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Lighthouse Keepers
This story of lighthouse keepers illustrates both the importance of lighting the way for people in the dark and preserving God’s good creation. A couple watches over a barely touched ...
A Different Kingdom
The Beatitudes teach us that God’s kingdom looks different from the world’s kingdom. One way to illustrate is with non-tearable paper. By giving non-tearable paper to a person who looks ...
Preparing A Place For Us
There’s something about building a place for someone you love. How many expectant parents go out of their way to transform a room from “what the architect designed” to “what ...
Salt & Light
Metaphors of salt/light and the city on a hill press us to consider the ways we are different from the kingdom of the world, helping us see the danger of ...
A Different Perspective
We live in trying times. It’s hard to look beyond ourselves and consider the needs of others. Options exist everywhere for us to see the world upside down. For many ...
Relief From Pain
How do we find relief from such pain, pressure, and exhaustion? We could numb it with a substance or an addiction. We could utilize positive methods like breathing, therapy, and ...
The Pressures of Everyday Life
Have you ever been so physically and emotionally spent that you are stuck, hopeless, or just want to collapse on the floor? In our world of constant anxiety and exhaustion ...
The Sea of Galilee is not actually a sea; it is technically a lake. When we think of large lakes, we often picture tranquil waters, relaxing on the dock, fishing ...
Following Culture
In Leo Tolstoy’s novella The Death of Ivan Ilyich, the main character, Ivan Ilyich, finds himself in crisis when he realizes as he is dying that he has lived his ...
Everyone Fails
Failure is something everyone faces. When children are little, we often attempt to soften the feeling of failure by saying things like, “It just wasn’t the right time,” or “Maybe ...