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A Time of Refreshing in My Life
Life can be a grind sometimes. What we really want is some time of refreshing. Like jumping into a cool swimming pool on a hot day. Join Berni Dymet as he looks at refreshment – ...
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Building Lasting Relationships
Relationships can be one of the most enriching or one of the most destructive parts of our lives. Depends on the sorts of relationships we enter into and build. Join Berni Dymet ...
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Reaching Your Full Potential
Sometimes it’s hard to come to grips with the fact that we have some real untapped potential. The sad thing is when people live their whole lives without realising that ...
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Discovering the Hidden Things of God
We live in a world interested in “surface things”. Wealth. Success. Recognition … that’s what people value. So when we end up in a bit of a wilderness – it’s ...
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The God of Small Things
Let me ask you: What are the things in your life that matter to God? If you had to put a list down the left-hand side of the page of the things that matter to God, and a second ...
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A Strange Thing to Do
In a world dominated by winning, the idea that loss can be a good thing is something of an anathema. And yet, throughout human history, loss has forged characters, changed nations ...
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Sorrow is a Powerful Thing
“Identity politics” is a term that’s doing the rounds these days. It’s this idea that you have no right to comment on my lifestyle because this is who I am. But if ...
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It’s Black and White
Okay, so this may be a bit uncomfortable, but the fact is that many people look down their noses at others with a different coloured skin, or different shaped eyes. For many, ...
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The Best Hamburger in Chicago
We each, at some point in our lives, feel a deep longing inside for something … something that perhaps we can’t even put words to. And sadly, so many of the things out there ...
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Enjoy the Simple Things
It’s all too easy to imagine that all God’s interested in is the spiritual aspect of our lives, but that’s not true. He’s also interested in the physical, mental and ...
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Give Him Your Life
Okay, so we’re hurtling towards another Easter; a bit of a long weekend for some; some chocolate for others. But Easter … well, Easter is about so much more than a break and ...
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Which Way Should I Jump?
Have you ever found yourself rushing around under pressure, not knowing which way to jump, wondering “Why is this so difficult? How do I make the right decision here? If I get ...
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The Best for His Kids
We all have a tendency to allow compromises into our lives. And you know, when we do that, it’s like giving the devil a foothold to start plundering our lives. And that … ...
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Do You Know Him?
We tend to live this life as though it’s going to go on forever. But it isn’t. We know that. And yet, still we think and behave as though it will. So, when it is over, when ...
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Full-on Worship
If you’re going to succeed at anything in life, doesn’t matter what it is, you have to throw yourself into it. It has to be all-in, full-on. So why are so many Christians so ...
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Black and White
God loves every disagreeable person in your life, as much as He loves you.
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Ditching the Prayer Formula
Prayer isn’t some formula, it’s a passionate embrace.
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Where the Sun Always Shines
Your invitation to a place where the sun always shines.
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Power From On High
God wants to give you power from on high.
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A Fresh Start
What to do when just living life is getting you down.
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When Good Men Do Nothing
Stand up for what’s right; help those who are in need.
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What Will People Think?
Have you ever been in that situation, where you feel victimised by someone? It’s not a nice feeling is it? And for some people, it can be overwhelming. What if I told you that ...
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It’s My Way or the Highway!
Okay, so when was the last time someone criticised you. It hurts, doesn’t it? Even when they have the best of intentions. And yet criticism, if we channel it in the right ...
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A Stupid Thing to Do
Worry, worry, worry. We all do it, don’t we? We don’t think about it all that much. When something’s out of our control, something that could go the wrong way, we tend to ...
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De Facto Relationships
If you’re expecting God to get all politically correct on us here in the 21st century at a time when people want free speech (unless you disagree with them), then you’re going ...
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Setting Boundaries with Your Children
The relationship between parents and their children across society seems to have changed quite a lot over the course of my lifetime. But not all change is good change … not at ...
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Anything Goes
We all know that we make mistakes, that we do things that are wrong. But have you ever found yourself thinking, “Oh well, it’s only a small thing. Besides, God knows what ...
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Taking God At His Word
Sometimes, it can seem that God’s promises are just too good to be true. An abundant life – full of blessing. Yeah – right! But it also seems that some people meet Jesus and ...
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My Children, My Family
Okay, so when you hear that word “church” what images, what emotions does it conjure up in your heart. For many, those images, those emotions, are anything but positive. ...
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His Light for Your Path
If I had a dollar for every time someone’s shared with me that they feel as though they’ve somehow lost their way in life, I’d be a wealthy man. And upon questioning, it ...
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You Are My Child
One of the most common things that happen when we’re going through a rough patch, is that we feel alone … abandoned. But when you’re going through a rough patch, nothing ...
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The Little Narcissist Within
Have you noticed how divided our society is becoming? Just in these last few years, the temperature of conflict has definitely gone up. Everyone arguing, criticising, disagreeing. ...
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God’s Blessing – Hidden in Plain Sight
Here’s a radical thought. What if, just think about this, what if the blessing of God is all around us? What if the blessing of God is hidden right there in plain sight? What if ...
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Take God at His Word
It’s one thing to believe that this thing that we call “the Bible” is God’s Word, that it’s true. That’s one thing. But it’s quite another to believe that what God ...
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Putting First Things First
In this crazy-busy world in which we live, prioritising all the things that we have to do can be quite a challenge. And yet, deciding what to do next, has a huge impact on the ...
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By His Wounds You Have Been Healed
Suffering has a funny way of pulling us off course. We want to follow God’s call on our lives, but the moment the going gets tough, a whole bunch of people fall by the wayside, ...
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A Tongue Lashing
We often don’t think all that much about the things we say and how we say them. We just kind of blurt things out. But the problem with that is the things that we say have the ...
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Your Achilles Heel
You know what they say. When you fall over, get up, dust yourself off and keep on going. But there’s another bit to that. You don’t want to keep on falling over in the same ...
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Three Things to Teach All Children
Bringing up children is a huge responsibility. It’s a huge investment too, requiring a lot of sacrifice along the way. But inevitably, it’s an investment that also pays huge ...
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Smoothing the Way
Okay. It’s time for some straight shooting today on relationships –specifically, your relationship with the people who drive you nutty. The ones you see coming and straight ...
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The Only Thing that Really Matters
Heaven, hell, eternity … all that stuff … is so other-worldly that amidst the business of living life, they seem completely irrelevant. But one day, make no mistake, they’re ...
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Children of God
How secure are you in your relationship with God? What do you believe that He’s going to do on that occasion when you’ve failed Him one time too often? Boot you out of His ...
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Power from on High
The Holy Spirit is God. We talk about God the Father and God the Son, but how often do you hear people talk about God the Holy Spirit? And in any case, why is it that Christians ...
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Hiding in a Cave
When things in your life have been at their worst, when you’ve been completely rock bottom, let me ask you, on a scale of zero to ten, how inclined were you at that point, to ...
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Blood is Thicker than Water
Families are something that, all too often, we take for granted. Perhaps that’s why so many of them are falling apart these days. I was really convicted by something I read in ...
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Shipwrecked
There can be nothing more frightening than being on a small ship on a stormy ocean, with the prospect of sinking. And frankly, sometimes, that’s exactly how our lives appear. ...
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Things That Matter
Just think for a moment about all the stuff that you own. The possessions you’ve surrounded yourself with. Honestly, in the scheme of things, how important are they to you? A ...
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A Fresh, New Beginning
Here we are. A new day … a new year. What are you going to do with the year that lies ahead? Will it just be the same old, same old, or is it time for something … new? The 1st ...
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My Best for My Children
The Bible says that children are a blessing from God, and, of course, they are. But let’s face it, bringing up children is hard work. It’s a long road. And it’s easy to lose ...
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Unto Us a Child is Born
The coming of Jesus into this world, wasn’t some last minute rush job. It was something that had been on God’s great and mighty heart, since before the beginning of time. And ...
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Are Things Getting You Down?
Here’s one of the great paradoxes of life. The more affluent we become, the more self-absorbed we become. And the more self-absorbed we become, the more miserable we become. ...
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His Word Stands Forever
Everything that you’ve worked so hard for in this life, everything you’ve sacrificed so much for in this life, one day … one day, it will all be gone. Wherever you are, ...
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It’s the Little Things
Can I ask you bluntly, up front today, are you right now, being tempted into some small dishonesty? Just a little thing that you think no one will notice? Sometimes we like to ...
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When Your Patience Wears Thin
Patience is one of those fine character traits that we’d all like to have, but that we never want to use. Because if you have to be patient with someone, then it’s likely ...
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The Corinthians and the Macedonians
It’s amazing how touchy people can become, when they’re asked to support God’s work through this ministry or that. In fact, some of the rudest letters I’ve ever received, ...
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Fellowship
Making time for other people is becoming more and more difficult. After all, so many of us have so much to do. And yet, making time for others, is one of the most important things ...
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What is God Thinking?
In any relationship, often people do the most unexpected things. It’s true in our human relationships and it’s particularly true in our relationship with God. Sometimes, God ...
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Nothing Left to Chance
Those unpredictable things that happen in life, those unexpected twists and turns, can I ask you, how exactly do they fit with the plans that God has for you? Sometimes, it seems ...
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Which Jesus Do You Believe in?
When you hear that name “Jesus” what images does it conjure up in your mind? What does brand Jesus mean to you? One of the things that God’s blessed us with is an ...
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His Abundance
A question for you today: on balance, are you a person who’s filled with the joy of the Lord, or are you miserable, negative and fearful? It bothers me greatly to see Christians ...
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Thinking About Divorce?
Marriages seem to be falling apart at an ever-increasing rate of knots. So you have to ask yourself, how does a relationship that began with such a great sense of hope and ...
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Marriage – The Most Important Thing
There are days when being a husband to a wife simply isn’t easy. And sadly, it’s on days like those, that many a husband simply gives up. Marriage is the most wonderful idea. ...
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My Soul Thirsts for You
Can I ask you today, in your heart of hearts, do you long for God? Or has that flame gone out. Have you perhaps, stopped thirsting for God? It’s funny how when a couple is ...
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Love is Something You Do
What do you do, when someone wrongs you, over and over again? When they treat you badly? Well, how exactly do you handle that? My hunch is that there’s not one of us who ...
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Like a Child
I think sometimes, when it comes to the promises of God, we over-complicate things. We try to put this infinite God, into a little box where we can contain Him. When I was a ...
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The Shirt
I was in a dress shop the other day looking at clothes with my wife. She pulled a blouse out from the “specials” rack, which I have to tell you, was absolutely stunning. While ...
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Exhibit Number 850
A few years ago, I saw the weirdest thing on TV; these young people, sprinting through a cavernous chamber in a grand old art gallery in London. Every thirty seconds – a ...
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It’s An Odd thing
New Zealanders and Australians have a funny little relationship going. We’re like bickering siblings, having little digs at each other across the Tasman Sea. We Aussies like to ...
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Banishing Misery
Let me ask you, have you ever sought after God with all your heart? Are you hungry, are you thirsty for Him? Do you want Him more than anything else on this earth? Because it’s ...
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Hide and Seek
Have you ever felt as though God is playing a game of hide and seek with you? Sure He’s out there … somewhere … but where? Lord what are you up to? What do you have planned? ...
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Praying and Preaching
Do you know what’s fascinating? Jesus had His disciples with Him for about three and a half years during His public ministry. And those guys learned a lot during that time. Why ...
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When Nothing Seems To Make a Difference
Fear, I mean real fear, is a terrible thing. It rocks you to the core. It robs you of peace and joy. In fact, real fear can be completely debilitating. Under that sort of pressure ...
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Nothing is Bigger Than God
What’s the biggest problem in your life right at this moment? That one thing that’s the root cause of fear and pain. It doesn’t take long to recall does it? We all have ...
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It’s Not the Bad Preaching
I know people who rock up to church on a Sunday morning and they sing the songs, they listen to the sermons, they have a coffee and a chat with some friends after the service and ...
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A Fresh Start
I’ve been to so many churches and listened to so many sermons that to be perfectly honest, felt like dry, boring, theology lectures. Sorry, but that’s the truth. Now ...
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The Funniest Thing
I was in India recently. Now, if you’ve ever been there and mixed it with the almost 1.4 billion Indians crammed into a plot of land about one seventh the size of Australia, ...
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The History of Food and Health
You don’t have to be an expert to realise that as a society, we’re getting fatter. Just look around at the body shapes standing in the queue at your local fast food outlet. ...
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Behind the Back
There’s nothing worse than someone who’s all smiles when they’re face to face with you, but then when you turn around, they stab you in the back. Well, I guess maybe there ...
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Stop Making Mountains out of Molehills
Anyone who’s been married for any length of time will tell you, that the little foibles in their marriage partner that they once found endearing – at some point, became ...
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Losing the Shine
What’s the most precious thing that you own? I’m not talking about a relationship, or people here. Or the joy or the peace you might have. Just put all that to one side for a ...
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If I Could Change Just One Thing
I was asked to write an article recently for a magazine specifically for young women. Now you might ask yourself, what’s a grey-haired guy like me, doing writing an article in a ...
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The Hungry and the Thirsty
Now, I know that you and I make mistakes in life – hopefully we’re growing and learning and improving – but we still make mistakes. It’s simply a fact of life. Sometimes ...
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Everything is New
Every day is a new day, isn’t it? After all, every morning, despite the pitch-black darkness of the night, the sun comes up again. Each and every morning, the love and the mercy ...
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One Thing God Hates
We all know people who, how shall I put it, throw their weight around. They’re arrogant, they walk over the top of other people. They’re bullies. They use anger and aggression ...
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Why am I Doing This?
As someone who is an action-oriented, Type A kind of a person, one of the things I’ve struggled with in the past, is striking the balance between getting out there and doing ...
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The High Road or Low Road
Do you remember that great old Scottish ballad, “Loch Lomond”? … O ye’ll take the high road and I’ll take the low road and I’ll be in Scotland afore ye … ...
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Leave Wickedness Behind
Wickedness is rather a strong word. I don’t think that any of us ever really thinks of ourselves as being “wicked”. According to my dictionary, wickedness is the quality of ...
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Anything You Want
I have a question for you. If you were God, and if you loved you – the person you are now – the way God loves you, what would you (as God) give you (the person)? In other ...
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This is Going to Sound Stupid
Now … I know this is going to sound stupid, but you know what I’ve discovered? When I pray about something first, things seem to go much better. I told you I was going to ...
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Rushing Our Time with God
It’s been an incredibly busy time for me the last six months or so. One of those seasons in life where … well, you know what it’s like. One of those perfect storms of ...
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The Gift that Lies Within
You know what I’ve noticed? The things that we’re really good at doing are the things that we really enjoy. It’s true isn’t it. The problem is that a lot of people on this ...
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You Are My Hiding Place
When disaster strikes, where do you turn? When people are nasty to you, where do you turn? When you just don’t know which way to turn, where do you turn? Well, where do you ...
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Mercy or Shame – Which Shall it Be?
As you look back on your life, no doubt you can see a string of missed opportunities. I certainly can. Times when we had the opportunity to do right, to honour God, to bless other ...
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The Power of Godly Thinking
It’s an incredibly powerful truth that our behaviour affects our thinking and our thinking affects our behaviour. The two are inexorably linked. Without a shadow of a doubt, the ...
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He Sits and Thinks, But …
It never ceases to amaze me how easy it is to ignore the things that we are taught. I remember during my tertiary studies, plenty of times sitting in class, hearing the lecturer ...
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Gazing Upon Heavenly Things
The reality for all of us, is that we lose sight of God amidst the busyness of life, just the day-to-day living life – who He is, His love for us, His incredible power for us. ...
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The Terrorist Lays Down His Gun
A few years ago, I recorded a radio program about the fear of God. Now, I remember thinking to myself, “No one wants to hear about the fear of God these days.” But I just felt ...
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Don’t Settle for Anything Less
It’s amazing, just over my lifetime, how many changes have taken place, as oppressive regimes have fallen. The Berlin wall came down in 1989. The Soviet Union came apart in ...
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New Year, Fresh Start (2)
As we step into this new year, there are so many people for whom the hurts, the losses, the failures, the regrets of last year are holding them back, robbing them of that sense of ...
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New Year, Fresh Start (1)
As we step into this new year, there are so many people for whom the hurts, the losses, the failures, the regrets of last year are holding them back, robbing them of that sense of ...