Category: For the heart
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Why “Hosea”? (Hosea Part 1)
I imagine that Hosea went to one such club, as horny as any other young man in his early twenties. God spoke in his ear. “Alright, buddy. We’re here to get you a wife.”
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Exceptional Leadership (in Six Steps)
The simple power of these six steps calls for deep meditation: MIX: Who are your people? When/where/how are you regularly mixing with them. I’m beginning with my own immediate family. Beyond that, I’m not sure. But I know that ‘Mixing’ requires listening, setting aside my own agenda. It requires at least three people in conversation…
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Four Frames of Hope – Reframing Memories part 3
“We need to talk about this differently,” I said. “We both feel so emotionally exhausted from the last year that we see everything dark and despairing.” I’d taken Erin out for coffee, specifically to have this conversation. “What do you suggest?” she asked. “We need to take a different perspective, and realise what actually went…
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The four ugly frames – Reframing memories part 2
I’ve been thinking lately about ‘reframing memories.’ (You can read an earlier post here.) My thoughts come from the idea that the colour of a frame will often hilight details of a similar colour inside an artwork. For example, a red frame will draw the viewer’s attention to the red elements and details the painter…
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In silver and blue – Reframing memories part 1
I’ve been thinking for the last few weeks about “reframing” memories. You’ve been given a painting on bare canvas. It’s highly detailed, and the artist has used a wide colour pallet. In fact, there’s so much going on in the painting that it’s hard to know what to look at. You want to mount the…
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