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Space For Real Presence
In Digital Minimalism, Cal Newport describes families who reclaim a “tech Sabbath,” which is a full day each week without devices. Parents report that when the screens go dark, something ...
Loneliness Epidemic
The US Surgeon General recently warned that America is facing a loneliness epidemic; half of adults report measurable loneliness, with health risks comparable to smoking fifteen cigarettes a day. Imagine ...
Plugging Into Reality
At many Christian camps and retreats, participants surrender their phones at the door. What seems terrifying at first often becomes liberating. By the second day, participants describe hearing birds again, ...
Laundry Love
Across the United States, the “Laundry Love” initiative turns ordinary laundromats into spaces of grace. Volunteers show up with quarters and detergent, helping low-income families wash their clothes for free. ...
Feeding The Fish
Fred Rogers, of Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood, embodied the principle James describes in chapter 2. Rogers was an ordained Presbyterian minister who believed television could be a ministry of kindness. In ...
Trust in the Process
Laying down our parental expectations of how it should go or our how our child should act must be a regular practice. Some of us will be called to walk ...
Soul Searching During Transitions of Life
Consider the transitional times in your life. As a teen you were anxious and eager to become an adult, but you still lived under your parents’ “oppressive” roof. (Well, that ...
Not Alone
For those who might roll their eyes at Hallmark but appreciate the grittiness of a drama or horror, other films also serve as art that reminds us we are not ...
Second Chance
When Elijah tells the widow not to fear and gives her instructions for preparing a meal, “she went and did as Elijah said” (17:15). What did she have to lose? ...
Strength From Others
A classic children’s sermon asks kids to compare a single stick to a bundle of sticks. The single stick is easily broken, but the bundle of sticks is nearly impossible ...
The Many Deaths We Grieve
We grieve many things in life. We lose dreams, jobs, friendships, church community. We grieve sin and its effects on this world, how our own sin can cause even deeper ...
God Cares About It All
Laying down our parental expectations of how it should go or our how our child should act must be a regular practice. Some of us will be called to walk ...