Finding True Rest

When was the last time you truly rested? I’m not necessarily talking about sleeping, or taking a nap, though physical rest is certainly part of what Jesus was talking about. What about spiritual rest? What does that even look like? What does it mean to take a “real rest?” What does He mean when by “unforced rhythms of grace?”

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Family

So often I hear from people of the issues going on at home or in the family. Relationships are hard enough to begin with, and even more challenging still when the people we sometimes have the hardest time loving, live in our home. 

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A Fresh Approach to Reading Scripture

I recently read a book called, Shaped by the Word: The power of Scripture in spiritual formation (M. Robert Mulholland). I appreciated Mulholland’s focus and elevation of God’s Word. He writes, “The Word of God is the action of the presence, the purpose, and the power of God in the midst of human life”.

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Let the Fire Go Out

How many times have you seen a quarrel get started that could have been short lived if others had not been adding to it. Human nature has one or both parties of the quarrel enlisting others to participate, and some people just volunteer to be party to the quarrel.

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