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Good Work

I just finished a project. It had been hanging out on my to-do list for at least months, maybe even a year. Based on the time elapsed since I added the project to my list, it evidently had no urgency to it, but it was an important task, nonetheless. Also, it’s one of those behind-the-scenes projects that others won’t see. Few know about it; fewer care. But you know what? It feels good to have it completed. Recently I reviewed the Eisenhower Matrix, a...

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Hide and Seek

One of my favorite games growing up was hide and seek.  I lived in a neighborhood with several other boys my age who became my closest friends.  Most days, we would gather at one of our houses and run through a list of options of things we could do.  This list included the typical options of riding bikes, playing sports, jumping on the trampoline, or playing video games.  When we were younger, however, hide and seek was a popular choice.  There was even a stretch...

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Emmanuel

“God with us.” A promise of his presence. A promise that we are never truly alone. The mighty one who was present at the creation of the world is also present on our best, our worst, and our most mundane days.  In Matthew 1:22-23, an angel provides hope that, “... all of this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, Behold a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel...

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