Transparent Christian Magazine

Old Worn Out Bench?

So this past weekend, I started. It was hot, I was sweaty, and could only pull off a couple hours at a time, but slowly I went about dismantling this monstrosity. I saw rot all over the place, and spent a good deal of time copying entire pieces as replacements for those pieces that were too far gone. I wound up replacing almost half of the wood in that bench.

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From Derailed to Prevailed–A Story by Tom Whiteman

I lost my job last week. Why is it so easy to console another person who has lost something; a job, a spouse, a battle or an opportunity, but difficult to console oneself? It’s bad enough to lose a position that you dislike, but this was a job I LIKED. Enjoyed, even. [...]

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Habitual Living–Something a little deeper from Tom Whiteman

Habits… Everyone has them; some good, some we’d rather be rid of. But even with this pervasive nature of habits, most of us have come to accept them as part of who we are, and that they help to define who we are to the outside world.You may be thinking of habits as a bad [...]

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