Tag: travel
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Touch The Lives Of Others With A Home Exchange
My life shall touch a dozen lives before this day is done, Leave countless marks for good or ill ere sets the setting sun, This is the wish, the prayer I always pray: Lord, may my life help other lives it touches by the way. – Anonymous As a Christian, are you ready to begin…
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Lifestyle Quotes
I came across a couple of quotes that help me as I struggle with my complicated lifestyle. I share them because so many of us put off “really living” and “traveling” because we make everything too complicated. First quote is from Confucius: “Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.” When I…
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Travel As A Lifestyle
As we prepared to move, in a box of old electronic devices, I found a telephone that had a “cord” attaching the handset to the phone cradle. I showed this ancient piece of equipment to our grandchildren, ages 8 and 10. It was like transporting them back in time. Something else from the old days:…
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Have You Ever Been To Ephesus?
A couple of years ago, we visited the ancient site of Ephesus, taking a bus to Ephesus from the port city of Kusasdasi, Turkey. I recall, as we planned for this trip, wondering what highlights we might see in Ephesus. At the top of our “must see” sites was The Grand Theater where St. Paul…
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Vacation Home Winner
I watch HGTV as often as I can. This station provides a great many home improvement ideas. Also, the HGTV Dream Home Giveaway is exciting and stimulates the imagination—mine and that of over 70 million others who entered the contest. If you won the lottery or a sweepstakes that offered as its prize a vacation…
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Time-Based Currency
Today, I was introduced to a new concept, “time-based currency.” Apparently, people the world over are experimenting with this idea. As I understand it, you swap an hour of your time providing a service to someone—with the possibility of earning an hour of service from someone else. The concept intrigued me for a simple reason:…
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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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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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Ministry Sabbaticals 101
At Christian Home Exchange, we believe that the world will be a better place once pastors and all Christians take seriously the word, “Go,” as in “Go, therefore …” (Matthew 28:19). Many refer to the world these days as the Global Village, but it seems to me that most of us are just sitting around…