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The Reality of Zion

The world's a little weird right now, don't you think? You've probably noticed; the shift is real. Things are not as they've always been, and changes are coming faster. To me, it kind of reminds me of when you're about to deliver a baby. One minute, you know the baby is coming any day, but everything is still the way it's always been. Then quite suddenly, the baby is coming TODAY. And once that hard labor starts, you are living in an intensity you're pretty sure you're not g

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The Reality of Zion

The world's a little weird right now, don't you think? You've probably noticed; the shift is real. Things are not as they've always been, and changes are coming faster. To me, it kind of reminds me of when you're about to deliver a baby. One minute, you know the baby is coming any day, but everything is still the way it's always been. Then quite suddenly, the baby is coming TODAY. And once that hard labor starts, you are living in an intensity you're pretty sure you're not g

Scripture Insights

Laureen Simper

2 days ago5 min read

Invest in the Right Climb

Several months ago, I learned that a young adult in our neighborhood had changed the pursuit of her professional career. After graduating from college in a rigorous and competitive field, she realized that path wasn't for her, and set about to discover where to go next after such a heavy investment of her time and money. I've found myself thinking of that brief conversation often. I admire her deeply for her pluck. It's generally counter to human nature to invest highly in an

Private Lessons

Laureen Simper

Jan 305 min read

"You Are Not the Voice in Your Head"

Knowing I have a Heavenly Father who created me for a reason (see Colossians 1:16) has given me a very important project: learning what He sounds like so I can recognize His voice. I mean, if He created me because for some incomprehensible reason He needed a “Me”, I don’t want to miss any important messages, instructions, or assignments. I wish I could tell you I had this one down, but there’s been a pretty steep learning curve. I’m definitely getting better, but can’t say I

Private Lessons

Laureen Simper

Jan 256 min read

"He Knows Changes Aren't Permanent... But Change Is"

"Always hopeful, yet discontent, He knows changes aren't permanent But change is." Neal Peart & Pye Dubois, "Tom Sawyer" I can't believe when truth tumbles out of a rock song. It does happen from time to time. I can't get this line from Rush's Tom Sawyer out of my head: "Changes aren't permanent... but CHANGE. IS. Those six words declare one of the hardest truths of eternity, in my estimation. Absolutely nothing stays the same, except the fact that nothing stays the sa

Scripture Insights

Laureen Simper

Jan 204 min read

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"Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom."

― Viktor Frankl

"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit."

― Aristotle

"We shall not cease from exploration and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started...and know the place for the first time."

― T.S. Eliot

"To you women of today, who are old or young, may I suggest to you that you write, that you keep journals, that you express your thoughts on paper. Writing is a great discipline. It is a tremendous education effort. It will assist you in various ways, and you will bless the lives of many―now and in the years to come, as you put on paper some of your experiences and some of your musings."

― Gordon B. Hinckley

“A mind, like a home, is furnished by its owner, so if one's life is cold and bare he can blame none but himself. You have a chance to select from pretty elegant furnishings.”

― Louis L'Amour

"Words are the dress of thoughts; which should no more be presented in rags, tatters, and dirt than your person should."

― Philip Dormer Stanhope

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