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Do you build fences or dig wells?

By Dave Peterson

Love is God’s instrument for binding the world together. There are also other attempts to accomplish this task. Some will try hate to unite people. Some will use fear. Both will work for a season or two. So will suffering and need. But love has enduring power. In contrast, sooner or later hate becomes self-destructive. And the causes of fear, suffering, and need eventually either resolve themselves or fragment into self-interest. But love never ends.

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5 Keys to patience

By Regi Campbell

I’m a work in progress when it comes to patience. For years, I had almost none. I was in a hurry everywhere. I hated standing in lines and waiting on hold. Impatient with everything and everybody. Slowly but surely, I’m making some progress. Here’s how:

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Overcoming a 'wait' problem

By Robert J. Tamasy\

Nearly every week new reports surface about America’s growing weight “epidemic.” They speak about the alarming percentage of men, women and children tipping the obesity scale. It’s a problem, without a doubt. There’s another pressing issue that sounds the same but looks very different: Our collective “wait problem.”

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The value of patience

By Philip Struble

We all operate in a digitally obsessed world where we’re used to having what we need immediately and right at our fingertips.

And as business leaders, we’re constantly busy. Between rushing from work to home to family events, it’s no wonder we don’t really have much patience. Our environment makes us think that we don’t have the time for it—it’s just as Brian May wrote, “I want it all and I want it now.”

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Not a time for silence

By Brent Vawter

We are in a battle with a virus. This virus is tearing apart our social fabric as it continues its death march through every community in our nation. 

I'm talking about racism.

I realize that comparing racism to a virus like COVID-19 isn’t a perfect analogy, but here’s why I’m using it anyway, given all that we've learned about viruses this year:

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The platinum rule

By Regi Campbell

Everyone knows the golden rule. Here’s how contributors to Wikipedia explain it …

 

“The Golden Rule is the principle of treating others as one would wish to be treated. It is a maxim that is found in many religions and cultures.”

 

Jesus taught the Golden Rule in Matthew 7:12 ...

 

“So whatever you wish that others would do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets.”

 

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