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Real Saints Frederick Buechner reflects on the eclectic parade of saints that have danced the path of Christendom throughout the ages and continue to inspire and instruct us today.

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Nothing Wasted Excerpt from Philip Yancey’s Where the Light Fell An encouraging word from Philip Yancey's memoir about God's redemptive work in and through our past wounds.

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Finding the Hidden Jesus The charming Thérèse of Lisieux joins us to share a story of how she combatted natural antipathy toward a particular nun in her convent. Beyond just holding her tongue from giving sharp replies to…

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Loving Those We Don’t Like In an excerpt from her autobiography, Thérèse of Lisieux tells about the small acts of kindness that helped her learn to get along with a particularly annoying nun in her fellowship. Little but…

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Getting Along in Community "A holy nun of our community annoyed me in all that she did"... Thérèse of Lisieux tells how God taught her to embrace a challenging woman in the fellowship.

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A Hurry-Free Life Slowly Learning Not to Rush Does "relentlessly eliminate hurry" mean embracing an inefficient life? Carolyn Arends explores if it is possible to work quickly without being in a hurry.

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Christmas Agony and Joy For Christmas, Brian Morykon invites us to shake off any platitudes we may carry surrounding the concept of joy and enter instead into a sacramental space where agony can walk side-by-side with joy…

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Understanding Fasting "Fasting is the voluntary denial of an otherwise normal function for the sake of intense spiritual activity." Richard Foster explains the what and why of this month's focus discipline.

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Speak Truth to Power Use words when necessary. ​Measuring our words with wisdom does not mean turning a blind eye to evil. Carolyn Arends shares a recent piece from Faith Today about "the quiet power of a life shaped by God" that does not need to…

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Kindness Isn’t Quaint Kindness often gets thrown in with niceness, manners and etiquette. But it’s altogether something different. Those things are of earth. Kindness is of heaven.