INSIGHTS MAGAZINE CANADA
Giving the Unexpected
by Chuck Swindoll
There are various ways to describe it: turning the other cheek…going the extra mile…doing good to those who hate us…loving our enemies…pouring coals of fire on another's head. We may say it different ways, but the action amounts to the same thing. By doing the unexpected, we accomplish two important objectives: (1) we put an end to bitterness, and (2) we prove the truth of the age-old axiom, love overwhelmingly conquers. Remember Solomon's statement?
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A Hodgepodge of Goings On & Doings
by Steve Johnson
I remember as a boy one Christmas asking for a BB gun. I could relate to Ralphie from the hit movie, A Christmas Story. In fact we were so identical, we could have been twins! My mother was against me having a BB gun because she was afraid—you guessed it—I would put my eye out with that thing!
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How-to: High-Five
by Robyn Roste
High-fives. It's not the concept which is difficult for me, but the execution. People who confidently perform spontaneous high-fives impress me. I have to carefully prepare for high-fiving activities and even then my success rate is dismal—until now. You see, I've stumbled upon a piece of information, which is sure to change everything: keep your eyes on the elbow. That's it. Keep your eyes on the other person's elbow, and never again miss a high-five. It seems too easy—can this really change my high-five fail-rate? Evidently, yes.
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This Christmas, Don't Forget Christmas
by Tanya Kieneker
I love to tell people my family is of Mexican heritage. They look at me confused when I tell them, and they have good reason: I don't look Hispanic. Neither does my husband. And our daughter is fair and tall—a perfect combination of our Dutch and German genes. But our son has a beautiful olive complexion and a thick, dark head of hair. Jaydon joined our family through adoption and on that day, three-and-a-half years ago, our family instantly became Mexican as well.
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The Fright Before Christmas
by Phil Callaway
One of my earliest purposes in life was to help my older brothers test things. If the consequences of thrusting bare wires into a light socket were unclear, I would find out. If a football was lodged in the uppermost branches of a spindly tree, guess who had the honour of retrieving it? Yours truly. Ever eager to test things for them, I licked dry cell batteries and icy doorknobs, put spoons in blenders and—I am ashamed to say—Elmer's glue in my sister's hair.
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What Does God Expect?
by Ben Lowell
So what will it all mean on December 26? Do you ever look back and wonder where all the time went? Or how did another Christmas season escape you? Every year many of us find ourselves pining for a “do over” when it comes to the Christmas season. Often we have either been so busy in well-doing, or simply just too busy. But the Christmas season can lead to anticlimax and regret if we don't find ourselves disciplined and intentional about what's really important. Here are some of the things I know I've promised to do differently in the past:
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