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    A group is as healthy as its 'social contract' is clear; a congregation as faithful as its covenant is mutually understood; a pastor as effective as the pastor's and people's commitment to trust and integrity is honored, guarded, and fulfilled.

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    An open ear is the only believable sign of an open heart.

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    Forgiving is...recognizing the injury, owning the pain, & reaching out.

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    Happy persons seldom think of happiness. They are too busy losing their lives in the meaningful sacrifices of service.

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    If chocolate is a foretaste of heaven, what does it mean that chocolate is freely available to all?

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    Ontologically, chocolate raises profoundly disturbing questions: Does not chocolate offer natural revelation of the goodness of the Creator just as chilies disclose a divine sense of humor? Is the human born with an innate longing for chocolate? Does the notion of chocolate preclude the concept of free will?

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    The golden rule of friendship is to listne to others as you would have them listen to you.

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    The more we run from conflict, the more it masters us; the more we try to avoid it, the more it controls us; the less we fear conflict, the less it confuses us; the less we deny our differences, the less they divide us.

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    Theologically, the creation of chocolate demonstrates both the unity and the diversity of humanity. Wherever you taste it, in every country of the world, it is immediately recognizable. Other things, in every cuisine, are just food, but chocolate is chocolate.

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    Being heard is so close to being loved that for the average person, they are almost indistinguishable.