4 Gospel Promises for Self-Hating Christians
I remember being eleven years old, just entering the world of braces and acne scars, staring into our bathroom mirror and feeling consciously insecure for
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To the Fellow Believer Struggling With Prayer
A few times this past year, I received letters from close friends, at a time when I was struggling with very similar emotions to the
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When Your Job is Taking Care of Kids
“Sydney! I woke up this morning!” I turned around from the stove, where I was scurrying between heating up milk for the one-year-old, emptying the
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The God Who Turns Graves Into Resurrection Beds
I have five siblings in Heaven and four of them – Honor, Miracle, Trust, and Promise – were taken to God before birth. I wept
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When God Takes Away What He Gives
Isaiah wanted a little brother since the time he could look around, and realize he was the only kid in the troop of his kind.
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Eight Months Closer….
“Do you have a brother?” “Yes, I do,” I answered. How can a 4-year-old ask a question that is like a punch in the gut?
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Guest Book Review: The Sun Also Rises by Earnest Hemingway
Guest post by Maya Simao. In the last 40 seconds, someone took his own life. Every year, over 800,000 people commit suicide. The numbers are
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The Poem I Wrote As I Struggled With Depression
Last year, I struggled with a deep and debilitating depression, through which I was burdened with the feeling (among other things) that the promises of
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Can Christians Read Harry Potter?
I’m a fan of the Harry Potter books. If you were to walk into a room of Christians and say those words, you would be
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Book Review: Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand
“If I knew I had to go through those experiences again,” he finally said, “I’d kill myself.” Louis Zamperini said these words after his release
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