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Children are different from most adults. Children learn. Children take risks. Children are curious. Children ask frequent questions. Children take ownership. (How many times have you heard small children say “It’s mine!” when they play with something and you want to take it?) Children are not uncomfortable with ambiguities. Children are not afraid of failure [...]

Did you know we have the ability to think at the speed of a staggering 600 words per minute, but we speak at a much slower 100 words per minute? However, some never achieve the first benchmark. What a waste to talk 100 words per minute with a brain that’s not functioning at optimum capacity. [...]

One of the most valuable things we can do to heal one another is listen to each other’s stories — Rebecca Falls In last week’s Whatever! blog post I shared a story from my childhood days when a school friend’s father humiliated me. It happened because we had a person of color over for dinner [...]

The South Africa of the 1970’s was totally different from the one we live in today. The old South Africa was torn apart by apartheid, which is more accurately pronounced apart-hate and a-part-hate! Segregation between people of different racial backgrounds was the regime in which we lived. WHITES ONLY signs were visible everywhere — on [...]

Jesus’ first resting place here on earth was a manger. What a strange place to start his journey! It brought his speed way down. Suddenly, divine speed was much slower than ever. At the beginning of time God only had to slow down from eternity speed to walking speed when he did his first grace [...]

To live humbly in the presence of God and others is to follow a contrarian route. Humility is definitely not about turning into a spiritual jellyfish. Humility doesn’t entail that you have to surrender your own personality, views and opinions. (This is a popular misconception on the side of numerous believers and non-believers alike.) Humility [...]

In order for people to get ahead in this hectic-paced world of ours, they usually jump in at the deep end of the rat race. Faster, further, higher — that’s the solution to the never-ending demands of today. Even in the hallowed enclaves of the church I see throngs of burned out pastors who can’t [...]

Did you know that there is not a single text in the New Testament that refers to followers of Jesus as sinners? Here’s a list with all references to the term sinner (the Greek term for this word is “hamartolos”): Matthew 9:10, 11, 13; 11:19; 26:45; Mark 2:15-17; 8:38; 14:41; Luke 5:8, 30, 32; 6:32-34; [...]

Jesus did an amazing thing when he saved us. He turned us into icons/eikons of God again. In turn, God made us new from head to toe. He restored our humanity, our true iconic status. “Humans are by nature Eikons: that is who we are. By nature, we are designed with the inalienable right to [...]

Not only women are interested in body makeovers nowadays, but many men also. Enjoy the following story about male makeovers (by Christine Reed): Now anyone can have six-pack abs and killer biceps overnight — without exercise! “Muscle implants are the latest thing in plastic surgery,” says Dr. Eduardo Alvarez of Los Angeles. “We’ve been helping [...]