Batch Batchelder

“The world is much better. The world is awful. The world can be much better.”

Though like Jacob I strive, I wrestle, I grasp,

I am not undone.

For the unchanging faithfulness of YHWH steadies me.

 

So today, I will rejoice (chairete),

pray (proseuchesthe),

and give thanks (eucharisteite)—

not when convenient,

but always (pantote),

constantly (adialeiptōs),

and in everything (panti).

 

Christ empowers me—

endynamounti me—strength put into

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Bill Owens, attorney, author and former governor of Colorado, once said "True leadership lies in guiding others to success. In ensuring that everyone is performing at their best, doing the work they are pledged to do and doing it well."

there is as much difference between the counsel that a friend giveth, and that a man giveth himself, as there is between the counsel of a friend and of a flatterer; for there is no such flatterer as is a man’s self, and there is no such remedy against flattery of a man’s self, as the liberty of a friend.

Colin Powell once said, "If you don't fire people who are not doing the job, after you have counseled them and after you have brought them along, then you are hurting the whole organization."

What truly separates people isn’t some magical talent, but an almost irrational commitment to pushing through pain that would break most people.

That hotel wasn’t inevitable. No success is. Paying the price doesn’t guarantee success. Determination is necessary but not sufficient. You can sacrifice everything and still fail. The world is littered... See more

December 28, 2025 Christmas • Day 4

INVITATION — Psalm 100:1-2

"Shout for joy to the Lord, all the earth. Worship the Lord with gladness; come before him with joyful songs."

Worshipers summoned not merely to feel gratitude, but to enter God’s presence as a people who already belong to him.

Keywords

• הָרִיעוּ – hari‘u – “shout / raise a loud cry”, a

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A secure attachment combined with the cultivation of competency builds an internal locus of control, the key factor in healthy coping throughout life.7 Securely attached children learn what makes them feel good; they discover what makes them (and others) feel bad, and they acquire a sense of agency: that their actions can change how they feel and

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