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Disaster to Deliverance mapsandlanterns.org

Disaster to Deliverance

We are already at the end of another year! A time when we usually review performance over the year. Great ceremonies share the merits various categories. Review 2013 by taking a look at areas where you have excelled moving from disaster to deliverance. Turing the page of a calendar to another year is a mark […]

Happy Holidays MapsandLanterns.org

Love You More This Holiday Season!

Getting through the holidays at the end of the calendar year can stretch us. The extra rich foods, the enticement of shopping and the encounters with family, can cause us to become tired. Not like you need more sleep tired; the like you need something significant to change in your life kind of tired. This year […]

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Knowing who you are is key to Happiness

What would happen if we understood operating in strength causes us to be happy?  What are your strengths? How do you apply what you know about yourself to live a better life? You are the expert on you. What would be the outcome if you loved you enough to operate in strength? What if we […]

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Lee Daniels’ The Butler

On Friday I had the experience of seeing Lee Daniels’ The Butler. I found it to be an excellent story, well-acted, and very much worth seeing!! There were some parts of this PG-13 movie that were not my taste, however at times, when making a movie for mass appeal I guess they will need to […]

Father's Day 2013

How do you honor our Father?

Father’s Day. What does Father’s Day mean to you? What does it mean to me? First, I have to examine what father means to me. Thinking of my biological father brings a flood of memories. I remember him stating to my siblings and I the following, “I shoulda took you up by your heels when […]

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Are you ready to take a step?

Have you ever thought, how long must I wait? Have you asked, when will this situation change? I am in a season of developing more patience right now. I am learning more about trusting and relying on God. Not the kind of patience where you can see the item cooking in the microwave oven, you […]

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How Are You Traveling?

Where are you going? What path are you following? I don’t mean right at this moment, and I do mean right at this moment! You or rather your life is in motion. Based on the choices we make we are moving toward something. We can either look forward, be preoccupied by the rear or try […]

Practice Makes Perfect

Perfect or Perfecting?

So how was your Thanksgiving? Did you hold to the same traditions of the past? Did you experience the same kinds of things you did at this time last year? Did you do something different? Reflect on the day. Whether you were with a large group or alone, think about what went well. What did […]