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The Spirit of Peace

The mind governed by the Spirit is life and peace. — Romans 8:6 Holy Spirit, teach me to be Your gentle follower in all situations. ~ N. T. Wright When I was ...

Trusting God for Enough

In the spring of AD 70, the Romans advanced upon Jerusalem and placed the city under siege. Knowing that the pilgrims would drain the city’s food and water supplies, the ...

ROFL

During a recent Holy Week a cross with the mocking sign ROFL (a texting abbreviation for “rolling on the floor laughing”) was placed on Cross Campus at Yale. It stirred ...

Choose Joy as a Choice to Love

Debbie’s teenage daughter, Taylor, wasn’t feeling well one Sunday morning. No fever — she was just a bit tired and feeling punk, as my mother used to say. So Debbie ...

Cheerful, Hopeful Endurance

The blacksmith placed the iron into the fire. Once it was glowing red-hot, he used his tongs to remove it, and he struck it repeatedly with a hammer. Then... Back ...

Life Is Short: Enjoy It!

How do we enjoy life?Each Day TotallyWe do not know how long we have to live, so we should live every day with gusto.Oh, how sweet the light of day, ...

Preparing Our Hearts for Easter

There is no more miraculous time in all the world than Easter! Are you ready to celebrate?! To get ready, we believers dive into the Word of God, study Jesus' ...

A Spring of Water Welling Up to Eternal Life

John 4:1-26, John 4:28-30, John 4:39-42 Now Jesus learned that the Pharisees had heard that He was gaining and baptizing more disciples than John — although in fact it was ...

Into the Deep with Jesus

Keep looking at the bandaged place. That’s where the light enters you. ~ RUMI1 Every journey needs a guide. If you’re about to learn a language, pick up an instrument, hone ...

Beautiful

Editor’s Note: Author John Sowers adds in the author’s note “I began writing these letters to my daughters in early 2020 — one year after I lost my mom, their ...

You Get To

Learning to Treasure What You Didn’t WantNow eagerly desire the greater gifts. And yet I will show you the most excellent way. — 1 Corinthians 12:31A deep breath and a ...

Grateful That God Is Patient

The Lord is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and great in faithful love. — Psalm 145:8Have you ever witnessed road rage? Once, a burly man in a truck started ...

The Power Posture

Pray for one another. — James 5:16 ESVAbraham and Sarah weren’t expecting company. They certainly weren’t expecting a visit from God. But He came their way one afternoon, uninvited, unannounced, ...

Light for Our Path Toward Justice

Does your city feel like Heaven? Last year, my family and I took a cross-country, month-long road trip to different cities where I was teaching and preaching in churches about ...

Hope for Today... and Tomorrow

Hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out his love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, whom he has given us. — Romans 5:5 Our God is ...

Attitude Is Everything

Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go. ~ Oscar Wilde During a difficult season in my life, I asked a mentor of mine if we could have ...

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