4 Things to Do When You’re Stressed About Money
I have a love-hate relationship with my bank app. On the one hand, it’s convenient to be able to look at my account balance while waiting in the checkout line. On the other hand, every time I open the app, those numbers never seem high enough. Sure, I might have enough for groceries this week, but what about next week?…
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Finding Hope When Your Life Falls Apart
Kim didn’t feel close to God anymore. But she thought she was OK. She was alone, yes, but she felt she could handle everything on her own. And then her life fell apart. Her heart was broken through the pain of divorce. Twice. After all that, she was left with seven children to take care of—all on her own. Then…
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How to Pray for Mozambique
On March 15, 2019, a tropical cyclone struck Mozambique. Cyclone Idai barreled through Mozambique with 100-mile-per-hour winds and torrential rains causing widespread destruction. Beira, the capital of the Sofala Province, was hit the hardest. The Rev. Valente Tomas Tseco, executive secretary of Bible Society in Mozambique, sent this update: “Many people have died and many more are injured and displaced.…
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Loving the Neighbor Who Doesn’t Look Like You
Churches in Charlotte are leaning into Scripture for unity. In a day and age where race divides, church leaders are recognizing the urgent need for people to better understand each other, respect each other, and thank God for his diversity in creation. Fostering open dialogue between people from difference races and cultural backgrounds is one way to begin bridging the…
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When Jesus cried for help
“My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” Jesus's cry of dereliction from the cross recorded in Mark 15:33-34 haunts us each Lenten season. Traditionally, the church sets aside this season to ponder the deep mystery of God sundered from God, the eternal Son cast out from the Father's presence as he bears the weight of our sin. But…
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3 Salmos para luchar contra una enfermedad invisible
Dije que estaba bien, pero en realidad no lo estaba. Tuve problemas para concentrarme y sentí náuseas todo el tiempo. Al principio, ni siquiera estaba seguro de lo que estaba pasando, solo sabía que me sentía muy mal. Resulta que un virus que ni siquiera sabía que había atacado mi sistema vestibular, resultó en problemas de seguimiento ocular y una…
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Grace, Concealed in the Old Testament, Is Revealed in the New
In his Anti-Pelagian Writings, St. Augustine speaks of the relationship between the Old and New Testaments: This grace hid itself under a veil in the Old Testament, but it has been revealed in the New Testament according to the most perfectly ordered dispensation of the ages, forasmuch as God knew how to dispose all things. And perhaps it is a…
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