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Nov 13

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Daily Dose 25: The Keys 1: Key Purpose and Key People

Home’s Purpose:

Home is the oldest of all the social institutions, set in place by the Lord at the creation. Throughout all of man’s existence, virtually every person has had some kind of home experience. That makes for too many opinions about what might be good, bad, unique, or vital about home  as a social institution. If our priorities are going to help us oversee our homes well, those priorities need to grow from what is true,  not what we think or our cultures declare, not what we or our nations experience. Read more

Nov 12

Daily Dose 24: Executive Oversight 3: The Agenda

Almost every complaint I have had with myself about not having adequate time to do whatever I thought needed doing, has been resolved by the spiritual impact of the Lord’s Day on my wrong thinking, and by the practical impact of my Executive Oversight time to puzzle through to a solution of how to do what must be done in the time available.

So many wonderful things happen on Sunday, I don’t like to “waste” any of it, even for a regular nap. Of course, I have both enjoyed and needed an occasional Sunday nap, but draw the line at laundry, mopping floors, or even routinely cooking big fancy dinners. Read more

Nov 11

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Daily Dose 23: Executive Oversight 2: The Time

Did you know that during the French Revolution the social reformers did away with Sunday and the week as we know it? They tried to implement a 10 day week with no Sundays or Christian holidays. We think we live in a deeply secularized society, but very few social designs have been as stridently secularist as the French Revolution. Read more

Nov 10

Daily Dose 22: Executive Oversight 1: The Need

When I answered the phone one afternoon, the college administrator on the other end began by apologizing for the interruption. “Quite all right,” I responded. “I’m a mother. I never get interrupted, I just change focus a lot.” Truer words were never spoken. Rarely have more helpful words been spoken. Changing focus is what we need. Read more

Nov 9

Daily Dose 21: Turning Around Discontentment 2

To enjoy the full benefit from pesky questions like the contentment question, we need to spread them over our lives like rich butter on warm, fresh bread: liberally. When we move the question around different parts our life, it helps us clarify where we need to work on our God-given responsibilities, and it helps us attend to subtle long term needs, rather than only concentrating on screeching and screaming short term pressures.  Read more

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