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  • Christmas Expectations

    In December 1983, I came home from my freshman year of college. My mother had died the previous May and my father was trying to make a nice Christmas for his seven children. When the…

  • Important Ingredient for Happy Relationships in this Holiday Season

    Christmas time with all the love, warmth, celebration, good food, generosity, etc. can be a great time for building better relationships. Using this as an opportunity for positive togetherness apparently can even improve your marriage.…

  • Why Do We Give?

    One morning several years ago I woke up with a crick in my neck. That seemingly insignificant ache, however, became an excruciatingly painful year-long time of agony. The cervical disc that had degenerated in my…

  • Making the Best of the Holiday Season

    I. Obligations, Expectations and Responsibility 1) First off, take a deep breath and realize that the holidays, while filled with much enjoyment and excitement, are also a time of a lot of expectations, obligations and…

  • Peace on Earth, Good Will Toward Men

    God communicates His good will toward us through the gospel of Christ. In Luke 2:14 it is recorded that the angels announced, “Peace on earth, good will toward men”. In other words, the birth of…

  • Prayers of Gratitude for God’s Healing Hand

    Thank you Lord for saving me, a child worn and tattered. I never thought my life was worth, anything that mattered. “I gave you breath! How dare you, child! My choice to give you life,…

  • Passionate Without Apology

    Excerpted from the book More Jesus, Less Religion by Steve Arterburn If Jesus attended your church this Sunday, would he be shunned, criticized, or quietly avoided because of his open displays of emotion? Would you…

  • The Revealing Question You Need to Answer

    Excerpted from the book How We Love by Milan and Kay Yerkovich For years, we danced through marriage, each with two left feet. We tripped each other and stepped on one another’s toes. Little did…

  • I'm Angry…is that Okay?

    Excerpted from the book More Jesus, Less Religion by Steve Arterburn Despite what you may have been taught, even anger can be a legitimate emotional response to a broken world. Christ became angry, expressed it,…

  • What is Your Coping Mechanism: Dread or Hope?

    Musee des Beaux Arts About suffering they were never wrong, The Old Masters: how well, they understood Its human position; how it takes place While someone else is eating or opening a window or just…