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August 10, 2019 Holiness Is Not Holier-Than-Thou The world aches for human beings who embody true holiness—whole and well-functioning people who have “the ability to do what needs to be done when it needs to be done.”

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July 20, 2018 Singleness of Mind Christian Simplicity, our focus this month, isn’t renouncing wealth or technology. It is singleness of mind on Jesus Christ. “It means,” says Richard Foster in Freedom of Simplicity, “being cognizant…

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March 11, 2022 The Prayer of Suffering “Our question,” Richard Foster writes, “is not ‘Why is there suffering in the world?’ but ​‘How do I enter into the suffering that is in the world in a way that is redemptive and healing?’ We must…

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August 2, 2019 Lighthearted Perseverance When it comes to prayer, exerting that type of effort requires honesty: “Lord, you are here… Even though at this moment I don’t sense you in the least and I’m worn down. I trust you are still my…

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January 8, 2021 Magnification Thinking about current events in the company of God—that is, choosing in our thinking to be aware of God’s presence and open to the Holy Spirit—can lead us into prayer and repentance, and hopefully…

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June 23, 2023 Petition Is Purified by Petition God doesn’t withhold from us to be cruel, or wait to answer until our hearts and requests are flawless. In fact, “withholding” is probably the wrong word altogether. The process of asking and…

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April 14, 2023 From Rote to Revelatory Overcoming familiarity blindness takes intention. It takes humility; we must admit there is more to see than we’ve seen before. It takes slowing down; we must stoop to examine a brick in a road we’ve…

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July 29, 2022 Finding God’s Grace When Rhythms Unravel As James Catford says on the podcast, our significance must come from the acceptance of God—acceptance we didn’t earn and therefore cannot lose.

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February 16, 2024 Full-Stride Freedom The point is to listen to the Spirit about what to fast and what to hold fast, what to release and what to retain. Christ has set us free to live a free life (Gal 5:1). Lent, baptized by grace, helps…

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July 12, 2024 Spiral Stairway

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April 28, 2023 When You Can’t Simply ​“Snap Out of It” Memorizing a psalm—like Psalm 23—and bringing its words and images to mind has a powerful shaping effect on us. And that power increases when it's also on our lips. When I say aloud, He restores my…

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November 27, 2020 Becoming Re-wondered The goal of being “re-wondered” with the incarnation isn’t to recapture an emotional high for its own sake, trying as it were “to make every kiss feel like the first”—though wonder by definition does…