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  • Ending Perfectionism Step 4: Life Is an Experiment, Not a Test
    Posted on Monday, November 7th, 2016 | Filed under Blog | Tagged: Carol McClain, character counts, commitment, Eccl. 11: 1, legalism, life's an experiment, life's not a test, perfectionism

    Cast your bread upon the water. Eccl. 11:1   By: Carol McClain  @carol_mcclain Life for me is about commitment. If I volunteer to do something or I decide to try a new endeavor, something inside of me compels me to keep with it–even if the act makes me miserable. My first church underscored this trait. It …[ read more ]

  • Perfectionism: Personal Triggers
    Posted on Monday, March 28th, 2016 | Filed under Blog | Tagged: 1 John 4:18, Carol McClain, character counts, First Epistle of John, legalism, perfectionism, personal triggers

    There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear. For fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not been perfected in love. 1 John 4:18 By: Carol McClain @carol_mcclain It’s funny, for years, 1 John 4:18 drove me nuts. I feared–ergo, I was not perfect. If I wasn’t perfect, I wasn’t …[ read more ]

  • Cause # 2 Perfectionism: Legalistic Leaders
    Posted on Monday, March 14th, 2016 | Filed under Blog | Tagged: 1 Peter 5:3, Carol McClain, character counts, First Epistle of Peter, Hebrews 10:14, legalism, legalistic leaders, Matthew 20: 25-8, perfection

    But Jesus called them to him and said, “You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great ones exercise authority over them. It shall not be so among you. But whoever would be great among you must be your servant, and whoever would be first among you must be …[ read more ]

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    • The Extravagance of God

      @carol_mcclain When I see a flower I stop. I examine the bloom, look at it from all angles, check the smell, and at last--photograph it. Everything about flowers captivates me--texture, scent, color, size. My photo albums are full of pictures that probably bore others, but delight me. How could God have created such diversity? We know we live in an "unfair" world. Some people, with little effort or with family influence, have everything. Some because of race or religion have little. Despite this, God has strewn the world with beauty--free to anyone who will look. Besides flowers, fish intrigue me.… ...[ full story ]

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