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PositLive Music: You Raise Me Up
“You Raise Me Up” Written by: Brendan Graham, with Composer, Rolf Løvland Released: 2003, by Josh Groban Wow, it’s been, ahem, quite a while since our last addition to the PositLive music playlist. Without further ado, let’s discuss “You Raise Me Up.” Many associate this song with Josh Groban. However,…
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Living Life Poetically: In His Words
The poem,”In His Words,” can have a different meaning, or message, depending on what you’re going through or have gone through. Therefore, I’m not going to spend any time prescribing meaning. Instead, I will talk about its significance. The poem is structured around three bible verses from the New Testament.…
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Living Life Poetically: The Son Will Shine
In case you’re wondering, that is not a typo. The poem, “The Son Will Shine,” is my attempt to play on the words “sun” and “son”. I can go into more detail on this; however, I don’t want to give away too much of what this poem is about. So…
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Living Life Poetically: The Intangible Gifts of God
About half of this poem (later titled “The Intangible Gifts of God”) was written on August 2, 2014. It was originally intended to be a song, but that plan went nowhere. At the time, all I had was the first line in the first, second, fourth, and sixth stanzas–but no…
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Living Life Poetically: A Love Poem
As the title of this poem suggests, “A Love Poem” is literally a love poem. But not just to anyone. It actually came about two and a half months ago while I was trying to fall asleep. I was feeling full of gratitude. First, a couple of lines came to…
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How to Combat Anxiety at Work By Refocusing Your Attention on God
Unless your job is doing absolutely nothing, you are sure to experience some level of anxiety from time to time. Maybe you have a presentation, work meeting, a tight deadline, unending emails, toxic boss or coworkers, uncertain outcomes, or uncertain job security. Whatever the case may be, anxiety originating from…
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Ancient Literature in the Age of Modern Technology
Although it’s one of the oldest books ever written and one of the first to be printed with the Gutenberg printing press, the Bible is a book that a majority of people will never read in its entirety. In fact, it’s one of those books most people will never read…
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The Things We Forget to Ask for When We Pray
Lord… Help me foster a deeper relationship with you. Knowing about God, reading the Bible, and being a generally “good person” are all nice; but what matters most is having a personal, honest, and true relationship with God. Keep in mind, there is always room to grow in your relationship.…