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  • Essential Interpersonal Skills: Empathy, Compassion, and Respect

    Essential Interpersonal Skills: Empathy, Compassion, and Respect

    The second session of the Living in Community series at Piedmont Park SDA Church, presented by Dr. Tanya R. Cochran of Union Adventist University, continued to offer valuable insights into how believers can care for themselves and others more intentionally in 2025. With a focus on strengthening relationships and healing from conflict, the series blends…

    Hugh Davis
  • The Power of Self-Compassion: A Journey Toward Inner Healing

    The Power of Self-Compassion: A Journey Toward Inner Healing

    In a world that often emphasizes achievement and resilience, self-compassion is an overlooked but essential tool for emotional and spiritual well-being. Many have heard of compassion—the act of extending kindness and understanding to others—but applying that same grace to oneself can feel unfamiliar, even uncomfortable. However, research and personal experience suggest that self-compassion is not…

    Hugh Davis
  • New Cookbook Offers Healthy, Plant-Based, and Gluten-Free Recipes

    New Cookbook Offers Healthy, Plant-Based, and Gluten-Free Recipes

    A new cookbook, Created to Nourish: Plant-Based Gluten-Free Recipes, Soy-Free Options, by Delores Mishleau, provides a fresh approach to healthy eating with simple, nutritious recipes designed for busy individuals and those with dietary restrictions. Featuring plant-based, gluten-free, and peanut-free meals, this cookbook not only offers tasty dishes but also includes Bible promises and spiritual encouragement with…

    Hugh Davis
  • Don’t Be Like Everyone Else

    Don’t Be Like Everyone Else

    To the believers in Rome, Paul wrote: “I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service. And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what…

    Hugh Davis
  • What am I Hiding Behind?

    What am I Hiding Behind?

    As I continue reading Curt Thompson’s “The Soul of Shame”, I find the following words: “we live in a culture where we are afraid to reveal who we are for fear of being shamed for being who we are.” And so, what does that fear cause us to do? We hide! We hide in hopes to be…

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  • Talking With vs Talking About

    Talking With vs Talking About

    I am currently reading the book “The Soul of Shame”, written by Curt Thompson, a psychiatrist. In it, he explores what shame is and what it does to us, both from a scientific and a Christian point of view. While I haven’t finished reading the book, I can say that it makes for a fascinating,…

    Hugh Davis
  • Do Not Worry about the Future

    Do Not Worry about the Future

    I am good at not living in the present. I am often in the past, reminiscing and idealizing the good days, or regretting and wishing away the bad and difficult ones. I am also often in the future, a future that for better and worse, is filled with way more questions than answers. What will…

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  • Foolish Sacrifices

    Foolish Sacrifices

    You may be favoring the company of a familiar enemy over that of an unknown friend. I know I do. Confused? Allow me to explain. Both good and bad situations cross our path daily. A health diagnosis, a job opportunity, falling deeper into love, relational conflict… You name it! Often, we react to both good…

    Hugh Davis
  • Be Gentle

    Be Gentle

    Paul writes to the Philippians, chapter 4 verse 5, the following: “let your gentleness be known to all men…”. How would you explain gentleness? The Oxford Dictionary defines it as “the quality of being kind, tender, or mild-mannered”. In his letter, Paul uses the Greek word epieikeia. Given that it is a particularly difficult one to translate, we find many different…

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  • Who Has Loved You Into Being?

    Who Has Loved You Into Being?

    Fred Rogers, or Mr. Rogers for his friends, once said: “In fact, from the time you were very little, you’ve had people who have smiled you into smiling, people who have talked you into talking, sung you into singing, loved you into loving.” With these words, he was simply stating the obvious: children learn to smile…

    Hugh Davis