What shipwrecks have you experienced in your life up to now? Shipwrecks represent the challenging seasons of our lives. You may have walked through a sudden job loss. You may have walked through a long season of depression. You may have walked through the grief process of a loved one. You might have faced extenuating […]
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What dreams in your life do you feel pressure to achieve? The Coronavirus pandemic has caused us to pause. Through all the exhaustion and weariness, we have an invitation to take stock of the priorities in our lives. Hustling for work loses a little bit of its luster while trying to occupy children. The lockdown
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UCLA Basketball Coach, John Wooden, said, “Make each day your masterpiece.” Mondays feel more synonymous with monotony than masterpieces. We have our task lists set before us. In this season, many have felt the weight of exhaustion due. The uncertainty bogs us down with the question, when will life resemble any semblance of normalcy. I
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Today, we celebrate Mother’s Day.Mothers exude Your character.They faithfully serve in countless ways.They carry the burdens of others with compassion and empathy.They fight for justice for the family.We come to understand You more by the remarkable moms in our lives. This day brings to the surface several emotions.Let us rejoice with those who rejoice and
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Who are the people who need to hear from you? Silence subtly creates stories in relationships. When you do not hear from someone, it can cause you to think – they don’t have time, they are not thinking about me, or they don’t know what to say. Fear keeps us from taking relational steps of
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What times in your life would you describe as wilderness seasons? Dr. Ron Hall, one of my professors at the University of Valley Forge, described wilderness seasons as, “Life is hard and God seems far.” It’s a time in your life when the cylinders stop rather than go. It can seem that the places you
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You have heard it said, “Weep with those who weep…” Romans 12:15. Throughout the Bible, the writers of scriptures share their lament and grief. The writers of the Psalms end their lament passages with loose ends, not a tied-up bow of happy endings with a cliché of let go and let God. It seems that
What do you sense in your heart today? That question requires a heavy dose of introspection. We have to move beyond our thoughts and behaviors to see what drives us. This humbling process encounters the darkness within us. Today, in the Browncroft reading plan, we read Psalm 51. The descriptor of the passage hints to
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What will change in your life following the shutdown? The Coronavirus pandemic has provided an opportunity. Our lives in some senses have paused for the last several weeks. As much as this season has caused anxiety, worry, fear, and exhaustion, it has invited us to re-evaluate the way we live. Squandering a pandemic means stubbornly
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How will you start yet another week in shutdown? Robyn, my wife, turned to me yesterday and said this shutdown has lasted eight weeks. The last eight weeks have included social distancing, school from home, work from home, not seeing the people we usually see, and more and more stats on flattening the curve. Exhaustion
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