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How Happiness Happens: Accept One Another
It’s hard to know the best way to respond to people who represent your “opposite you.” Do you ignore them? Leave the room when they enter so you don’t say ...
Self-Giving
Whoever finds their life will lose it, and whoever loses their life for my sake will find it. — JesusThe Self-Giving of Jesus Like everyone else, I can remember precisely ...
A Cinderella Story: The God Who Gave His Beauty Away
Carrying His own cross, Jesus went out to a place called The Place of the Skull… There they crucified Jesus. They also crucified two other men, one on each side, ...
A Prayer for When You Feel Rejected
We live in a broken world, where rejection— even from fellow Christians— could be just around the corner. But there is good news as we wait in expectation for God’s ...
A Domino Effect
On the third day Esther put on her royal robes and stood in the inner court of the palace, in front of the king’s hall. The king was sitting on ...
Faithful Are the Wounds
The Immune System of Community I cannot count the number of times friends have spoken difficult truths to me in love. Honestly, I don’t think I want to know the ...
God Came Near: Women of Winter
Editor’s note: Max Lucado speaks straight to our hearts as he opens God’s Word in a story-telling, homespun, easy to understand, and heart-provoking way. Enjoy this excerpt of God Came ...
You Lack One Thing
The place God calls you to is the place where your deep gladness and the world’s deep hunger meet. — Frederick BuechnerChoose for yourselves this day whom you will serve… ...
The Opposite Life: Strong vs Weak
Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me. But He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is made perfect ...
Blessing and Releasing Your Adult Child
“The Lord bless youand keep you;the Lord make His face shine on youand be gracious to you;the Lord turn His face toward youand give you peace.”—Numbers 6:24-26One of the best ...
The Land of Milk and Honey
Editor’s note: Margaret Feinberg wondered, How can people understand the promise of a land overflowing with honey when we buy it in a bear-shaped bottle? So she set out on ...
Guardrails: Direct and Protect
We’re all aware of the destructive consequences associated with poor decisions or lapses in judgment. We don’t plan to mess up. But it can easily happen if we try to ...
“Just Call Me Jesus”
Many of the names in the Bible that refer to our Lord are nothing less than palatial and august: Son of God, The Lamb of God, The Light of the ...
Fighting for Healthy Friendship in the Social Media Age
Are you old enough to remember when “the Facebook” came out? I was a freshman in college when I received that initial email invite and quickly saw the appeal. Before ...
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