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How I Conquered Fear
@carol_mcclain I conquered fear. Well–one fear–but the technique works. Tale of Two (four?) Dogs I jogged along our road. About a half mile from our home, a doodle with his companion pit bull darted into the road, barking, snarling and leaping up on me. Ironically, the pit bull stayed back, but the doodle wanted to take …[ read more ]
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One Solution to Conquering Your Past
@carol_mcclain How do you conquer your past? There is one sure-fire way: Grace. Webster’s defines grace as “a free gift of God to humankind for regeneration or sanctification: an influence emanating from God and acting for the spiritual well-being of the recipient.” What the heck does the above mean? Glad you asked. I can give …[ read more ]
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How To Find Beauty and Joy
@carol_mcclain Phil. 4:8 Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things. How do you find beauty and joy? Read on. I drove to my favorite hiking spot. Swerving around curves, ignoring the roaring stream …[ read more ]
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What Is Truth? Why Are There So Many?
Carol McClain Definition of Truth Pilate famously asked, “What is truth” (John 18: 37-38). Webster defined truth as:: “relationship, conformity, or agreement with fact or reality or among true facts or propositions: the property in a conception, judgment, statement, proposition, belief, or opinion of being in accord with what is in fact or in necessity.” …[ read more ]
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Five Ways to Regain Gratitude
By: Carol McClain carol_mcclain My friend bought a vacation home on a beautiful lake. For years she’d marvel at her good fortune. Then time passed. It became a small, unremarkable house on a cul-de-sac of million-dollar homes. She lost the wonder. This year, though, she sat on her dock. Fireworks exploded down the cove. The cool …[ read more ]