Hallelujah! YouVersion Bible App Reaches 500 Million Downloads
In November 2021, the YouVersion Bible App hit a whopping 500 million downloads since its launch 13 years ago. That’s more than any other faith-based app in the world! YouVersion, a free Bible-reading app, began as a desire to make Scripture accessible to everyone. Today, it is inching closer and closer to achieving that goal. Originally, the app provided Scripture…
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Prayers to Help Manage Your Family Stress
She has three sons playing on three different baseball teams and she hardly seems flustered! I watched as this mom dropped her boys off at the appropriate baseball field, spoke to each of their coaches and then operated the snack bar. I thought to myself, how does she manage it all? In this moment, I reflected on my struggle to…
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5 Ways My Dad Helped Me Love the Bible
What does the Bible say about families? We never did well with "family devotions," and I think Dad felt guilty about that. Church leaders kept telling us that it was crucial for a Christian home to have such a regular household gathering. We agreed with the principle, but we were never that organized. Yet in a number of other ways, the…
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Bible Verses to Help You Overcome Feelings of Loneliness
Have you ever felt alone in a crowd? My subway commute is like that. It seems like the ultimate example of how loneliness is a feeling, not a fact. There are times when the subway car is so crowded with people that I need to stand the whole way to work. And yet, I feel lonely. I’ve been commuting on…
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Washington News – IRS Design Challenge Winners
On June 10, the IRS announced the winners of its first “Tax Design Challenge.” This innovative crowdsourcing competition was designed to gather ideas to enhance the taxpayer experience.Andrew Miller of San Francisco won both the “Overall Design” $10,000 reward and the “Best Taxpayer Usefulness” $2,000 reward. He is a web developer and specialist in user-interface design.Miller created “IRS MyService” with…
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Psalms That Offer Peace When You’re Afraid
More than anything else in life, I am driven to support my family. Naturally, then, I am terrified of losing the ability to provide for my wife and future children. While working to create this stable future, I spend way too much time thinking about my career path, spending habits, financial management skills and 10-year plan. Of course, this thinking…
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How Poetry Enhanced My Bible Reading
I rang in 2016 with rest, not resolution. Instead of agreeing to new work deadlines, I replenished my creative energies by experimenting in the kitchen and finishing a couple of novels. I even read a poem or two every day as the new year, like a fresh flag, unfurled. Soon, I realized quickly how the experience of reading poetry mimicked…
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