Ten years ago I moved across the ocean, from Tennessee to Uganda, full of something that I thought was hope but in reality was more like naïve optimism. If you had asked me then how the Lord might most deepen my relationship with Him, I would have had all kinds of answers. At the old and wise age of nineteen...

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John Lennon released a song in 1971 that still resounds today, even among those born after that time. People are attracted to the idea...

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In His Word, we have help, especially for the lies many of us have just accepted as part of life. I often find the help I need in the Psalms, which is sometimes called the prayer book of the Bible. The Psalms include prayers that run the gamut of human experience...

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Dreamers are risk-takers. You can't separate the two. Dreaming and taking risks comes as a package, at least if you want your dream to become a reality. I know that some people are naturally drawn to risk...

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Not too long ago, my son Arden travelled to India to speak at a conference. But when he arrived, they didn't even pick him up ...

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A friend called and told me that she struggled with online pornography. Isn’t that something only men struggle with? She told me she’d reached out to her small group the previous year ...

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I always felt it strange that God needed to command us to love him. (It is the first and greatest of all commandments.) Now I see better. When God calls us to love him as our "first love,"...

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The Hebrew word for "whisper," demamah, can be translated "silence" or "stillness" or "calmness." Simon and Garfunkel weren't far off the title of the 1964 hit single, "The Sound of Silence." The same Hebrew word...

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The most important facet of all my research and practice is individual choice. The moment people recognize the power of their minds – the individuality of their thinking...

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Grace-full moments. We can't live without them. When we extend grace to others, despite our flaws and weaknesses, we reflect something of the very nature and character of Christ...

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