No Imperfect Endings
You’re sitting in a movie theater, staring at a black screen. Everyone else has already left, but you can’t move. It just doesn’t seem possible that the movie is over. And yet the credits have rolled, and the lights are on, and there’s a theater attendant starting to sweep popcorn from the aisles. Fill in the movie title here—or the…
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4 Psalms For When You Feel Lost in Life
Sometimes I feel like a gerbil, darting left and right, trying to find an escape from my cage. I don't really have a direction. I don't really have a purpose. And I don't really know what to do next. I feel lost. Can you relate? Maybe, after working the same job with the same co-workers for more than a decade,…
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3 Prayers for When You Long to Feel Loved
You can live without a lot of things in life, but love is not one of them. I believe inside every man and woman is the desire to be loved—a desire to be accepted regardless of shortcomings or weaknesses, a desire to be what I call “someone’s favorite.” But what happens when you haven’t experienced love? Consider Leah in the…
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5 Bible Verses to Heal Harmful Self-Criticism
If someone called me “my own worst critic,” I suppose I’d take it as a compliment. After all, the label would imply that I analyze my life and work more ruthlessly and deliberately than anybody else. And who doesn’t want to strive for personal excellence? But while self-criticism can spark healthy lifestyle changes or even just provide a needed dose…
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5 Acting Lessons for Bible Readers
My acting student was mumbling lines from a Tennessee Williams masterpiece. I was straining to hear him from the back of the room. “But I was really feeling it!” he said later. “That’s great,” I replied, “but you need to let those feelings live. You need to share them with the audience.” Later, in my work as an acting teacher,…
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3 Psalms For When You Need A Break From Life
I’m so busy. I tell myself I’m going to rest, but I rarely do. I tell myself I’m going to exercise, but I make excuses. I tell myself I’m going to start saying “no,” but “yes” just feels more natural. Over time, I start to feel hopeless as I dart from one commitment to the next. I overlook signs of…
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4 Bible Verses for Mending a Broken Relationship
Relationships are risky business. While they can fill our lives with joy and delight, they can also tear us apart with heartache. And as I’ve learned the hard way, good relationships take hard work, especially when I have to mend broken bonds with the people I love most. Have you ever faced a broken relationship? Maybe your actions or words…
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