This editorial column by Dusty Takle was previously published in the print edition of The GRIP. “I know.” I can remember growing up responding to my parents with “I know” when they would say something to me. Every time, my dad would say, “Don’t say ‘I know.’ Say, ‘yes, sir’ or ‘yes ma’am.’” I had […]
Like life to be a well digger
June 25, 2017 by Leave a Comment
An editorial column by Dusty Takle We live on a farm in a very rural area. We have satellite internet (oh, the humanity); we have dirty cars because of dirt roads; and we have a well. I’ve adjusted fairly well to rural living and often remind myself that the reward is greater than any inconveniences […]
Discipline your mind to destroy those thoughts not from God
December 15, 2016 by 3 Comments
DUSTY TAKLE – RELIGION COLUMNIST ::: I have moments where I worry just like you. I let my thoughts run wild. I don’t discipline them, and before I know it, I find myself awake in the middle of the night doing the exact opposite of what I tell other people to do. Anxiety fills me. Fear […]
Keep calm and eat bacon
March 18, 2014 by Leave a Comment
DUSTY TAKLE ::: In England, tea is the answer to all life’s woes. In my world, it’s bacon, but when bacon isn’t available, I have to make a choice to be calm. I have to choose calmness. I have to choose peace. We can choose to be calm at any given moment. We have trained […]
Think on these things
January 12, 2014 by Leave a Comment
DUSTY TAKLE ::: 8And now, dear brothers and sisters, one final thing. Fix your thoughts on what is true, and honorable, and right, and pure, and lovely, and admirable. Think about things that are excellent and worthy of praise. 9Keep putting into practice all you learned and received from me – everything you heard from […]
Emmanuel – God is with you
December 22, 2013 by Leave a Comment
DUSTY TAKLE ::: 21And she will have a son, and you are to name him Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins. 22All of this occurred to fulfill the Lord’s message through the prophet: 23“Look! The virgin will conceive a child! She will give birth to a son, and they will call […]
Change the way you look at things
November 24, 2013 by Leave a Comment
DUSTY TAKLE ::: Wayne Dyer wrote, “If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.” This is not some theory in my life. It has become a principle that has changed my life and how I view it. I can remember when we first moved back from Oklahoma, and […]
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