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Courage: Cancer Can Improve the Quality of Your Life

Trying New Things Cancer can improve the quality of your life.It can give you the courage to break out of old patterns and try something new. Some of that courage ...

The Magnolia Story: Opening Up

Sometimes the thing we’re dreaming of doesn’t work out. But Chip and I weren’t going to give up on the idea of opening my shop just because the building I ...

What Jesus Says About Women: You Are Not "Less Than"

At dawn one morning, Jesus went to the temple to teach. The people gathered round, ready to be taught — but the Pharisees rushed up, bringing a woman with them.Teacher, ...

Joy: Cultivating Healthy Relationships

The old saying that “communication is not what is said, but what is heard” is absolutely true.Even if a person is committed to making time for their key relationships and ...

You've Got to Jump

After He had dismissed them, He went up on a mountainside by himself to pray. Later that night, He was there alone, and the boat was already a considerable distance ...

10 Tips for a Joy-Filled Life

Dear Friend,I wrote Jesus Always, my new 365-day devotional, with a desire to help readers live a joy-filled life.No matter what is happening in our world, we Christians can find ...

But What If I Say No and They Stop Liking Me?

Let’s just call the elephant in the room what it is — a massive, dirty, grayish, tusk-adorned, tail-swinging, giant-legged, big-bellied creature with ears that some cartoon creators believe make them ...

You're Invited to Play With Fire!

Ok, friends, you have no idea how excited our OBS team and I are to finally be able to announce our Fall Online Bible Study!One of my favorite pint-sized preachers, ...

Training in the Wilderness: Lessons from Jesus

Instruct the wise and they will be wiser still; teach the righteous and they will add to their learning. — Proverbs 9:9Most professional voice coaches recommend not to start vocal ...

Hospitality: Open the Door

Hospitality is the virtue of a great soul that cares for the whole universe through the ties of humanity. — Hospitality, Louis, Chevalier de Jaucourt1Lori and Mike first came to ...

More of Jesus: More Than Just Enough

[Sisters], I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press ...

Fruitful in Christ: Our Need for Depth

Editor’s note: For those of you who haven’t met Brandon Hatmaker yet, you’re in for a treat. He’s the husband of one of our favorite authors and speakers, Jen Hatmaker. ...

Embracing the Riches of Darkness

For a few years during my childhood, I lived on a small horse farm in upstate New York. On summer nights, my friend Kate and I would sneak out of ...

Rejoice: Come Dance With Me

Be glad and rejoice with me. – Philippians 2:18The discipline of celebration is changing my life, and I invite you into the same practice. Come tap dance with me on ...

Things You Should Say If You Want a Good Face Punch

So you’re going through something crazy hard, and to make things even worse, the people around you are… well… bless their hearts. (I learned this one from my Southern friends, ...

Letting Go: Running Away From God

If there is one book in the Bible that children love, and scholars love to avoid, it’s probably the book of Jonah. And it mostly has to do with that ...

Free Resources

Free Bible Study featuring Max Lucado!

Free Bible Study featuring Max Lucado!

Face Uncertain Times with Unbreakable Courage

Join the FREE Online Bible Study and get access to 6 study videos and other Bible study resources - all free when you sign up! Study starts 10/5