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Cartoon: Promising New Year

  Cartoon of a guy with a calendar. He says to a woman, “This year looked so promising, until I realized I was looking at last year’s calendar.” I am ready for a new year, how about you?

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Small Victories

As we begin a new year, we can be tempted to make big, lofty resolutions. But an article from the Good News Network asserts that small victories count. Too often we like to think that a goal or resolution doesn’t count unless it has some big risk or reward. After all, a big risk can […]

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War and Peace

“Be at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let every new year find you a better man.” Benjamin Franklin Benjamin Franklin Quotes. BrainyQuote.com, BrainyMedia Inc, 2021. https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/benjamin_franklin_141046, accessed December 30, 2021. Frequently, our culture encourages us to confront others. If they don’t believe what our group believes, they are heathens that […]

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What Motivates You?

What gets you going each day? Is it the news? Is it a feeling that you have to perform? Maybe you’re motivated because the rent is due. Perhaps it is just money. That can be an issue when you’re asked to volunteer for something! What motivates you? Some of us may want to make the […]

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Can anything good come of 2020?

No matter how you slice it, 2020 was a rough year. We had two promising months in the beginning before we realized we were facing a global crisis. Can anything good come of such a trying year? Yes, it can! Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not […]