One sunny afternoon in 1981, I walked to our neighborhood supermarket to buy some Chips Ahoy! cookies—my favorite snack. After I made my purchase...

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Early one summer morning, my sister Jay and I drove down to the little Maryland farming community of Sykesville to visit Grandma Clark. She wasn’t really our grandmother. She and Jay had become friends at the tiny stone church on the hill, and we had been invited...

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This Thanksgiving, many Americans are hurting. Though most of us have what we need, millions are either without work or struggling to make ends meet and provide for their families. Even as we thank God...

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Our place as sons and daughters settles our present and our future. It designates us as partakers of the life-transforming benefits of grace. Children who feel secure enough to call God “Abba, Father” are not worrying about...

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Imagine with me for a moment that you are renting a nice house in the suburbs of your hometown where your favorite uncle and cousin live across the street, your parents live three blocks away, and your grandparents stay around the corner. One beautiful spring morning, you discover...

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My friend Sarah hadn’t returned my call in two days, and now anxiety gnawed at my sleep. She looked at me kind of funny a few days earlier, I recalled, which sent me tumbling down a rabbit hole of negative thoughts: I probably said something that...

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There are some people who do wake up happy—like my husband. When Kevin wakes us, he is wide awake, happy, and energetic. Not me! I am still walking around the house with my eyes shut, feeling my way around. It’s in these early-morning moments just upon waking that your mind can be bombarded with...

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What would you do if you found out you had all the power in the universe? What would be your first act to demonstrate your power? John tells us this is exactly the position in which Jesus found himself near the end of his ministry. He reminds us...

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While you and l have never witnessed anything like the challenges of recent times, God has. He exists outside of chronological time as we know it, and His omniscience knows all that ...

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The past couple of years have taken a toll on all of us. Things we took for granted, like family gatherings, school, work, and travel, have all looked quite different for a while. Many of my family and friends have also experienced loneliness, anxiety, and depression...

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