SPARKING PROGRESS JOURNAL

Thoughts, Reflections, & Ideas

Shared as they come.

Loser Loyalty Feb 23, 2026

Have you ever been bewildered by your own choices? Wondered why you stayed stuck in a cycle that you knew was not healthy for you? Or perhaps you didn’t see it in the moment, but now you look back and realize you were stuck in something unhealthy and couldn’t see it at the time?

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What an Ice Storm Taught Me About Resilience Feb 02, 2026

I’m sitting in a coffee shop in South Carolina, looking out the window at a big snow pile. Rather unusual for around here! We had an ice storm three days ago, and they were expecting us to have significant power outages. That didn’t happen, while to our west, it did.

Our local news pointed out that...

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My Favorite Possession and the Unknown Soldier Jan 11, 2026

Have you ever lost something dear to you and, years later, it still crosses your mind? I have.

My sophomore year of college, I was flying home from Tampa to Baltimore. I was a two-year-old Christian and had my favorite possession with me… my Red NIV Bible. It was the Bible I bought the day I became...

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