Managing Self

There are people who do an excellent job in time management, thrive on managing resources and have proven to be very good in managing relationships to a degree. They lead successful businesses, gain a great deal of fame and fortune, garner a large number of followers and maintain significant influence in their sector of expertise. […]

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Why So Passive?

“What do you want to do?” “I don’t know, whatever you want.” “I think we should get rid of those and then get these.” “Sure thing, whatever you want to do.” “We want to have this person in place.” “Well at the end of the day, it’s up to you. I will abide by the […]

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What Is Maturity?

Disclaimer: The following is not written by someone in the height of maturity. Here is the thing. Maturity is a remarkable thing. I recall people who have had a tremendous impact on my life through their maturity. What marked it out as mature was the measured way in which the person considered an issue, listened […]

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Abnormal

“You’re not normal.” She had heard that all her life. Her size made her the victim of endless bullying when she was younger.As she was not the most academically inclined they used that as another verbal stick with which to beat her. She wasn’t able to do the hairdressing job she wanted to do because of […]

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Tweaking It

I am comfortable not understanding everything. Even about God. Seriously. I am comfortable. It’s enough for me to make the most of the little that I know before getting greedy about looking for knowledge and understanding on everything. What I am reminded of fairly often is that even what I know should not be taken […]

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How Now Should We Live?

Men and brethren, what shall we do? Do you understand what you’re reading? Here’s water, what’s stopping me getting baptised? When the King heard the words, he rent his clothes and called for national reform. When he recovered his sight and got baptised, filled with the Spirit he went about preaching the good news. These […]

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Another Word on Inferiority

You may not think it at the time, but having an inferiority is one of the most defiant and stubborn positions you can take. The most tragic thing about the inferiority position is that it is based on false information. What doesn’t help is when people bring in the term humility to suggest that this […]

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Dryden On Pride

Humbly walking before God leaves no room for pride. I don’t presume to put my name in a blog entry because usually it’s not necessary. Indeed at the end of the day it’s not even about what I think about pride, it’s about what God thinks about it. Yet I felt it was good to […]

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