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Carol Kuykendall writes: ‘My very pregnant daughter got her hair cut…from long to stylishly short. She was trying to get used to her new look when we ran into one of her friends. ‘Oh no!’ her friend wailed…‘I don’t like it!’ Then as...

Thousands have attended the Women of Faith conferences every year. Many have gone in search of hope, meaning and self-worth. After hearing one speaker after another describe God’s love for His children, an attendee...

 
Fearing the population growth of the Israelites, Pharaoh told the Hebrew midwives, ‘When you help the Hebrew women in childbirth and observe them on the delivery stool, if it is a boy, kill him…’ (Exodus 1:16 NIV). This word ‘stool’ is the same word...

 

Max Lucado writes: 'Today's my first [Father's Day] without a father. For 31 years I had one of the best but now he's...buried under an oak tree in a west Texas cemetery. Strange he isn't here...

Keeping your job and earning a promotion calls for: 1) Initiative: Think outside the box. Better still, throw the old box away and ask God for a new one! Intelligence is more than just IQ. The average employee with initiative will always excel over the graduate without it. If you don...

Succeeding at your job requires: 1) Empathy: Always show consideration for other people’s situation, needs, feelings and...

In his book, Emotional Intelligence, psychologist Dr. Daniel Goleman...

 
Even in a bad job market ‘good help is hard to find.’ So when employers find it they do all they can to keep it. Even in a long economic downturn, there are still practical rules that increase the likelihood you’ll keep your job, and maybe earn a promotion. These...

 
One Christian writer says: ‘When my friend had her first child she applied all her career talents to making a smooth transition into motherhood. She kept a rigid schedule, napped her son on time, planned time for grocery shopping, and always managed to have a nice dinner...

 
American columnist Ann Landers wrote, ‘Rose-coloured glasses are never made in bifocals. Nobody wants to read the small print in dreams.’ The small print in every dream is reality. You may fulfill your dream, but you won’t do it perfectly. Looking back you’ll...