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WAITING FOR HEALING

by Dr. Linda Seger – author of Reflections with God: While Waiting to Be Healed It is easy, with all the thousands of Bible verses that promise God’s help, to presume that healing will come, that that job offer we’ve been waiting for will come quickly, that the relationship we want – or want to […]

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30 years ago…

By Dr. Linda Seger, author of 15 books including The Alphabet Prayer, co-authored with her husband Peter Le Var. This article was posted in Book Fun magazine this past Spring for our wedding anniversary in April. We recently attended a Quaker Wedding and it reminded us of our wedding. Thought we’d repost this for those who […]

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The Success Prayer

From Linda Seger’s book, Spiritual Steps on the Road to Success Chapter 3: Willing to Be Blessed –The Success Prayer

Before I started my business in 1981, I struggled with the “whys” about success. Why weren’t things going my way, in spite of preparation, experience, and willingness? I looked at all aspects of my life and even analyzed myself in case there were glaring faults within me or inappropriate behavior. I came to the conclusion that I didn’t dress funny. I was a reasonably nice perso...

Are We Hearing the Call Clearly

An excerpt from Linda Seger’s book, Spiritual Steps on the Road to Success How do we absolutely know we are following the calling of God? We probably can’t. “Some who have heard ‘the call’ may have gotten the wrong number or at least a bad cell-phone connection.” (This quotation is not attributed.) How can we […]

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The Theology of Blessing

From Linda Seger’s book, Spiritual Steps on the Road to Success Chapter 3: Willing to Be Blessed –The Theology of Blessing

Blessing is a word of considerable power. The first chapter of Genesis tells the story of Creation. Again and again we are told, “…and God saw that it was good.” It is possible to argue that this is the unfallen condition of the world: that of living in a natural state of blessing. Blessing is to be given, and received: one does not bless without investing something of on...

The Temptation to Struggle

From Linda Seger’s book, Spiritual Steps on the Road to Success Chapter 3: Willing to Be Blessed –The Temptation to Struggle

In First World developed countries, many believe we achieve success through hard work and through the hard climb to the top. We learn that “if it’s worth doing, it’s worth doing well!” And doing something well takes time and energy and work. We have heard the saying, “You can do it fast or do it well,” and we believe doing it well means a long time of struggle. We presu...

Overcoming Lust – The Third of the Seven Deadly Sins

Overcoming Lust: The 3rd of the Seven Deadly Sins, by Linda Seger

We often think of lust as sexual desire, sometimes leading to uncontrollable sex with one person, sometimes the constant desire and need of many partners. Although lust or lechery is usually equated with the excessive desire for sex, it is sometimes considered to be an excessive desire for anything. It is sometimes humorously asked, “How much sex (or anything else) is enough?” The answer may be, “When sex becomes more important...

Greed: Getting Up Close and Personal with Wicked Step-Sister of Envy

As women working in the world, we try to do well in our work, perhaps even making the world a little better because of our work. But I expect many of us have noticed there are resistances, struggles, negative forces that work against us. Sometimes I call this the “molasses” we have to get through. Christians call it Sin. Many people truly dislike that word, but we might be able to get some insights if we think about this idea briefly.

One definition of sin is missing the mark. Sometimes I thi...

How We Find Our Calling

Many professional women don’t want to settle. We have ideas, dreams, and visions. Many of us realize, at some point, that we don’t fit neatly into the corporate world or the man’s world or the world that someone else defined for us. But, we couldn’t figure out how to build our own world.

Many of us felt pushed or pulled or nudged or shoved or sometimes even Called to do something that didn’t make a lot of sense, there weren’t a lot of trail blazers and path-finders ahead of us to show us the...

Making the Leap of Faith

Making the Leap – an excerpt from Dr. Seger’s book, Spiritual Steps on the Road to Success What is this leap of faith? It begins without knowing much about this God we are turning to. Yet, in spite of not being able to see or touch or feel God, we try to live our lives […]

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