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Get Involved

I went to bed one night years ago feeling very uneasy. I barely slept, and my fear was realized when I woke in the morning. I opened the app on my phone and read the contents of a review of me by a...
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Choose To Diffuse

It’s easy to join in with someone who is angry. Opting to vent and commiserate with them certainly does this. But you don’t have to actively take their side or say anything to add fuel to the...
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What Did I Do?

When I was eight years old, I was playing frisbee with my neighbor in her front yard a few doors down from my home. We were messing around, and I had a fit of giggles and did not pay attention to...
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Self-Talk To Give Thanks

I am a bit of a Pollyanna so to “give thanks in all circumstances” might be easier for me than for others. Even still, it is something I have to intentionally choose. One way I do this is through...
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Which One Do You Feed?

If there is one way I can relate to Paul in today’s passage, it is the way he is speaking to himself. It’s embarrassing to admit how many times a day I catch myself acting or speaking negatively...
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No More, No Less

There’s a pivotal scene in the 1996 version of the film Emma, in which the main characters, Emma and Mr. Knightley, argue as he holds her accountable for the harsh way she treated a mutual friend.
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Is It OK To Cry “Foul” With God?

Have you ever cried “foul?” Kids do it all the time on the playground. Basketballers, footballers, even pickleballers do it. You’ve probably done it while playing board games, working with...
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Worshipful Eyes

I participated in an intensive retreat years ago, and I distinctly remember the eyes of those facilitating the experience. There was something about their eyes that drew me in.
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Sacrifice and Worship

A few years ago, a storm knocked down a large tree in my neighbor’s yard. She was an elderly widow who lived alone. After a day of watching and waiting—wondering if her family or maybe a tree...