Do We Need to Study God’s Word with Other Believers? 5 Verses Offer Wisdom
When the world shut down in 2020, there were a lot of things I took for granted that were suddenly no longer part of my life. Restaurant dinners with friends. Birthday parties. Meandering shopping trips. Conversations with strangers in coffee shops. Family gatherings on holidays. Stress-free weekend getaways. And, of course, weekly church services. As I spent my days between…
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I’ve been here before… I’m spent. Here’s the truth: I’m too busy. I’ve somehow built my identity around how busy how I am. I think I’m overly connected to technology and social media. And honestly, it has a negative effect on my soul, making me less content. Have you been here before? My busyness and over-connectedness quickly turns into anxiety.…
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I remember sitting at my desk, staring into the palms of my hands and wondering if I had made a major mistake. Just weeks into a new job, I felt flawed, inadequate and unimportant. I felt discouraged and exhausted. And I felt worthless. As my organization’s “wordsmith,” I often spent hours crafting and molding my writing until I felt comfortable…
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My friends and I recently stumbled into a newfound obsession: taking personality tests online. Relentlessly, we’ve scoured the Internet for psychological quizzes, raced through the analytical questions and compared our results. Which of us is the most introverted? Which of us has the most aggressive personality? Which of us is the easiest to get along with? Without fail, each one…
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What People on the Fringes Can Teach Us about Reading Scripture
“Can I shine your shoes?” asked a man with bucket and brushes in hand. I paused and looked at my supervisor, who was in midsentence discussing a work project. He looked around the crowded street, wavered, and then lifted his shoe onto the man’s stool. The man knelt down and busily began to apply black polish. As he worked he…
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As humans, we tend to focus on material things—things we can control that produce tangible results. In my fight with insecurity, that’s exactly what I focused on. How can I make myself better? I thought. What can I do to change myself so that people will like me more—so that I will like me more? I’ve discovered that life as…
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5 Bible Verses for When You Ask, “What’s Next?”
Can you think of a more infuriating experience than sitting in traffic? Cars jammed into a one-mile stretch of highway. Drivers relentlessly honking their horns. Motorcyclists flying down the shoulder. There you sit, trapped in the middle of an old station wagon and a sluggish 18-wheeler. Wondering what to do next, you contemplate changing lanes, taking the closest exit and…
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