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Hope Through Love

Grief, Hope, Love, Sacrificial Love

In the movie Spider-Man: No Way Home (directed by Jon Watts [Columbia Pictures, 2021]), Peter Parker realizes that the only way to save the…

Priority Of Christmas

Christ's Birth, Christmas, Family, Friends, Love, Meaning, Priorities

The 2000 film version of How the Grinch Stole Christmas stars comedian Jim Carrey (directed by Ron Howard [Universal Pictures, 2000]). The movie asks…

“Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood”

God's Love, Image of God, Love, Ministry, Spiritual Gifts

One such example of a person who felt a call to fill a pastoral role in a nontraditional sense was Mr. Rogers. Although he…

Please Remember

God Remembers, Love, Relationships, Remember, Rescue, Struggles

“Please Remember Me” is the sorrowful cry from Tim McGraw’s 1999 single. While the country song describes the love and struggle of human relationships,…

Faithful Friends

Faithful, Friends, Friendship, Love, Loyalty, Naomi, Ruth

In Anne of Green Gables (directed by Kevin Sullivan [Sullivan Entertainment: 1985]), Anne and Diana become “bosom friends” who remain close throughout their lives….

“Happy In The Midst Of Dangers And Inconveniences”

Danger, God's Presence, Inconvenience, Life in Christ, Love, Love One Another, Trials, Tribulation

In his autobiography, Daniel Boone wrote about his explorations of the Kentucky wilderness. As he remembered fondly the nights of constant wolf howls and…

Forgiving Enemies, Becoming Friends

Christ's Example, Enemies, Forgiveness, Friends, Friendship, Healing, Love, Prayer

After a twenty-four-hour shift, firefighter and EMT Matt Swatzell fell asleep at the wheel, crashing into another vehicle. As a result, June Fitzgerald was…

A Sacrificial Act On Behalf Of Another

Christ's Sacrifice, Jesus' Death, Love, Self-Sacrifice, Selflessness

In the novel The Hunger Games, the nation of Panem has a Capitol that rules over twelve districts. Every year a lottery is held…

Love Overcomes

Forgiveness, Forgiving Others, Journey, Love, Loving Others, Loving Our Neighbor, Peace, Truth

NPR interviewed Koko Kondo, a woman who was just eight months old when the United States dropped a nuclear bomb on her city, Hiroshima….

Love Your Neighbor

Care, Community, Family, Love, Loving Our Neighbor, Neighbor

Writing for Plough magazine, Gerhard Lohfink claims that “the topic of love forneighbor is widely misunderstood.” He goes on to explain what it meant…

Good Samaritan

Awareness, Good Samaritan, Living Like Jesus, Love, Parable, Patience

In 1971, two Princeton psychologists staged an experiment. They took forty seminarians and told them they were going to record their sermons. Half were…

Sacrificial Love

Christ's Sacrifice, God's Love, Love, Sacrifice

In the film Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, Yondu Udonta, Peter’s surrogate father, reveals that he has loved Peter all this time and…

Love in Action

Love, Power, Sacrifice, Self-Sacrifice

Although she doesn’t die in the movie, Belle from Disney’s Beauty and the Beast (directed by Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise [Buena Vista Pictures,…

“Crab Mentality”

Jealousy, Love, Self-Centeredness, Selfishness

“Crab bucket syndrome,” or “crab mentality,” is observed when crabs struggle to get out of a bucket but are pulled back down by the…

Invented Drama

Faithfulness, God's Love, Love, Relationship with God, Relationships

In the teen rom-com The Kissing Booth 2 (directed by Vince Marcello [Netflix, 2020]), main characters Elle and Noah are long-distance dating. Noah was previously known to…

One-Sided Relationships

God's Love, Love, Relationship with God, Relationships, Seeking God

Have you ever had a relationship where you were the only one putting in the effort? Maybe it was a friendship or romantic relationship…

Sacrificial Love

Faithfulness, Love, Redemption, Restoration, Sacrifice

A great illustration of sacrificial love for the Trinity and the Son of God is in Avengers: Endgame. At the end of the movie,…

Being in One Another’s Lives

Brokenness, Love, Loving Others, Relationships, Unity

Jesus did not become a heretic because he ate with sinners, showed mercy to adulterers, or bucked certain religious traditions. Loving others well happens…

Tantrums

Actions, Discipline, Love, Motivation, Obedience, Self-Care

A great illustration of not doing what we should be doing is seen in small children. Tantrums, which are caused by a number of…

Being a Light

Evangelism, Light, Light of the World, Love, Loving Others

Like salt, light is something that can have a dramatic effect on everything it touches. Light makes it possible to see. A lighthouse warns…