Category: Say Yes

What else can happen?  I have had to stop asking that question because something else can always happen. And often, that something else in life is saying no.  Sometimes bad will turn to worse before things get better. Uncertainty about the future can be a big no for people.  What could have been worse for […]

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Whom do you hang around with? Who is your squad?    Unless you’re very intentional about broadening your circle, the people you keep closest will be the ones who reflect who you are and who you are going to be. In a sense, you are the average of the five people you hold as your […]

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When I was in sixth grade, my teacher told me that if I ever did manage to graduate from high school, I would end up in jail.  I was twelve years old – old enough to understand that my teacher had concluded I had no meaningful future beyond my high school years. It was clear […]

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Many of us have people always around us. Most of us also have access to more people than ever before, by way of friends and followers on social media platforms. Yet many of us find ourselves desperately lonely.   Loneliness makes it so much harder when life says no. Having no one with whom we can […]

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I was not expecting my life to take a drastic turn until a round of medical tests revealed I had prostate cancer just before Thanksgiving in 2010. That diagnosis translated into one great big no!   After receiving the diagnosis, I started reading John 9 to review the miraculous power of God to heal the sick…   […]

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