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Learning to Give

If there’s one thing relationships have taught me lately, it’s that I struggle with giving and mostly when it pertains to my time. One central and crucial part in loving others is learning to give of ourselves. That means we give our time, our energy a …

John the Baptist on Identity

When I was about 8 years old, a Sunday School teacher challenged the class to memorize John chapter 1. I took him up on the challenge. As a result, this is one of the chapters of the Bible that’s most cemented in my mind. There’s just something about t …

Counseling: Your Future Self Will Thank You

  The most popular article on RelevantMagazine.com is “What To Know When You’re 25(ish).” I remember reading it and nodding along with everything on the list, but the one that stood out most to me was about the value of counseling. The author writ …

Your Turn: Our Fight Against Sin

  The fight against sin is a brutal fight. Jesus was serious about killing sin (Matthew 5:29-30). If you’re like me, you have tried to “cut off” certain aspects of your life to obtain some victory over that sin (e.g., burn the DVDs, CDs, and get r …

You’re Beautiful

“Humility is not thinking less of yourself; it is thinking of yourself less.” —C.S. Lewis I heard this quote on the radio the other day, and it resonated with me. I struggle with this very thing. Often I get my definition of humility mixed up, and I th …

Speak of the Devil

A few weeks back, an interviewer asked Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia whether he believed in heaven and hell. Sure I do, Scalia replied, adding: “I even believe in the devil.” The interviewer seemed to think this was remarkable if not bizarre, an …

First Snow

Have you had your first snowfall of the year yet? Here in Colorado Springs, the nearby mountains have been frost-topped for nearly a month now, but I hadn’t seen any snow here in town until a morning last week when a coworker announced — in excitement …

Your Turn: Stop Running and Go Back

  A child. A girl was traded into the world of prostitution. Times were harsh in the 1850s, especially for Angel. That was her trade name. She grew up hating the sphere of countless and faceless men that used her body, leaving her soul raw and sha …

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