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Midday Tea: The Story of This Painting
The story of the painting, Midday Tea, by Steve Henderson at Start Your Week with Steve: The answer to the question, “How are you?” used to be, “Fine.” In the modern world, however, the answer has morphed to, “Oh, I’m … Continue reading
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Tagged busy, fashion, nostalgia, original oil painting, Steve Henderson, stress
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Christians: Here Are Three Sentences That Really Help People
Words are powerful, but not in the way prosperity preachers or New Age advocates claim. While words themselves do not convey any ability to create reality, simply because we utter them (e.g., “I CLAIM this blessing!”), they affect those around us because … Continue reading
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Tagged Christian, help people, sentence, Steve Henderson, word
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Human Suffering, and Wondering What God Is Doing about It
On one of the Christian Google communities I follow, a perfidious little troll regularly posts photos of starving children, highlighting his point with accompanying commentary like, “Where is the good and gracious God?” Actually, he’s more verbally adroit than that — quite shrewd, actually — and … Continue reading
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Tagged Christianity, God, human suffering, money
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Mindless, Meaningless Phrases We Repeat
Life in the world of men consists of partial statements, misinformation, disinformation, and 95 percent of the truth mixed in with 5 percent of the lie, and the winner of the game is the one who recognizes this and doesn’t … Continue reading
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Tagged BeliefNet, Christian, disinformation, Jesus, misfit, truth
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Into the Surf: The Story of This Painting
The story of Into the Surf, the original oil painting by Steve Henderson at Start Your Week with Steve: Children are the world’s best imitators. Naturally observant (until we educate it out of them), they learn by watching, reflecting and doing, … Continue reading
Posted in Art, art education, children, Culture, Current Events, Daily Life, Education, Encouragement, Family, fine art, Growth, home, homeschooling, inspirational, Life, Lifestyle, newsletter, ocean, painting, Parenting, school, self-improvement, success, teaching
Tagged children, educate, learning, painting, watercolor
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Frozen by Fear — What Do We Do?
The other day, I found myself in the middle of a church picnic. It was totally unintentional, and I’ll tell you the story someday, but the upshot is, I was chatting with a safe woman from the group, when I tossed out … Continue reading
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Tagged 9/11, awake, Christianity, fear, overwhelmed
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Spiritual Abuse
Years ago in my little town, there was a restaurant that was known not for the quality of its food (above average), the ambiance of its surroundings (cheap chic), or the professionalism of its staff (non-existent). It was famous, and wildly … Continue reading
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Tagged abuse, Christianity, church, restaurant, spiritual
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Do We Really Need Prayer in Public Schools?
Christians, like all humans, fuss about things, and a central fussing point of the last many years is prayer in schools. “Our country is falling apart because we no longer have prayer in schools,” people say. emphasizing the point with … Continue reading
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Tagged Christianity, misfit, prayer, prayer in schools, schools
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Christians Are Not Citizens of Babylon
The 6th century, B.C., was a tumultuous one for the Hebrew people. Always beset and troubled by enemies, the Jewish state, barely holding out in the territory of Judah and its capitol city, Jerusalem, was finally and fully conquered by … Continue reading
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Tagged Babylon, Christian, culture, lifestyle, misfit
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