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woman sitting on poolside setting both of her feet on pool

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“You can tell when parent and child share a strong bond even from the infant years. The bonding process starts in utero, says speech therapist and child expert Michelle Mintz, M.S., CCC-SLP, noting that…

Pit of Failure

fail, Mercy, Only Way, Power

In The Dark Knight Rises (directed by Christopher Nolan, Warner Brothers, 2012), Bruce Wayne is trapped in “the Pit,” a prison…

The Fight

his image, human being, re-create, Victory

Chasing Tyson, an ESPN 30 for 30 documentary (directed by Steven Cantor, ESPN Films, 2015), looks at Evander Holyfield’s years…

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Scapegoat

Hunger Games, Punishment, scapegoat, The Lottery, tribute

Hunger Games, Punishment, scapegoat, The Lottery, tribute

The idea of the scapegoat is still alive and well. Middle-schoolers are regularly assigned Shirley Jackson’s 1948 short story “The Lottery,” about a small…

Ordinary Blessings

acknowledge, bless, blessings, group, pets, rhythms

acknowledge, bless, blessings, group, pets, rhythms

There are many ways to acknowledge God in the ordinary rhythms of life. Some churches celebrate a Blessing of the Pets in springtime and…

Brush Your Teeth

Care, Chaos, Death, dust, Power, presence of christ, Soul

Care, Chaos, Death, dust, Power, presence of christ, Soul

Jesus took the ordinary stuff of life—a wedding, some jugs of water—and made it into something extraordinary by his presence and his miracle power….

The Right Decision

Confidence, Decisions, spiritual depression, Wisdom, Wrong

Confidence, Decisions, spiritual depression, Wisdom, Wrong

Earlier in the book, James warns the reader to ask God for wisdom and not be “double-minded” (James 1:5, 8). Like Jo March in…

Pressure

academics, Decisions, demand, Pressure, students, teens, valid

academics, Decisions, demand, Pressure, students, teens, valid

The Queen and David Bowie song “Under Pressure” is a bop that has stood the test of time. Who doesn’t sing along to the opening lyrics,…

True Christian

happy, like Jesus, true, virtuous

happy, like Jesus, true, virtuous

Blaise Pascal wrote, “No one is so happy as a true Christian, or so reasonable, virtuous, and lovable” (quoted in Peter Kreeft, Christianity for Modern…