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Frustrated With Yourself? Trusting in the God Who Transforms
Last week I drove my two children home from my son’s preschool. The sun shone through the windows and lit up the neglected dust on my dashboard. I listened to the kids chattering…
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Why It Is Good and Right to Practice Patience With Yourself
I stood at the kitchen sink with autumn afternoon light streaming through the window. My husband, Josh, and I had finished Sunday lunch and finally had a moment for real conversation after a…
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Switch On the Lamp: Finding Spiritual Significance in a Simple Practice
Not all light is created equal. Walking into our friends’ apartment, five floors above our own and identical in nearly every way, it wasn’t the light I noticed first. First, I noticed how…
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You Become What You Behold: Five Scriptures to Remember
My first job after college earned me an apartment, a car, and spending money which went mostly toward clothing purchases. During those days, I opened Vogue magazine more often than I opened my…