We cannot "psychologize" the grace of God. God's actions are outs... by John Powell

We cannot "psychologize" the grace of God. God's actions are outside and above our human sciences.

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God isn't calling us to a lonely, joyless existence with the promise of a delayed reward. God is calling us to live, to love and enjoy the challenge. God's formulas are roadmaps to freedom and peace. God is saying to us: "The only way to live is to be free. So save your heart for love and save your love for persons. Don't ever let any 'thing' own you. Don't let money or fame or power or the pursuit of pleasure put a ring in your nose and lead you around. Love persons and use things." And of course, this is the only way to live, to be free.

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What are the "ifs" and "buts" that limit my enjoyment of life? by John Powell

What are the "ifs" and "buts" that limit my enjoyment of life?

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Blacks are about seven times more likely to live in neighborhoods of concentrated poverty than whites.

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Our lives are shaped by those who love us by John Powell

Our lives are shaped by those who love us

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Growth is always a gradual process, a bridge slowly crossed and n... by John Powell

Growth is always a gradual process, a bridge slowly crossed and not a corner sharply turned.

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You just don't make decisions about what you're going to be like when you are old. I know that I am making that decision right now. Every time we perceive ourselves, others, life, the world and God in a certain way, we are deepening the habits that will take over in old age. Every time I act on the insights that I am getting now I am deciding my future and choosing to be a kindly or cynical old man. Our yesterdays lie heavily upon our todays and our todays will lie heavily upon our tomorrows.

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There's the whole myth about rocket science. It's really not that... by John Powell

There's the whole myth about rocket science. It's really not that hard. It's not brain surgery.

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Comparison is the death of true self-contentment. by John Powell

Comparison is the death of true self-contentment.

true-self contentment self

I wanted to play music from the age of seven. I suddenly fell in love with it and that's what I was going to do, or to be involved with music. It was just speaking to me at a level that as a seven year old I suddenly realized the world was capable of supporting in my head a lot more than what I was understanding verbally and visually.

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You can't reinvent yourself for every movie. by John Powell

You can't reinvent yourself for every movie.

reinventing-yourself

The only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing. by John Powell

The only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing.

It comes back to haunt you. by John Powell

It comes back to haunt you.

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