There’s a place so lonely, so frightening, it’s closer to hope than you can imagine.
At what point does trusting in God become laziness, and at one point does putting in effort become doing something in your own strength?
A few years ago, God answered a prayer of mine and finally said yes to my request for the Big Thing. It doesn’t really matter what the Big Thing was — maybe it was healing, a financial breakthrough, a spouse, a job, or some other change in circumstance …
If you haven’t read Suzanne Gosselin’s excellent article, “Why You Should Keep Hoping for Marriage,” go read it now. Seriously, go read it, and I’ll wait right here. OK, here we go! Suzanne reminds us that “[t]he key to staying hopeful despite discoura …
by Hope Johnson It’s 1:00 a.m., and a familiar fear keeps me awake. I reach for my phone for the 15th time, checking to make sure that my alarm clock is actually set. In college, I only worried about sleeping in on exam days. But now that I have a “rea …
Stress. It’s a word I hear a lot these days. Whether from youth, young adults, friends or family, both in the church and outside, it seems like everyone I know is stressed, anxious or worried about something. My question is why. Why are we stressed if …
Easter is a great time to pause and think deeply about what our Lord and Savior accomplished for us through His death and resurrection. Life gets busy, and our souls often get weighed down with the busyness of life. We all need daily times to let the t …
A few years ago, I heard a lecture on the Millennial generation by Christian Smith, author of Souls in Transition: the Religious and Spiritual Lives of Emerging Adults. One thing he said that really stood out to me was that past generations viewed life …
There comes a moment in every relationship when one person turns to the other and says, “I don’t even know who you are anymore. Who are you, and what have you done with my friend?” This often happens when we discover some hidden talent or ability. Disc …
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