Author: cheez
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Taking A Sabbatical With Family
Taking a sabbatical with your family is a great way to create special memories. Included in my three-month clergy sabbatical in 2012, was one month in Minnesota with family. This was a really big deal, since we and our children and their families all live in Florida! We are from Minnesota and the first parish…
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We Can Change With God’s Help
So here’s what I want you to do, God helping you: Take your everyday, ordinary life—your sleeping, eating, going-to-work, and walking-around life—and place it before God as an offering. Embracing what God does for you is the best thing you can do for him. Don’t become so well-adjusted to your culture that you fit into…
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Are You Skipping Your Vacation Because Of The Work Load Afterward?
A vacation by definition is a time of respite, a time away from work, a time to relax or travel. In theory, after the vacation, one is primed and pumped to get back to work full of renewed energy and enthusiasm. So, what happens to the vacation if you are dreading your return to work…
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Live The Dream
For many, retirement is the time to live the dream. Which dream is that? For lots of us, the dream is travel—to see the world. We ourselves are baby boomers. We are thinking a lot about retirement. Much as is the case for lots of our contemporaries, “what we want” and “what we can afford”…
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Be Part Of The Bigger Picture
What is the use of a house, if you don’t have a decent planet to put it on? (Henry David Thoreau) As a Christian, I believe that every life serves a purpose. There is always a bigger picture to consider. Each of us is here for a reason. We belong to something—to someone—much bigger than…
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Traveler Or Tourist?
The traveler sees what he sees. The tourist sees what he has come to see. (G. K. Chesterton) Photo: Nature by Moyan Brenn is licensed under CC by 2.0.
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Do You Believe In Miracles?
There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is. (Albert Einstein) Travel can open our eyes to miracles, as well as the amazing world that simply “is.” Our imagination can take us to places we have never been. But, home…
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Thinking About Traveling To Belgium?
The last episode of the BBC production of Agatha Christie’s Poirot, starring David Suchet was filmed in November 2013. Between Netflix and Amazon Prime Instant Video, we have managed to watch almost all the episodes of Poirot with Suchet. Again and again, viewers are reminded that Poirot comes from Belgium not France. For 25 years,…
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Have Fun Living Green
People rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing. (Dale Carnegie) Take a vacation and help the planet. People are more productive when they are rested and energized. News of global warming and the need to protect resources is disheartening. What are we to do? Take a much needed and refreshing vacation? …
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Free vs. Paid Membership
To pay or not to pay? That is the question many would-be home exchangers ask themselves. In most home exchange networks, the annual fee for listing your home is nominal–$75 to $150 (about half the cost of one night’s lodging for the typical vacation). But, there is a greater issue at stake when you pay…