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)
MIX with your people. Get to know them and listen to them. WANT the best for them; have a vision for them, even if they can’t see this vision for themselves. SHOW that you care for them; be transparent with your emotions. HELP them with their problems. Do something for them they cannot do themselves.…
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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…
