Are All Mistakes Failures?
Do we really learn from our mistakes? Or do they just haunt us, hound us, hollow us out by eroding our confidence? Are there really...
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pastorourrock
- Mar 15
- 2 min
When We Look, Do We See?
In a book about communication, the author (Thomas Kirkpatrick) says, "Hearing is what we do with our ears, while listening is what we do...
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pastorourrock
- Mar 8
- 2 min
Dancing with Our Doubts
Maybe it's splitting hairs. Maybe it's jumping through mental hoops. And maybe there's a grain of truth in it all... that doubts and...
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pastorourrock
- Mar 2
- 2 min
When Being Reckless Is Ok
Actually, more than ok. Good. Even right. We probably think of recklessness as being wildly out of control. Like reckless driving....
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pastorourrock
- Feb 22
- 2 min
Is That So?
Maybe it is so and maybe it is not. A story of a lovely, peaceful, lush garden. Only two human beings. One known as male, the other...
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pastorourrock
- Feb 16
- 2 min
Seeing the Light
Light. We really miss it when it's in short supply. It's the reason we put lights on trees and shrubbery and mantels and mailboxes and...
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pastorourrock
- Feb 8
- 3 min
Picking But Not Grinning
Musicians playing stringed instruments amaze me. Especially when they pick the strings to make marvelous melodies. I could listen to...
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pastorourrock
- Feb 2
- 2 min
Need or Greed?
It's a tough issue, isn't it? Every day we make choices based on whether we need something or whether we desire it out of greed. It's a...
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pastorourrock
- Jan 26
- 2 min
Of Turtles and Lizards
Lizards are not the loveliest of all creatures. This one looks a little wary. Or grumpy. I recall sitting on my balcony in an apartment...
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pastorourrock
- Jan 19
- 2 min
Who Counts?
Birthdays can be big deals, can't they? I remember exactly how I spent my 30th birthday... at a youth conference with thousands of...
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pastorourrock
- Jan 11
- 2 min
Feet Can Go for Miles!
The ability to walk is no small miracle. To watch a child wobble upright rather than crawl on all fours is a fearful delight. Literally...
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pastorourrock
- Jan 4
- 3 min
What's with a Gift?
The big push is over. All that thinking about gifts to give. Purchasing or ordering them. Wrapping and shipping or delivering them....
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pastorourrock
- Dec 29, 2022
- 2 min
Straightening Up
Got your ducks in a row? Or, in this case, your roosters in a line!?! In other words, are you on top of things, organized, prepared,...
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pastorourrock
- Dec 22, 2022
- 2 min
Breaking News
Every day someone receives news that forever splits life in two, separating life-as-it-was into life-as-it-now-is. Often, it's a single...
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pastorourrock
- Dec 14, 2022
- 2 min
Where Do You Put Your Trust?
It's a precious gift. Many of us regard it as fragile so we guard it like glass. It can be easily broken. It's the top of the list of...
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pastorourrock
- Dec 8, 2022
- 3 min
What Do You Expect?
I'm thinking this young fellow is expecting someone to come along to play with him - what do you think? Or maybe he's expecting a parent...
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pastorourrock
- Nov 30, 2022
- 2 min
Heart Conditions
Like a door, a window, a gate, a book, a milk carton, a bank account, a faucet, and a mind, a heart may be open or closed. People with...
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pastorourrock
- Nov 22, 2022
- 2 min
What the Numbers Tell Us
Anyone else remember painting by the numbers? No artistry needed! Just match up the number on the little pot of paint with the number on...
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pastorourrock
- Nov 15, 2022
- 3 min
Shifting Ands
No, I didn't leave off the "s". I really mean Shifting Ands. Although this is a cool picture of sand. Well, sand and mountains. See -...
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pastorourrock
- Nov 9, 2022
- 2 min
The Right Ingredient
My mother resisted learning what I call the "domestic arts." She grew up on a farm in Ohio. She preferred to be outside slopping pigs,...
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