Squaring off against the darkness, acknowledging its created separateness from the light that is God in the lives of people, is our posture for this season.
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Reflection Roundup: The Many Faces of Empathy
Friday is National Lemonade Day, so buy an extra cup and share it in Jesus’s name, confident that it makes a difference for eternity.
Tony, Trina, and the God of Second Chances
It’s a story of the God of love and grace doing his work among his people. It’s a story for the sinner and the lonely, a story for those in grief and pain, and a story of redemption.
Rats Don’t Wear Boots
It seems like the adage of pulling yourself up by your own bootstraps is still thriving. The rats, however, have a different opinion.
Mormons, Refugees, and Addicts
We believe every person has come to the assembly of God’s people for a reason. Yet I am always surprised at who God brings our way.
Five Reasons the Church Should Support Recovery Groups
Twelve-step groups are not the church. And this is a great reason why the church should support them.
Rebooting
Preachers and other proclaimers of the gospel should pay attention to how this podcast creates an audience for people who have a testimony.
"Choose Joy" and Other Ridiculous Things People Say to People in Recovery
That goal to "just be happy/joyful" is one of the biggest reasons my clients wind up clinging to disordered behavior.
I Am Not a Robot: Resisting the Quick Fix Culture
The invisible ailments of the soul and spirit can be squishy problems that resist being named or fixed.
