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It’s Not Supposed to Be This Way Week 2 — Living Between Two Gardens

“Abba, Father,” He said, “everything is possible for You. Take this cup from Me. — Mark 14:36It’s complicated as I’ve wrestled between my faith and my feelings because I feel ...

The Good Work of Turning Around

Every time you make a choice you are turning the central part of you, the part of you that chooses, into something a little different from what it was before. ...

Depression: The Lord is Close to the Brokenhearted

Selection by Barbara Hunsaker, excerpted from Hopelifter: Creative Ways to Spread Hope When Life Hurts by Kathe WunnenbergAs a principal of a small Christian school, one phenomenon I saw from ...

Find the Good Way

I spent my first twenty-one years without once cracking open a Bible. When my brother, who recently had come to faith, gave me a Bible for Christmas — I think ...

Echoes from Eternity

“Kyrie eleison.”It was the one sentence uttered to Jesus more than any other.“Kyrie eleison.”Those who traveled with Jesus heard it over and over.“Kyrie eleison.”We would have been amazed at the ...

Get Out of Your Head — That’s a Wrap!

To live is Christ… — Philippians 1:21Well, I don’t know about you, but this has been one of my favorites of the FaithGateway Bible studies!Today starts wrap-up week, so if ...

Respect: Give It and Pursue It

Respect is incredibly important to men, not just in the NFL but in all walks of life. We crave it from our peers, our friends, our family, and especially our ...

The World’s Worst Neighbor

That’s me. I’m terrible at neighborhood stuff. I’m aware of this. I don’t like it, and I’m trying to change it.Because I’m socially awkward, the last thing I ever want ...

It’s Not Supposed to Be This Way OBS Week 1 — The Birthplace of Disappointment

Perfection sang in perfect harmony and danced with precision in this Garden of Eden. Adam and Eve could stand naked and unashamed — physically, emotionally, and spiritually because they had ...

I Declare War on My Mouth

I Declare War on My MouthThere’s no other area that is easier (for me) to mess up with, and that has caused more heartache afterward, than talking. I’ve shot my ...

What Has Happened to the Awkward Years?

Seriously, what in the world happened to them?They have died and been buried eight feet deep. I think Brittany Spears killed them. Want to know what I was doing as ...

Same Kind of Different as Me

Editor’s note: Now a major motion picture, Same Kind of Different As Me is the remarkable true story of Denver Moore — a modern-day slave, Ron Hall — an international ...

Learn to Let It Go

I’ve learned that when you try to control everything, you enjoy nothing. ~ AnonymousI like to think I have it all under control.I mean, you already know without even knowing ...

Get Out of Your Head Week 6 — A Mind Like Christ

The truth is that God is in control of every day of our lives. ~ Jennie AllenWhatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is ...

God, We Need to Talk.

When my eyes opened the next morning, they didn’t move left or right. They just stared straight up. The ceiling fan above my bed was strangely therapeutic. As I watched ...

The Wisdom of Holy Lament

My God, My God, why have you forsaken Me? — Psalm 22:1One of my friends was in crisis. He was walking through the valley of the shadow. A small group ...

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