backbone Spiritually Speaking: Camouflaged “Why fit in when you were born to stand out?” — Dr. Seuss I know what you’re thinking, Dr. Seuss lines aren’t exactly the most profound phrases to initiate a spiritual subject on. But with hunting season ushering in, I couldn’t help
backbone Spiritually Speaking: The Activation Code “Jesus answered and said unto them, Verily I say unto you, If ye have faith, and doubt not, ye shall not only do this which is done to the fig tree, but also if ye shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the
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backbone Spiritually Speaking: Standards For much of my own Christian walk I retreated from confrontation. Instead of stepping up, I would bend—maybe only slightly, thinking I was playing it neutral—in order to avert hurt feelings and crushed toes. This only proved I couldn’t stand up for what I believed in. I
backbone Spiritually Speaking: Facing Our Fears 2 Kings 6:16 (KJV) “…Fear not: for they that be with us are more than they that be with them.” It’s easy to look at the circumstances around us and worry about what will happen next. These days the news channels constantly badger us about everything depressing in
backbone Spiritually Speaking: The Struggle After conquering through a time of struggle, a close friend of mine told me she relates her life story to Genesis 32:24-31. For those unfamiliar, it tells the story of Jacob literally wrestling all through the night against a man he did not discern at the time was an
backbone Spiritually Speaking: Thick Skin Most of us grew up believing the best way to get by in life was to have thick skin. From our childhood we were taught to let offenses slide “like water off a duck’s back” and told repeatedly “sticks and stones can break our bones, but words will never