Division…always a bad thing?

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In the past when I thought of the word division or divisive it rubbed me wrong. There is a certain harshness to the thought that people, once united, would decide to divide or head separate ways. I don’t picture a clean break, but one that leaves jagged edges and hard hearts. Recently, there have been

Daily KIP

Daily KIP:  ”I believed it, so I said it” – does that sound like YOU?  Convinced. Bold. Confident…about your core values, your beliefs, what you stand for? Do you say what you believe?  OR Do you say what others want to hear; conform to what others believe?  To be accepted. liked. approved of? EmailShareShareStumbleUponPrintRedditDigg

Acceptance

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For 28 days, I had the ‘opportunity’ to read a certain paragraph about acceptance.  OK, I didn’t actually read it personally each time, some days I listened as another person read it, BUT, it was read each morning during meditation.  I didn’t realize it was an ‘opportunity’ at the time, back in May of 2009

Do you feel invisible?

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Invisible.  Have you ever felt this way OR are you feeling this currently in areas of your life? Looking back in my life, I can recall MANY times having felt invisible: …as a child thinking periodically, does my voice matter?  do my opinion’s matter? does anyone see me? …in certain relationships and friendships, does this

Give it a name

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Welcome back!  This is part two of the post where I introduced Towanda.  If you missed that, you can check it out by following this link.  If you had made the decision to read on, lets give it a name. First, you need to be WILLING to acknowledge that you have some character defects or

Daily KIP

Daily KIP:  Do you ever find yourself making excuses for “yourself” to others?  Explaining why you look a certain way when you run into someone unexpectedly? Acting the way you’re acting when you’re seen by others and caught off guard? Handling a situation in a particular manner when confronted?  Most often we make excuses about

Breakthrough Ministries

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We are thrilled to introduce to you our very first “KIP Pik.”  This organization is a perfect example, to us, of what we envisioned when we wrote our overview of How We Are, “Keeping it Personal and sharing your passion could be the start of an organization to help a family in need or a

What does a "thumbs up" mean to you?

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I dropped my son off today after school at his dad’s house, so he could go to his hockey game.  As he walked in front of my truck I rolled down my window and spoke loudly, “Good Luck tonight buddy, call me when your game ends and let know how the game went, I love

B.A.B.E

I was NOT feeling well yesterday, the sinus infection or whatever it is that I have right now kept me in bed all day – ugh!!  It took everything I had to get up, get ready and get going to the Christmas concert at our friend’s church. It took us about an hour to get