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Some people cannot sit still with one gift. They keep making more room for the gifts they possess. I can create a teaching lesson and then write a song about it. I sometimes sing a melody into an AI music app, then create a detailed prompt to make it sound like the song that is in my head. I have sung an original (made up right there) song straight from my heart during altar call. I write poetry. I take the public or virtual stage to teach a lesson. Because why not share in m

"But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law." — Galatians 5:22–23 (NIV) Take a breath. Settle in. This edition is an invitation — not to perform, but to look honestly and tenderly at the garden growing inside you. Galatians 5 opens with a breathtaking declaration: "It is for freedom that Christ has set us free." (v.1) You were not created for chains — not chai

What motivates us in anything we do? Work, place of worship, maintaining friendships… what is our motivation? Psychologists divide our motivation into two broad categories: intrinsic motivation, which comes from within—the satisfaction, curiosity, or sense of purpose we feel while doing something—and extrinsic motivation, which comes from outside ourselves, like rewards, recognition, or the avoidance of negative consequences (hence the title, “…ints and exts…”). Most of our d