Tag Archives: attitude

Productive Anger

Posted on February 11, 2019 by wisdomfromafather

It’s time to share this week’s Words for the Week. This comes from a 1993 pro basketball game. Many years ago during a Knicks-Bullets playoff game, one of the Bullets came up from behind the great Walt Frazier and punched … Continue reading →

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The Peacemaker

Posted on January 31, 2019 by wisdomfromafather

I’ve been reading a lot about enneagrams lately. I don’t think I’ve ever consciously taken the enneagram test, although over the years, I probably did in one form or another. It seems I’m a Type 9 personality … The Peacemaker. … Continue reading →

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Faith

Posted on January 27, 2019 by wisdomfromafather

This week’s Sunday reflection focuses on Christ healing a Roman officer’s son/servant in Matthew 8:5-13 from The Interpreter’s Bible. Matthew’s ambiguous pais can mean either “son” or “servant.” Luke understands it unambiguously as “servant” (Luke 7:2), while the related story in John … Continue reading →

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Five Minute Friday: Convenient

Posted on January 25, 2019 by wisdomfromafather

Here’s this week’s installment of Five Minute Friday. You might remember the task is to write for five minutes on a specific prompt word. Then, post and encourage others who have braved the exercise by linking up at Kate’s spot … Continue reading →

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Power of Words

Posted on January 21, 2019 by wisdomfromafather

It’s time to share this week’s Words for the Week. This come from Chris Snook from his original book Wealth Matters, co-written with Chet Snook. I picked these words to share because, I feel, we are in the middle of a no-holds-barred war … Continue reading →

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This Day

Posted on January 14, 2019 by wisdomfromafather

It started as a way to spend time praying for my family, friends and faith partners and share with them some nugget of encouragement for the week. Sometimes it’s a sentence. Sometimes a paragraph. Sometimes a story. I’ve discovered each … Continue reading →

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Jesus, Take the Wheel

Posted on January 10, 2019 by wisdomfromafather

It’s always interesting when I dream — especially when they are super vivid and memorable. I dream a lot, in fact, all I have to is close my eyes and those neurons in the grey matter go crazy. Most of … Continue reading →

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Midweek Mirth

Posted on January 2, 2019 by wisdomfromafather

One of the misconceptions about being a Christian is we don’t know how to have fun or have a sense of humor. Trust me, if the Big Guy can have a sense of humor when it comes to dealing with … Continue reading →

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Give God your best

Posted on December 30, 2018 by wisdomfromafather

To kick off the “new” approach to blogging, Sundays will feature a Sunday staple — words from His Word. Most of a time, it will be a devotional that caught my attention, although sometimes, I’ll include my words from the … Continue reading →

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A Christmas Prayer — 2018

Posted on December 25, 2018 by wisdomfromafather

As a Christmas gift to myself, I again vowed to take Christmas off. No writing. No work. But I did want to share a Christmas message. What to do? Well, as I’ve doing for the past few years, I “borrowed” … Continue reading →

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