Tag Archives: pride

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  I’m Sorry

  Posted on July 10, 2011 by Karen Cook in holiness.
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  TweetShare What is it about these two words that make them so difficult to say? I’m not talking about the cavalier kind of I’m sorry, but the deep, sincere, remorseful apology. Is it fear, pride or ignorance that keeps us from owning up to our end of things? As a kid growing up, saying I’m [...]

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  Identity Crisis

  Posted on March 22, 2011 by Karen Cook in Uncategorized.
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  TweetShare There is an old proverb that says, “Pride goes before a fall”. What then do we say about self – deprecation? Self – Deprecation is the act of disparaging oneself, being modest or self – critical. I like to think of self -deprecation as a “preemptive strike”. This maladaptive skill is used to prevent [...]

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  Loving Well

  Posted on January 24, 2011 by Karen Cook in Uncategorized.
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  TweetShare In our modern culture we are consumed with efficiency, flash, mass appeal and political correctness. It seems that the idea of loving well is a lost art. It has become a thing of the past and something to read about in poetry books or see in a Hollywood blockbuster. The movies leave us with [...]

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