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So you’re the master of multitasking, huh? It impresses your boss and wows your friends and family. Like that 1980s Enjoli commercial, you can bring home the bacon and fry it up in the pan. You can wipe runny noses, clean up messes, put out fires and even spark a few. Armed with a mobile device and a go-get-it attitude, you could rule the world (or at least the carpool lane). There’s just one slight hiccup. When you major in multitasking, you often minor in joy and fulfillment. “You are worried and upset about many things, but few things are needed—or indeed only one.” (LukeRead More →

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God is working on me and my pride. A certain type of pride is in everything I am and I do. I’m very proud of my accomplishments and the growth of my newly launched digital ministry. I’m proud of my summer garden that yields cherry tomatoes, lettuce, pole beans, strawberries, bell peppers and okra. I’m proud that I’m self-made, a project girl that made good. All of these things create a certain amount of confidence, self-assurance and yes, at times, arrogance. God doesn’t have a problem with my confidence. He didn’t give me a spirit of timidity. He wants me to feel self-assured because I’mRead More →

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Maybe it was the pout on my face that convinced a mentor administering a fresh dose of advice to issue a friendly reminder from across the dinner table. “We’re all broken,” she said gently after listening to my grievance.  “It’s a matter of deciding how much and what type of brokenness you can live with.” I agree with that. There are broken relationships, broken bank accounts, broken hearts, broken paths to success, and broken spirits. We’re all humanly flawed and imperfect in some ways. As I prepared to write this blog entry, the prodigal son (or daughter) kept coming to my mind. I see himRead More →

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If you’ve ever seen the Wizard of Oz, surely you recall the scene when Dorothy encounters Glinda, the Good Witch of the North in downtown Munchkin Land. She asks Dorothy, “What the Munchkins want to know is: are you a good witch or a bad witch?” Shocked by the accusation that she was anything less than angelic, Dorothy declares, “But, I’ve already told you, I’m not a witch at all! Witches are old and ugly.” Like Dorothy, most of us are convinced where we stand on the good to bad spectrum. If you profess to be a believer, you might even think you’re off-the-scale goodRead More →