The Prayer Snapshot: “Lightbearers: Light That Pierces the Darkness”
Light and darkness cannot occupy the same space and time. When light is present, darkness is conquered, annihilated, vanquished. In Scripture, Jesus declares himself to be the light of the world (John 8:12). When Jesus is present, all darkness must flee. Jesus is the answer for the darkness we see in our world today. In this episode of the Prayer…
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Sunday Morning Time Travel
We try valiantly to limit media consumption in our home, but as any parent knows, it’s incredibly difficult. And as any stay-at-home parent knows, it’s especially difficult when your kids are operating at maximum “twerpitude” and driving each other—and you—crazy. Sometimes, when we are in each other’s faces, the combined idiosyncrasies are just too much; I give in and tell…
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Love Yourself the Way God Loves You
I smiled at my little nephew, heart swelling with pride. There he was on the school stage, tie askew, singing “Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer” loudly and badly. He didn’t know the hand motions. He got carried away and sang the closing note for too long. And at one point he accidentally flopped his hand into the person next to him…
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This Veterans Day: Pray for Hope
War has lasting effects. No one knows this better than the 19 million Veterans living in America today. Many of these brave men and women still grapple with the psychological effects of war. It’s estimated that 31 percent of Vietnam War Veterans suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). And nearly 20 percent of troops returning from Iraq and 11 percent…
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Five Questions to Guide Your Bible Reading
Though I’d grown up in the church and had earned my share of Scripture memory badges in Sunday School, I was an adult before I realized I didn’t actually understand much of the Bible. I knew how to pull out a verse of encouragement when I needed hope, and I knew how to identify sin in myself and others, but…
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Why bother?
The Bible is usually the last thing I want to face in the morning. I lie in bed in the early dawn, that netherworld between darkness and light, my phone in my hand, teetering between clicking on Facebook and clicking on my Bible app. I grew up nurtured on the understanding that your morning “quiet time” in God’s Word is…
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What would Jesus talk about at the table?
I have been thinking a lot about Jesus’s encounters with people at the dinner table. I wonder what it would be like to have him as a mealtime companion. What would he talk about? Would he walk the path of least resistance, trying his best not to bring up uncomfortable topics; or would he hone in on his dinner companion’s…
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