As Advent begins, we start by acknowledging the weariness, grief, rage and hopelessness we carry—and we also affirm that we are made for joy. Joy is designed to live in a full house of other emotions. …
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An important aspect of play that I love is that the process is far more important than the outcome. How many things in your life fit that?…
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There are people around you who need your presence. It's time to be "creatures of the day."…
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Seasonal Affective Disorder, or seasonal depression, is well-known among many people. For those who encounter it consistently, the slow departure of summer can be met with dread and fear of what is looming in the distance.…
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There’s been only a handful of times that I’ve been in situations that pushed me into one of my survival responses – fight, flight and freeze. I would love to be able to recount for you heroic instances where I stood up and fought for myself, but instead, I froze.…
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The miracles of the past are not confined to history. They are the prelude to the miracles awaiting us in the present and the future.
May the story of Joshua inspire us to step forward in faith, trusting that our God is the same yesterday, today and forever.…
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“The darkness may have had its day, but God is dreaming.” It might be scary, it might be horrifying, but the darkness can’t win. In the person of Jesus, God has empowered us to help make all those true, good and holy dreams of God come true, on earth as…
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At the beginning of this year, I had enlightening encounters with both Jesus and the Holy Spirit that deepened my relationships with them and heightened my understanding of who they are. I uncovered just how much Jesus gets us in our pain and is our dark night companion. With the…
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If living awake is a phrase, then what does that look like? And what does its opposite, living asleep, entail?…
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Welcome to October – a season when we willingly subject ourselves to fear for the sake of entertainment. But what about the fears that lurk in the shadows of our minds, the anxious thoughts that haunt our everyday lives? Our anxieties, in this life, will always be with us. But…
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