Do you enjoy learning through a good fictional story? Or do you prefer lists, facts and lectures? Recently my wife finished L.M. Montgomery’s novel, Jane of Lantern Hill. She shared a particular insight from the story to which I remarked that I had just read the same idea in Stephen Covey’s, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People! Same insight – two very different authors and writing methods.
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If you grew up in church and the Sunday school teacher, pastor or group leader asked any question, the safe and most likely answer was … Jesus! And while this answer tended to be correct on a surface level, the person asking the question might have been looking for a deeper answer. The question-and-answer sequence in Psalm 24:3-4 has a similar simple response, but the answer requires further consideration.
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What comes to mind when you think of mountains? Do you think of grandiosity, adventure, beauty, wonder, danger, or sanctuary? What does a mountain represent to you? Perhaps it represents resilience, stability and immovability, or a mammoth obstacle, a journey or challenge to overcome, or a dream to achieve?
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Have you ever noticed how two people can look at the same thing and have vastly different perspectives? Sometimes one person can even have a major shift in perspective.
This describes my relationship with Niagara Falls. Growing up I lived twenty minutes away, and I had lots of opportunity to visit the Falls. Visiting became no big deal. In fact, I despised all the touristy glitz surrounding the natural phenomenon of the Falls.
As a young adult I moved about three hours away and rarely visited the Falls. After almost forty years, I saw the Falls up close again, and I was like a child in a candy store. What changed?
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Do you have a box to keep special things? When our daughters were growing up, we kept a clear bin or two for each of them and inserted little treasures for them to take with them when they left home. These were things like their favourite stuffies, first pair of shoes, first tooth, first piece of art, special cards, certificates of achievement or souvenirs.
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What is the most memorable parade you have attended? Was it a large celebratory procession? Or maybe a community festival? What was being celebrated? What were you waiting to catch a glimpse of during or at the end of the procession? Was it a celebrated dignitary? Maybe your favourite sports team with their championship trophy or Santa Claus and his reindeer?
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Head and Heart Collide 