Month: August 2019

Purity

Are you a Puritan? Even if your familiarity with this historic religious movement – Puritanism – is limited to images from popular culture – I suspect a picture pops into your head when you hear that question. It’s the image of a very stern looking fellow, perhaps with a white beard, clad from head to… Continue reading Purity

Encouragement

We all need it, some more than others, but we all need it – encouragement. How do you define it?  What lifts you up, sets you right, enables you to take that next step in achieving whatever you need, or simply want, to do?  Chuck Swindoll said encouragement is “the act of inspiring others with… Continue reading Encouragement

Involvement

“I don’t want to get involved…” “What does that involve?” “Whose involved with this?” These are the typical comments you may get – or make yourself – when the issue of commitment comes up. Most of us are so busy, so committed, so “involved” already – that one more request or consideration can put us… Continue reading Involvement

Priorities

“Every decade possesses a particular characteristic. It comes into focus without announcement or awareness as the years unfold. Not suddenly, but quietly. Almost imperceptibly.” Swindoll, Charles R.. Strengthening Your Grip (p. 7). Worthy Publishing. Kindle Edition. That’s how, years ago, Chuck Swindoll introduced his important and helpful study on how to “get a grip” on… Continue reading Priorities

Strengthening Our Grip

Do you ever feel like sometimes you are (to borrow a great line from a Paul Simon song) slip slidin’ away? The media bombards us with the latest screaming headlines regarding the latest horrific news… You find yourself in deep into the “same old argument” with your boss, your spouse, your child, the neighbor next… Continue reading Strengthening Our Grip