The facebook page, Mindful Christianity, is dedicated to bring a smile to your face or offer a word of encouragement to your life.
Recently, they posted this story of two dogs. Continue reading
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Cancel Culture
Rory Feek is a country music singer-song writer from Columbia, Tennessee. He’s also a blogger, author, and a world-class story teller. He was one-half of the Grammy-award-winning duo, Joey+Rory. Sadly Joey passed away 8 years ago with cervical cancer.
Today post is from Rory’s facebook page where he shared an article he wrote from Plain Values magazine in May 2023. It’s longer than we usually publish, but I believe you will find Rory’s article accurate, edifying, and spiritually challenging. Continue reading
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Nothing Requires Greater Wisdom Than This
I just stumbled across this post on encouragement from December 2023 by my friend and preaching colleague, Gary Henry, author of the WordPoints Day Book Series.
It’s piece about encouragement, honoring the late Paul Earnhart. I offer it without any extra or needed comment.
Thanks Gary for your labor of love reflected in your writing. Continue reading
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Counting the Cost
My preaching colleague and fellow Hoosier, Max Dawson, posted a piece on facebook a few months ago from his column “Pontiacs, Points, and Proverbs.”
Max is a “car guy” and loves to share various stories about cars and use them as a springboard to make a spiritual application. This one teaches a lesson that parallels one of Jesus’ parables. Continue reading
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A Manifesto For Myself on Social Media
Florida College professor and gospel preacher Doy Moyer posted on facebook the other day some personal guidelines for posting on social media. He titled it “A Manifest for Myself on Social Media.”
With Doy’s permission I would like to adopt this manifesto for my own. I recommend it to all of you as well Continue reading
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Honor All People
Recently my facebook friend and preaching colleague Adam Shanks posted a piece about honor that caught my eye.
“The world has decided to erase shame by erasing honor: giving awards for participation instead of achievement, heaping praise on those who are unable to control their urges, applauding the irreverent, and lifting up the dishonorable.” Continue reading
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Lend a Helping Hand
Not everything on facebook and social media is negative. Each Friday, we share something we’ve found that’s encouraging, edifying, or enlightening.
The Heartland page “is dedicated to providing daily positive, inspirational, motivational, kindness stories.”
Here’s one about a wife whose attitude toward her husband quickly moved from annoyance, to appreciation, to love. Continue reading
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Always Be Kind
“I was the poor kid growing up,” wrote Sherry Vonderhaar-Adair on her Facebook page.
“My mom used to send me to birthday parties with no present, just so I could eat. I definitely got to a point where I understood and was embarrassed as h—,” she recalls. Continue reading
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Stop Wishing. Start Doing.
“I wish I was a better Christian,” is a refrain I’ve often heard from fellow Christians.”
Sometimes, it goes like this. “I want to be a better Christian.”
Yet, the wishes and wants don’t always translate into action and change. Continue reading
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10 Things That Require Zero Talent
Success in any life endeavor is almost always equated with talent.
This is often true in the sports world. However, the team with the most talent doesn’t always win. In sales and marketing, less talented individuals often out perform their more talented counterparts. Some times the person with the highest IQ underperforms and others with less innate natural ability excel in their educational and academic pursuits.
Why?
I think my facebook friend and sister in Christ, Debbie Sullins Billingsley, offered the answer in a recent post. Continue reading
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