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The Experienced Make Mistakes

The greatest errors in the spiritual life are not committed by the novices but by the adepts.


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When It Is Better to Fail

I would rather fail in a cause that someday will triumph than to win in a cause that I know someday will fail.


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She Lost Her Sheep

In our congregation's shepherding program, one family is designated the neighborhood "shepherd." This family invites ten other nearby church families ...


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An Eclipse Is Not Unseen

Take heed to yourselves also because there are many eyes upon you. So there will be many who observe your fall. If you miscarry, the world will also echo ...


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Humor: Explanation of a Mistake

Cubs relief pitcher Bob Patterson described his pitch, which the Cincinnati Reds' Barry Larkin hit for a game-winning home run: "It was a cross between ...


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Dealing with Minor Obstacles

Just because you miss one train doesn't mean you have to cancel the whole vacation.


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Dealing with Failure

The way we deal with failure can determine how we sustain motivation.


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Shooting Despite Distraction

In one scene of the popular movie Robin Hood, The Prince of Thieves, Kevin Costner as Robin comes to a young man taking aim at an archery target. Robin ...


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Was Jesus a Failure?

I think we need to be constantly reminded that Jesus, by the standards of cultural success models, was a miserable failure.


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If at First You Don't Succeed ...

If at first you don't succeed, relax; you're just like the rest of us.


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