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The Language of God
The Language of God
By Stephen Clark
Suffering cannot be understood or avoided; it can only be felt and journeyed through. From the minor irritations that fill our days to the big stuff, cries out the message that we are not made for this place, that finding permanent happiness and fulfillment on earth is not really part of the plan, indeed any such attempt will be thwarted.
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Lessons From a Mother's Heart to Her College-Bound Daughter: Enjoy the Ride & Be Grateful
Lessons From a Mother's Heart to Her College-Bound Daughter: Enjoy the Ride & Be Grateful
By Teresa Hurst
We will be helping our youngest daughter, Grace, make the first-time move on campus in just a few days. In all the excitement and chaos, how do I slow time to put into words she will hear, the things so important for her to know and understand?
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When You Come to Serve the Lord, Prepare Yourselves for Trials
When You Come to Serve the Lord, Prepare Yourselves for Trials
By Elizabeth Thomas
I wonder just how many people would give their lives to God if they knew just what lies ahead on that journey with Him. Would we even want to be born into this world if we knew what would be facing us here? Jesus willing came knowing what the Father was asking, didn't He?
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Are You Running Away from God?
Are You Running Away from God?
By Katie Zalany
If you find yourself running away from God in subtle or not so subtle ways, and not cooperating with the grace that wants to work in your life, may my shared experience show you that He notices and beckons you back to Him.
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"Lessons" From a Mother's Heart to Her College-Bound Daughter: Step Outside the Box
"Lessons" From a Mother's Heart to Her College-Bound Daughter: Step Outside the Box
By Teresa Hurst
I have always tried to teach through my own feeble example the importance of having many layers to your onion. What do I mean by this? I feel life is so much richer and fuller when I fill it with new experiences.
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Exodus
Exodus
By Stephen Clark
At a local park in Manila, I saw a piece of the Berlin wall; a gift from the German government. One side is covered with colorful graffiti, the other still the original bland grey: metaphors to the two ideologies that it separated.
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Lessons From a Mother's Heart to Her College-Bound Daughter: Everyone is Broken, Social Media Imaging
Lessons From a Mother's Heart to Her College-Bound Daughter: Everyone is Broken, Social Media Imaging
By Teresa Hurst
There are a lot of good things about social media and our desire to be connected, but there are many troubling issues that should be rightly noted. I think a big one is the fact that people are rarely who they claim to be. Social media imaging creates illusions of what we want people to think we are and it’s not the real version. You see, human beings are broken creatures. We are all insecure.
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Lessons From a Mother's Heart to Her College-Bound Daughter: Be a Light on a Lampstand
Lessons From a Mother's Heart to Her College-Bound Daughter: Be a Light on a Lampstand
By Teresa Hurst
Matthew 5:14-16 says: “You are the light of the world. A city set on a mountain cannot be hidden. Nor do they light a lamp and then put it under a bushel basket; it is set on a lampstand, where it gives light to all in the house. Just so, your light must shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your heavenly Father.”
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The Countdown: "Lessons" From a Mother's Heart to Her College-Bound Daughter, Day 6: Beware the Hook-up Culture, and the Gift of Your Virginity
The Countdown: "Lessons" From a Mother's Heart to Her College-Bound Daughter, Day 6: Beware the Hook-up Culture, and the Gift of Your Virginity
By Teresa Hurst
I can hear my mother’s gentle instruction to me as a young woman. She often talked to me about the beautiful gift of my virginity. I’ll attempt to channel her wisdom as I speak these valuable lessons from mother to daughter once again. And she would say…
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Seeking Tranquility Amid Pregnancy
Seeking Tranquility Amid Pregnancy
By Kevin J. Banet
Are the pangs of pregnancy a curse? Is there merit to this kind of suffering? Are we allowed to complain to God?
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The Countdown: "Lessons" From a Mother's Heart to Her College-Bound Daughter, Day 7: Your Dignity as a Woman
The Countdown: "Lessons" From a Mother's Heart to Her College-Bound Daughter, Day 7: Your Dignity as a Woman
By Teresa Hurst
I’ve been fortunate in my life to have had the best role model for what it means to be a strong, beautiful woman: my mother, your grandma. From childhood you have a memory of a nurturing grandmother who always had a cheerful home and goodies to eat. I wish you knew her longer, because through the lens of a young woman, you would see so much more.
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"WHAT?--GOD SPEAKS THROUGH MY MOTHER-IN-LAW?
"WHAT?--GOD SPEAKS THROUGH MY MOTHER-IN-LAW?
By Elizabeth Thomas
There is another way that God can speak to us through a person. He will use THEIR BEHAVIOUR! Especially behaviour we just can't stand!! The message given---we may not want to hear.
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The Countdown: "Lessons" From a Mother's Heart to Her College-Bound Daughter, Day 8: Be Safe and Make Right Choices
The Countdown: "Lessons" From a Mother's Heart to Her College-Bound Daughter, Day 8: Be Safe and Make Right Choices
By Teresa Hurst
It is a natural inclination for each parent (especially your father) to protect their little girls. From your topsy tails to your little bubbly, ballerina toes, the sweet, girly innocence was constantly gushing out, and we worked relentlessly to shelter you from anything that might threaten...
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Those Hard to Accept Teachings of Jesus
Those Hard to Accept Teachings of Jesus
By Katie Zalany
Suffering and carrying the cross. Loving your neighbor (especially the one you don’t want to love). Dying to self. Humbling oneself. Radical generosity. Simple living. Poverty of spirit. Forgiving those who hurt you again and again. Compassion when you’re hurting. Having faith in what is unseen. Not worrying about tomorrow.
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Constant Spiritual Warfare: Greg's Story
Constant Spiritual Warfare: Greg's Story
By Gwen Evans
God’s love and mercy are waiting for you in the confessional. No matter your offenses, Jesus has made the necessary sacrifice to make you whole again. No more procrastinating! Return to the Lord while you still can. Today is the day of salvation.
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Lessons From a Mother's Heart to Her College-Bound Daughter
Lessons From a Mother's Heart to Her College-Bound Daughter
By Teresa Hurst
What is love? I will tell you. God is love. God is not the “master of love”; He is love. He is Truth. He is the only Way. The world is racing in all kinds of directions but the right one.
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He Lifts Up the Lowly
He Lifts Up the Lowly
By Katie Zalany
We who follow Christ faithfully and embrace the spiritual life are often lowly, but in that lowliness is greater power. Like Mary, God can work through us in miraculous ways because the Holy Spirit is alive in us.
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