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Read ArticleFour Bible Verses on the Gift of Forgiveness
Have you ever fully thought about God’s forgiveness? About what it means that He has forgiven us? I’m not good at forgiveness. I hold grudges. I say I forgive but then I don’t forget....
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Read ArticleEmbracing a “No Fear” Attitude
Maybe you’ve seen some version of this saying: Courage is not the absence of fear, but being afraid and doing it anyway. My quick internet search shows that Google doesn’t quite know...
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Read ArticleHomeward Bound
There is a glossy sheet of paper adorned with the face of a young man, which I keep in my car at all times. I like to pull it out and look at it as I am driving home. It makes me feel...
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Read ArticleThree Ways to Serve Christ by Loving Your Family
Remember when we all hoped that we’d be able to go back to “normal” by Memorial Day? Now Labor Day has come and gone, Thanksgiving is on the horizon, and we’re all still at home. Some...
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Read ArticleEngaging Authentically with One Another in Christian Community
This post is an excerpt adapted from Holding Up the Prophet's Hands: Supporting Church Workers by Bruce M. Hartung. What would happen if a congregation encouraged its members to...
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Read ArticleOctober 2020 Everyday Faith Calendar
Lawyer: “Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?” Jesus: “What is written in the Law? How do you read it?” Lawyer: “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and...
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Read ArticleA Secure and Constant Hope
Our hope is not in our circumstances. It’s something I need to be reminded of regularly. Especially during times that are not routine or are unexpected, or when it becomes apparent...
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Read ArticleDeveloping a Circle of Trust
In previous posts, I have approached the concept of race relations from a theoretical point of view. However, in this post, I want to give you some practical ideas to help make the task...
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Read ArticleJust for Decoration
Special thanks to the ministries of St. Lucas Lutheran Early Childhood Center and Word of Life Lutheran School in St. Louis, Missouri, for taking the time to educate my children and...
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Read ArticleJesus Is With You in Your Worry
“Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble” (Matthew 6:34). Maybe you hear this as a new Law at...
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Read ArticleChallenging More: You Don't Know Everything (and That's Okay)
The idea that each individual person has to know everything can set some on edge. How are you meant to know everything in the short lifespan that you have? In his new book, Meant for...
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Read ArticleThe Art of Listening and Speaking
This post is an adapted excerpt from Speaking Boldly: Sharing God's Word Every Day by Edward O. Grimenstein. We Christians must always be willing to take the time to listen to one...
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1:38Watch VideoDan Paavola on Forgiveness
How do you define forgiveness? Like a diamond or a cube, forgiveness has multiple facets. Join author Dan Paavola as he defines and explores six facets of forgiveness in his newest book, Flowing from
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Read ArticleBuild a Powerful Prayer Life
About a week ago, I got a text from my pastor asking if he could pray for me. Life has been especially stressful on me the past two months, so his offer was exactly what I needed, even...
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Read ArticleAsymptomatic Symptoms
Earlier this summer, I received a phone call that caused me to drop my glass cup on the floor right before heading into a Bible study. My doctor had called to tell me that the “routine”...
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Read ArticleWhen You Get What You Prayed For
In college, I used to (only semi-jokingly) ask God to send me a tall, blonde, Jesus-loving, soccer-playing, European boyfriend. A few weeks ago, I married a tall, blonde pastor who...
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Read ArticleA Sea of Broken Dreams
“I will rejoice in Jerusalem and be glad in My people; no more shall be heard in it the sound of weeping and the cry of distress.” Isaiah 65:19 As I look at the landscape in our...
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Read ArticleAnxiety and the Pandemic
The level of anxiety facing children, parents, schoolteachers and administrators, congregational shepherds and lay leaders, and our public policy makers is enormous—pandemic anxiety for...
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Read Article4 Places to Share God's Word with Others
I wouldn’t be writing this were it not for people who told me about Jesus: My grandparents, who taught me to give thanks before meals and helped me recite the Lord’s Prayer. My friends...
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Read ArticleWade in the Water
It was Easter Sunday at St. Matthew Lutheran Church in Brooklyn, NY. The tiny urban neighborhood church was crowded with saints singing “Jesus Christ is Risen Today” at the top of their...
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