MOTIVATE One of my favorite stories from this season is Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol.” It was first published in 1843, and today has a couple dozen movie adaptations.[1] The popular character in this story is Ebenezer Scrooge, and he has become a profound symbol of transformation from the magic and love of Christmas. Ebenezer…
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A Gift That Irritates
MOTIVATE The Christmas consumer rush is notorious for rude behavior. Winding traffic lines with drivers not wanting to let people enter lanes. Extended grocery lines with customers complaining about slow cashiers or not enough open registers. Out of stock items due to mass purchases for inflated sale of items online. Irrational people who give fruit…
A Gift To Boast
MOTIVATE One of the traditions people have around this season is lighting candles. Today, people often use a mechanical lighter to push a button with flint interacting with some sort of fluid to spark a fire. However, in the early years of fire starting, matches were an innovation.[1] A recent Netflix show of Enola Holmes…
A Gift For Enemies and Everyone (1 Corinthians 13:4)
MOTIVATE Sometimes the best gifts come in small packages. There’s a small phrase that is popular and carries big impact: “Just Be Kind.” It’s a petite and pithy phrase that almost everyone agrees and appears an easy solution to the conflicts and divisions common in our society. In fact, it’s almost kind of biblical in…
Growing Godly Generations 