How to Pray for America 20 Years After 9/11
On September 11th, 2001, our nation was forever changed. Four airplanes hijacked by al-Qaeda—a terrorist organization—crashed into the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in New York City, the Pentagon near Washington D.C., and a field in Shanksville, Pennsylvania. Nearly 3,000 people were killed. Thousands more were injured. And today, the rest of us bear the scars—both seen and…
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5 Bible Verses For When You Feel Inadequate
I so badly want to stack up in life. I want to grow into a flawless writer, a perfect husband and a dependable friend. But when I consider these desires, I uncover a much deeper truth: I fear inadequacy. I worry about not stacking up, about developing into a fraud and a has-been. I wonder if I'm just barely getting…
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4 Bible Verses for When You Feel Abandoned by God
I’ve never felt more abandoned by God than when I moved into the city. Throughout my life, I have experienced my fair share of transitions: I lived in five different places before my 10th birthday, spent my teenage years in Southeast Georgia and, after graduating college, lived in Wisconsin, all before settling into Philadelphia. Of my many moves and adjustments,…
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Can You Serve God With An Ordinary Job?
We all want to do something purposeful with our lives. But for many of us, this proves to be more challenging than we had anticipated. The job market prevents us from starting a meaningful career. We complete a degree only to realize we chose the wrong field. We lack the funds to launch a creative venture. We have dreams, ideas…
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6 Bible Verses for Waiting on God
For the third Monday in a row, I woke up feeling anxious. While seeking a job that would bring me closer to my family—and ultimately, my future wife—I felt impatient. I had grown tired of waiting for God to provide a solution and, as a result, began to doubt his plan for my life. I wondered if a plan existed…
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Springtime in New York
People are busy these days. It’s hard to get our church folks to spend even 15 minutes a day reading the Bible. But consider this. If you watch a one-hour TV show, you’re spending at least 15 minutes viewing commercials. That point was made by one of the participants at a Listening Campaign session hosted by American Bible Society and…
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5 Bible Verses for the Storms of Life
The sun was out when I strapped my 3-year-old nephew into the car. We were on our way to the museum, and he was excited to ride the choo-choo train on the museum grounds. But when we pulled into the parking lot, we began to feel a slight drizzle. Shortly after, as we ran inside, the sky drew ominously dark,…
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