Do Something Hard in 2024. Find a Church.
But the church is also good and beautiful and powerful. When we gather around the only One who truly sees us and holds the power to heal us, there is faith that rises in the room.
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Why You Should Stay At Your Church Longer Than You Think
Don’t let an argument with your pastor or your Sunday School teacher keep you from going back. Don’t let your preferences of peripheral issues (carpet colors or worship style) keep you from leaving a family. Don’t let your doubts and discouragements about church growth and church leadership keep you from digging deeper where it matters most.
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When the Holidays Only Bring More Pain
Loss, it seems, only gets amplified with every Christmas carol. It gets turned up to 11 as fresh waves of lament wash over the grieving. Know this: the holidays are not a gift for everyone.
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Let Your Pastor Be a Person
I don’t come down off Sinai with my sermon every week. I don’t have a monthly commute into the third heaven to get my marching orders from the Trinity. I’m living in the same space as everyone else.
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Why We Need Friends Who Will Hurt Our Feelings
. . . a real friend is not happy to see us shipwreck our lives and will love us enough to tell us when we are wrong, foolish, self-centered, egotistical, lazy, self-righteous, and drifting.
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