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I try to post my thoughts on a book every other day but on the day I was to post, I developed a fever and have been feeling poorly since.   Been to the doctor and am beginning a round of … Continue reading →

Feeding the Frustration… Wow, what a title for a chapter in a book about taking action to do God’s work…your “holy discontent.” I don’t know about you but when I get the robo-call from the Alabama School for the Blind … Continue reading →

I am just going to apologize in advance.  I am going to leave out many people in my list of examples.   There are too many for me to name them all.  Pastor Hybels speaks about the people at Willow Creek … Continue reading →

Let’s just say that you buy into the whole concept of “holy discontent.” You have decided that you are not someone who believes that your life is purposeless.   You think you are living in this world right now for some … Continue reading →

Have you ever wondered why you have had to go through some of the things you have had to go through? If you have lived long enough, lots of “things” may have occurred: maybe a divorce, an accident, a disease, … Continue reading →

Ephesians 2:10 “For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.” Maybe you thought about the examples of Popeye people that Bill Hybels uses in chapter two of … Continue reading →

“The Lord God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and keep it” [Genesis 2:15]. It all began in the Garden…work. “Nothing is better for a man than that he should eat and … Continue reading →

Bill Hybels went to the promised land… You may think I am implying that this pastor of Willow Creek Community Church has “passed on” as we say in the south; he has traveled to his just reward.  Of course this … Continue reading →

Chapter two in the book Holy Discontent is dedicated to “Popeye People”, you know those folks who reached the stage of frustration when they had to do something to correct a bad situation.  They acted to make things better.  Hybels … Continue reading →

“I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well-fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or … Continue reading →