By CGI New York | February 4, 2017 | Category CHRISTIAN LIVING IN MODERN TIMES
Many people I am currently praying for are facing severe trials right now. One friend just went in for surgery to have a cancerous tumor removed from his liver. That same man will have to go in again in a few months to have more cancer removed from his colon. A cousin of mine is […]
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By CGI New York | January 1, 2017 | Category CHRISTIAN LIVING IN MODERN TIMES
I am always amazed at the end of every year at the words that have entered our vocabulary over the previous twelve months. Often, the newly-accepted words deal largely with technological advancements. However, in 2015, there was one word that captured my attention, and for all of the wrong reasons – “affluenza”. In June 2013, […]
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By CGI New York | January 1, 2017 | Category CHRISTIAN LIVING IN MODERN TIMES
Do you ever find yourself asking God to tell you what He wants you to do with your life? Well, I do a lot. Especially during those times when I thought I was going in the right direction, but nothing was going well for me. I started getting confused and started doubting my decisions. During […]
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By CGI New York | January 1, 2017 | Category CHRISTIAN LIVING IN MODERN TIMES
Having just finished a horrific election cycle in the United States of America, I want to talk about a phrase taken from the campaign of president-elect Donald Trump. Mr. Trump anchored his entire campaign to this concept using the phrase: “MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN”. This will NOT be a blog about politics, or the carnage […]
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By CGI New York | January 1, 2017 | Category CHRISTIAN LIVING IN MODERN TIMES
As I walked with our new puppy, he was having a bit of a rough day. He was jumping, yelping, gyrating, and doing everything he could to get away from this thing that was not letting him go anywhere he wanted to go. It was a leash attached to his collar, which was a new […]
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By CGI New York | January 1, 2017 | Category CHRISTIAN LIVING IN MODERN TIMES
Many of us today look around and we can’t figure out what’s wrong with today’s leaders! It’s not that our leadership positions are vacant, but those serving in those roles are lacking something special. Our leaders today are lacking one of the most fundamental parts of being a leader, servitude! Today’s leaders have forgotten that […]
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By CGI New York | January 1, 2017 | Category CHRISTIAN LIVING IN MODERN TIMES
In the book, Influencer, Joseph Grenny and Kerry Patterson cite six important points to keep in mind in order to change just about anything. Many of us have probably tried some of these six ideas before to change, but according to Grenny and Patterson the key is to try to employ all six of these […]
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By CGI New York | January 1, 2017 | Category CHRISTIAN LIVING IN MODERN TIMES
I was watching a part of The Sound of Music on TV last week and I had a “yelling at the TV” moment. Liesl, the eldest Von Trapp daughter and her boyfriend, Rolfe, are singing “Sixteen Going on Seventeen” and Liesl sings, “I need someone older and wiser, telling me what to do. You are […]
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By CGI New York | January 1, 2017 | Category CHRISTIAN LIVING IN MODERN TIMES
I used to think my parents were perfect, as many children do. This feeling of adoration was directed especially to my dad. Throughout childhood he was a hero to me. It was as if there was no task too big for him to accomplish. He could fix pretty much anything: pianos (my parents owned a […]
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By CGI New York | January 1, 2017 | Category CHRISTIAN LIVING IN MODERN TIMES
If we are being honest, it all started with American Airlines taking out just another two inches between rows so they could have an additional row of seats to sell. But on my recent trip for work, I was concerned that it might end up in a fist fight between the guy in the seat […]
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