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“Don’t miss the bus.”
“A day late and a dollar short.”
“You snooze, you lose.”
These are just some of figures of speech that the English language uses to warn people against apathy, particularly toward important deadlines.
Part of life is learning how to be prepared for deadlines.
Miss them and there’s a cost.
Sometimes there is [...]

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Morning Devotion: Check-ups are good

Imagine pushing off from the dock in a sailboat with the intention of sailing from Miami, Florida to San Juan, Puerto Rico.
By the way, you’ll be making this trip without a compass or maps or any kind of instruments or guages.
You just have to trust your gut feelings that, while out on the open ocean [...]

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Every day, it seems, another example of societal degradation moves from the alleys of variant lifestyles into the bright lights of Main Street.
Incredibly, many of these corrupted developments aren’t pushed to the back of the parade but placed in front as “proof” that liberation from core values is more important than a tradition built upon [...]

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Morning Devotion: A kindly Christmas

We’ll all have some moments during this Christmas season when we’re feeling good about the love — and perhaps even gifts — that we’ve received from others.
We’ll feel our spirits lifted and our steps less heavy.
As we savor these blessings, let’s remember to share a bit of those blessings with others who aren’t experiencing the [...]

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A teenager who alternated between sucking on a pacifier and drinking milk from a baby bottle would need some serious counseling.
And so would any parent who enabled such behavior.
Fortunately, I’ve never seen such behavior.
At least not in the physical realm.
I wish I could say the same in the spiritual realm.
We’re called by God to grow [...]

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