Have you heard something? Let it die with you. Be brave, it will not make you burst. — Ecclesiasticus 19:10. Sirach admonishes us not to gossip. Can you imagine in these days of social media what would happen if we all followed this advice? There are some benefits to social media I have found. We keep…
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Gentle Among You
We might have made demands as apostles of Christ. But we were gentle among you, like a nurse tenderly caring for her own children. — 1 Thessalonians 2:7. A good measure of a person is how they treat others, especially those who work for that person. I knew in an instant about the character of…
In My Own House
Prophets are not without honor except in their own country and in their own house. — Matthew 13:57b Can you know someone too well? Maybe not, but we have to work a little harder to overlook some things we know and be more forgiving if we are close. Jesus’s words may be why we have…
Remembered
The key to immortality is first living a life worth remembering. — St. Augustine. I think most of us know we aren’t immortal, but i think most of us want to be remembered. Then again remembered for what? It’s a good meditation exercise to ask oneself, “How would I like to be remembered?” It is…