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What’s a wish worth?

Posted on April 28, 2021 by Steve Simms

You can wishFor a fishBut you’re more likelyTo catch a fishIf you goFishing.

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The Sunday morning church plot

Posted on April 27, 2021 by Steve Simms

Every SundayThe plot’s the same.We’ve made church so tame. Church teaches Christians to listen to a preacher. Perhaps it would be more effective if it taught us to listen to our conscience. If a church isn’t empowering people to daily … Continue reading →

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How to gain from your pain

Posted on April 27, 2021 by Steve Simms

If you allow pain to close your heart, you’ll never get what you were supposed to gain from your pain. Even when you can’t change your circumstances, you can choose whether to let them irritate you or polish you. Excuses … Continue reading →

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History too often trivializes the terrible

Posted on April 26, 2021 by Steve Simms

History as it is written is usually cleaned up and sanitized. (It’s strange how people could call something that passed down institutionalized atrocities and systemic abuse for generations “the peculiar institution.”) As it happened, history was a smorgasbord of good … Continue reading →

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When you’re in your “uncomfort zone”

Posted on April 26, 2021 by Steve Simms

Your “uncomfort zone” can be a place of great growth, if you don’t let it make you frustrated and angry. Knowledge learned but not applied is information that cannot guide. Some people let problems inspire them to grow. Others run … Continue reading →

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Do Christians need adult-size, baby walkers?

Posted on April 25, 2021 by Steve Simms

Baby walkers help Infants and toddlers Move themselves around Before they learn To walk on their own. They’re not designed As a replacement For learning to walk And shouldn’t be used By older children Or adults. Sometimes Christians need help … Continue reading →

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What about those good memories!

Posted on April 24, 2021 by Steve Simms

When unpleasant memories try to enter your mind, don’t let them thru the door. Let bad memories be lessons learned, not patterns to repeat. You can’t remember everything. Why not choose good things to remember and the bad things to … Continue reading →

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The power of apology / the freedom of confession!

Posted on April 23, 2021 by Steve Simms

People like to brag and say, “I have no apologies to make to anyone,” (as if they had never done anything wrong to anybody). Pride refuses to apologize for wrongs it has done. Love is quick to. (The apology that … Continue reading →

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Spiritual weapons can curb gun violence

Posted on April 22, 2021 by Steve Simms

Firearm training? When loving-your-enemy-training is as popular as firearm training, we’ll be on the road to curbing gun violence. Society recognizes the need to train for physical health, but too often ignores the need to train for mental health. Physical … Continue reading →

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Marvel is more than superheroes

Posted on April 21, 2021 by Steve Simms

Too many people have lost their marvels. Now they see their amazing life as drab and boring. There’s so much to marvel at in life: nature, wisdom, technology, science, compassion, spirituality, the universe. It’s fun to find and appreciate the … Continue reading →

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