I was taking a walk the other day and noticed one small, beautiful yellow leaf amongst a multitude of dead brown ones. It struck me. I just want to…
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“Maybe I’m too screwed up to connect with God like everyone else.” “Maybe I’m just more broken than my friends next to me.” Picture this scene: You’re at a…
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I took a risk recently. I decided to try something new. And that makes me nervous, because I might get into a place where I’m not in control…
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Sometimes we may have a tough time with consistency in our times of prayer with God. It can be especially difficult when we don’t see answers to our prayers right…
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Rest has been my theme this week. It’s been peeking out of the books I pick up, jumping up in random conversation, and just seems to have planted itself…
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There was a time, years ago, when we didn't have smart phones. We weren't (willingly) bombarded with every little (bad) thing going on in our neighborhoods, cities, states, or world.…
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Do you know where the word comfort comes from? It comes from the same root as the word fortify. To comfort someone is to fortify them. To build them…
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Most people have a memory of getting lost when they were young, and they are usually accompanied by laughs now that we’re older. But we remember them because they were…
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When trouble stirs in the world, suffering rises to the surface. It's the natural response that occurs when you fill a world to the brim with broken people. We're called…
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"You're doing something wrong." Sometimes when life is rough, when you're tired and simple things are hard – it's the next subconscious thought. Something is wrong. My heart is…
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