Tag Archive - Peace

A New Opportunity To Change The World

January 10, 2013 in Peace Love & Unity with 20 Comments

I’m writing today as a contributor to the Christian Writers Blog Chain. Our theme for this month is Forward. Christianwriters.com is an excellent place to network if you’re a Christian writer or author.

A new way to look at you'll never walk alone.

A new way to look at you’ll never walk alone.

So you want to change the world? What you do today will affect your future, and how you will be living tomorrow. When I think back to my past there are many things I would possibly change. But then I start to think… I’m blessed with an amazing family, having 4 generations of family that live within 3 miles of each other, and I see my grandchildren nearly every day; I’m in a solid, healthy relationship; my heath is excellent for a man my age (If you’re wondering I’ll be 5-0 this year!); and I’m living a dream in being able to fulfill a life-long ambition to be an author and write books. That’s not to say everything is perfect. While I do tend to focus on the positive, there are many challenges for me, like everyone, on my daily walk through life. I feel extraordinarily blessed with joy, peace and love in my life, and if I could and did change the past, would I be in the same place right now? I don’t know, but I can share this with you: my experiences from the past have helped to shape the person that I am today, and I’m thankful for that.

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Two Things I Will Always Remember From This Christmas Season

December 19, 2012 in Peace Love & Unity with 3 Comments

Tis the season… to stop blogging.

I’m taking the next two weeks off from posting new material here at I’m Just Thinkin’, to enjoy the holidays and spend extra time with my family and friends. I would encourage you to do the same. Be back on January 3rd.

Newtown CT Heroes

Sandy Hook Heroes

Until then, here are the two things that I’ll always remember from this Christmas season:

  • The little kids. Sad. How do we turn something good from this tragedy in Newtown? Please watch this very short video interview with Andy Stanley. Our national and personal conscience and the centering of right from wrong potentially benefits from tragic events like this… if that’s a rational choice we make. Andy says it’s in the power of the Christmas story that we find hope to move forward… through the innocence and vulnerability we strive to understand, relate to and see in the newborn King, Jesus.
  • The power of the Christmas story brings hope. Not a typo. Yep, I repeated some of the last sentence of the previous paragraph. Why? The beauty of the Gospel is everywhere we look. I see it in my life every single day. Stick around and I’ll be sharing more about what I’m learning on my journey…

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“Glory to God in the highest,
and on earth peace to men on whom His favor rests.” Luke 2:14

Don’t forget to put out lots of milk and cookies for the jolly old fellow :-)

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!

Life With The Tribes And The Rewiring Project

December 13, 2012 in Peace Love & Unity with 8 Comments

Sticking with the plan!

Sticking with the plan!

I was working on a project site recently and asked one of the guys working on the construction side of the project how the building was progressing. This major project consists of rebuilding an airport terminal. Part new construction, and part reworking an existing structure. He indicated it was going ok, new construction like a dream, but they were having issues with renovations to the old building. Something like a nightmare, the reconstruction part, that is.

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Peace, Truth and Grace: The Battle Just Won

November 13, 2012 in Peace Love & Unity with 2 Comments

Yesterday was Veteran’s Day. I took the day off, enjoyed the parade in downtown Jacksonville. It was fun! Pretty cool that we spend a whole day every year in gratitude for the soldiers that fought for our country. Those who fought for a worthy cause…

So I was thinking about peace since that is something that I try to write about here frequently. When I think about peace, especially on Veteran’s Day, my thoughts drift to those conflicts that affect us globally… fighting for a worthy cause. The big ones, like WWII. What if we chose not to fight? What would the world look like now? What if…

Interestingly, my thoughts today were focused on trying to foster peace closer to home, here in my own community… with everyone that I come into direct contact with. What if we chose not to fight? What would the world look like now? What if…

I came up with lots more questions…

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The Keys To The Greatest Heirloom

November 7, 2012 in Peace Love & Unity with 21 Comments

This key is for everybody.

I’m writing today as a contributor to the Christian Writers Blog Chain. Our theme for this month is “Pursuit.” Christianwriters.com is an excellent place to network if you’re a Christian writer or author.

The greatest heirloom that I can come up with that has been passed down from one generation to the next would be our heritage.

I guess a trove or burgeoning treasure chest is full of trinkets that have value. However, the Kingdom of Heaven is priceless. It’s enduring. Everlasting. It would seem to me that there is nothing that could even compare here on earth to what we are offered through belief in Jesus.

So I was digging around (figuratively only, since I am a Geologist… hee hee) and found this “key” verse:

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