I see the bright lights on the Christmas trees all around me. I hear the sounds of traditional Christmas music as I shop for the perfect little gifts to give the ones I love. 'Tis the season to be jolly, they say. To be happy and cheerful. I know many of us fully embrace a...

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We know what it’s like to be afraid when we are standing at the foot of a mountain we feel we have no business climbing. We have all been tasked with something...

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My family and I were in church, sitting next to a group of people I didn’t recognize. They had just moved to Charlotte after Hurricane Katrina had wreaked havoc in New Orleans, including destroying their home and...

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Right now many Americans are hurting. Though most of us have what we need, millions of others are either without work or have jobs but are still struggling ...

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Much has been written and discussed about the “red wave” that never was. In the last two years, we have witnessed an increase in fentanyl deaths, enriched and empowered...

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One of the brilliant things about Scripture is that every inch of its wisdom runs a mile deep. There are no shallows. You cannot plumb its depths. There is always ...

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Elisha was a prophet of God. He had served Elijah, and when God took Elijah to heaven, Elijah threw his mantle over Elisha, granting Elisha...

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Paul wrote, “I discipline my body like an athlete, training it to do what it should. Otherwise, I fear that after preaching to others I myself might be disqualified” (1 Corinthians 9:27, NLT). No one wakes up one morning and thinks...

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Our bodies are supposed to change. When we were children, these changes were celebrated and praised. In our home, I track how much my boys...

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I believed unconsciously for a long time, even as I went to church and served God vocationally, that His grace applied to others but somehow I was too far gone. His grace didn’t apply to me. My addiction...

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