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Here's how to maximize your healthy years in retirement (Barron's via Fidelity). "For most of us, whether we get 75 or 85 or 95 healthy years is affected more by lifestyle choices than by genes. It's not really that complicated, eat right and moderate, exercise regularly, sleep/rest, keep positive/be resilient. And, have a daily intake of …
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*Lausanne Movement staff members from around the world share how they protect their rest and sabbath time on a daily, weekly, and seasonal basis. From Pakistan to Hungary, Kenya to the US, Sabbath and rest don’t come easily for most of us. We are busy leaders and ordinary people, living through times of crisis and …
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The National Day of Prayer is the first Thursday of May each year, so tomorrow is the day for 2022. To join with others to pray for America in an event near you, go here to find one. This year's theme is "Exalt the Lord who has established us" taken from Colossians 2:6-7. You can also join …
Those who have adopted a Biblical worldview should understand that work is not as the world defines it. We don't work just to make money, though earning an income is one of the benefits of our work. We don't do it just to achieve a more significant position in a company, though hard and diligent …
160 years ago today, April 6, 1862, at the end of the first day of fighting at the Battle of Shiloh, Brig. Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman had lost his will to fight. The other subordinate commanders were organizing for retreat. Sherman found Grant near Pittsburg Landing, huddled there, his sodden collar turned up in a futile attempt to ward off the rain, his saturated slouch hat pulled down over his head...
A young prince, deposed when an enemy overran his kingdom, fled to a neighboring realm where a friend ruled as king. He hoped his friend would grant him a new kingdom. Instead the king gave him 100 sheep. Surprised and puzzled, the prince took his sheep out to a field. Soon a pack of wolves …
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George C. Marshall had seen it too often. In WWI, generals and their aides—far from the sound of guns and the dirty faces of their front-line troops—laid out maps and devised plans disconnected from reality. They ruled over the distant battlefield from comfortable chateaus, moving men and machines as if they were pieces on a …
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I saw this today and thought it was a great way to approach the year!
*By Randy Alcorn, October 8, 2021 Being a hero is something entirely different than being a celebrity. Fame is one thing. Virtue is another. The two aren't even remotely related. In fact, the more famous you become the harder it is to cultivate and retain virtue. Celebrities are just people with good looks, talent, money, and …
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This is from a weekly e-newsletter I read from Sound Mind Investing, under their Round Up from the web. ".... But, in my opinion, humility alone isn’t enough to have a successful relationship with money. After writing a book on money a few years ago, I did a number of radio interviews. In one interview …
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