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Embracing Suffering

Richard Foster writes about our culture’s “suffering avoidance” and Christ’s call to identify with those who suffer.
Richard J. Foster
Richard J. Foster
Featured August 31, 2018 (Original Feb 2006 )
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A Hurry-Free Life

Does “relentlessly eliminate hurry” mean embracing an inefficient life? Carolyn Arends explores if it is possible to work quickly without being in a hurry.
Carolyn Arends
Carolyn Arends
November 23, 2024
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How to Pray While Drowning In Doubt

Without pretense or platitudes, Tish Harrison Warren lights the candle of nighttime prayer to help us find a path forward in the darkness of doubt and grief.
Tish Harrison Warren
Tish Harrison Warren
November 23, 2024
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Creativity in the Chaos

When COVID-19 began, Carolyn Arends noticed something weird: people were crafting. They responded to chaos with cosmos. And regardless of our artistic ability, all of us are made in the image of the Creator and instilled with a desire to create order and beauty.
Carolyn Arends
Carolyn Arends
November 23, 2024
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Finding God at the End of Our Rope

Dallas Willard was right, says Lacy Borgo, “God’s address is at the end of our rope.” To stay centered and connected in seasons of struggle, she invites us to pray the Psalms and to play as a “stubborn act of hope.”
Lacy Finn Borgo
Lacy Finn Borgo
November 23, 2024
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God’s Crash School

“Hitting my own bottom of depression,” writes Juanita Rasmus, “has enabled me to come to an amazing awareness: I had been sourcing my life from an illusion.” That awareness led her to find the source of her being and life is not in self-made rules but in Christ.
Juanita Campbell Rasmus
Juanita Campbell Rasmus
November 23, 2024
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Two Simple Questions for Cultivating Self-Kindness

Cindy Bunch offers a simple way to look back on each day that can lead to increased compassion toward self and empathy toward others.
Cindy Bunch
Cindy Bunch
November 23, 2024
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Listen to the Groans

“Many people see the injustice in the world as a reason to give up on faith,” writes Carolyn Arends, “but the irony is, when we decry injustice, our hearts resonate with the heart of God more than we can possibly imagine.”
Carolyn Arends
Carolyn Arends
November 23, 2024
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He Guided Me to a Better Way: Chris Hall Remembers J.I. Packer

“[J.I. Packer’s] books have helped so many,” reflects Chris Hall. “I’m grateful. I’m even more grateful, though, for his willingness to invest his time in a graduate student with a tendency to take the path of least resistance.”
Christopher A. Hall
Christopher A. Hall
November 23, 2024
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Empty That We May Be Full

Marlena opens her book, The Way Up is Down, by pouring out her complaints to God (“reading God the riot act”) after a particularly painful event. That honest prayer opened the way to illuminating insight.
Marlena Graves
Marlena Graves
November 23, 2024