Tag Archives: Personal Growth

Do something, even if it’s wrong

By Eyvonne Sharp | Published: September 24, 2010
In times of decision, the best you can do is the right thing; the next best is the wrong thing. The worst you can do is nothing. – Theodore Roosevelt ‘Do something even if its wrong’ is American pragmatism at it’s best. This concept moves us out of indecision. It gets work done. It prompts [...]
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Manic Mondays: Tyranny of the Should’s

By Eyvonne Sharp | Published: September 20, 2010
I was convinced I was sick   —   the kind of sick that requires lifelong medical intervention. I had kept track of symptoms, googled, and self-diagnosed. When I described the details for my family doctor, she ordered blood work and scheduled a follow-up appointment. When I returned for the diagnosis, I was horrified; there [...]
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The Great Sin — Pride

By Eyvonne Sharp | Published: October 4, 2009
A Sunday School Lesson from the Young Adults class at Brookview Baptist on 10/04/2009 From Mere Christianity By CS Lewis Let’s play name that sin! Read the paragraph below and see if you can determine what vice CS Lewis is talking about? The Great Sin I now come to that part of Christian morals where [...]
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Mastering the Tongue

By Eyvonne Sharp | Published: September 12, 2009
A Sunday School Lesson from the Young Adults class at Brookview Baptist on 9/12/2009 Has there ever been an instrument of mankind that has caused more damage than the tongue?  Today we’re going to look at a selection of verses from Proverbs and see what they say to us about mastering the unwieldy tendancy our [...]
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Do you want to get well?

By Eyvonne Sharp | Published: July 2, 2009
Imagine this scene with me. A 38-year-old man is lying on the ground beside pool of water. He’s been taught since childhood that if the waters of this pool stir, and he makes it in first, he will be healed. Every day of his adult life he has come to this pool to lie beside [...]
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