Starting Over Blog

Compassion and Humility in a Divisive World

  How can we live in harmony in such a divisive world? Last week we looked at two heart attitudes that can foster harmony. There ...
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Live in Harmony

NPR’s radio show This American Life ran a segment about a marketing executive from Colombia named Jose Miguel Sokoloff. The government of Columbia hired Jose to run ...
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My Way or God’s Way?

In the previous blog we looked at how the word ‘submission’ has been radically misinterpreted. In today’s culture the concept of submission has a negative ...
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What Is Submission Anyway?

An important quality that is deeply needed in relationships is submission. Does that sound odd to you? In today’s culture the concept of submission has ...
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Is Loneliness a Solvable Problem?

Millions think that loneliness is a solvable problem and the solution is usually a person The reasoning goes something like this, ‘When’ I’m in a ...
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Honesty in the Journey

All of us struggle and no one is exempt. Bad things happen to good people. A phone call, a hard conversation or a heartbreaking doctor’s ...
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Decidophobia

Princeton philosopher Walter Kaufmann who coined the word ‘decidophobia’ says that human beings are afraid of making decisions. We don’t want the anxiety that goes along ...
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Hope For A Better Tomorrow

In the midst of shutdown, immigration and security concerns and our own stuff we all hope for a better tomorrow. All of us have hopes ...
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An Open Door For You

I’m looking out the window in the early morning on a very cold 3 degree Colorado day thinking about the New Year. Who can tell ...
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Give Gifts That People Need

If everyone in your life is easy to get along with and you have no relational difficulties at all then don’t read this. When we ...
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