. After days of long hours answering phones, expediting everything from memos to conference calls, working through lunch to meet timelines...

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Feb 24, 2010

Living Out Lent

Ann Kroeker

Today's stories focus on families that are experiencing this season of extended contrition and contemplation that reminds us who God is. Last week, Ed Cyzewski reminded us that Lent brings “an...

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Sep 3, 2008

Forgiving is not forgetting

Gordon Atkinson

Blake Coffee has another intriguing post up about forgiveness. He knows we can't always forget when we forgive. But he wonders if we should act as though we've forgotten. We remember but choose...

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Aug 28, 2008

A Hard Look at Forgiveness

Gordon Atkinson

Blake Coffee - The Church Whisperer - tells us a difficult story from a church he worked with. A member had done something terrible, and the question was, "what does it mean to forgive him?" Does...

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Mar 5, 2008

Scan Your Heart for spiritual Viruses

Sandra Herron

On a regular basis, I run what I call "make-happy" programs on my computer. Antivirus and other software programs check for threats lurking in the deep recesses of my laptop. If suspicious files...

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Jan 30, 2007

Ruby Bridges

Howard E. Butt, Jr.

In 1960, a six-year-old named Ruby Bridges integrated New Orleans' public schools. Every morning, through screaming crowds, federal marshals escorted little Ruby to a school now boycotted by...

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Feb 27, 2005

Forgiving

Howard E. Butt, Jr.

Author Philip Yancey tells of two peacemakers approaching a group of Polish Christians 10 years after World War II. They asked the Poles to meet with other Christians from West Germany. The...

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Daily Reflection From Laity Lodge

Add to the Beauty

During the past several days, I have been reflecting on various implications of a passage in Ezekiel 41 in which God reveals his plans for beautiful decorations of the temple in Jerusalem. I began... Read More +