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Love Languages Strengthen Relationships

Love Languages Strengthen Relationships

Love Languages Go Beyond a Single Expression of Love The 5 Love Languages explains how everyone has a primary love language, one that resonates most deeply. But it’s rarely the only way that person feels loved. A secondary love language can be incredibly important,...

Christian Hospitality Matters in Everyday Life

Christian Hospitality Matters in Everyday Life

Christian Hospitality Means Welcoming People Into Real Life There’s a scene at the beginning of The Hobbit where a group of dwarves overruns the home of the protagonist hobbit, Bilbo Baggins. Bilbo had sort of reluctantly—and mistakenly—invited the wizard, Gandalf, to...

Living Lasts a Lifetime

Living Lasts a Lifetime

I sat across from a young mom in a hipster coffee shop, the kind that serves deconstructed breakfast sandwiches in a bowl for around the price of the down payment of a tiny house. We went to the same church, and although we had known of each other for quite some time,...

Family Forgiveness: Finding Healing in the Family You Didn’t Choose

Family Forgiveness: Finding Healing in the Family You Didn’t Choose

Azor the father of Zadok, Zadok the father of Akim, Akim the father of Elihud, Elihud the father of Eleazar, Eleazar the father of Matthan, Matthan the father of Jacob, and Jacob the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary, and Mary was the mother of Jesus who is called...

Motherhood in a Culture of Judgment

Motherhood in a Culture of Judgment

If there’s a universal motherhood experience, it’s the judgment of those who think they know better. But while my generation of mothers certainly faced the occasional sideways glance or stinging remark, we didn’t carry the weight of the watching world the way moms do...

Bible Engagement in an Age of Distraction

Bible Engagement in an Age of Distraction

Short Attention Spans and Bible Engagement: A Growing Challenge—and an Innovative Aid Every pastor knows the congregation that listens with appreciation during the sermon, then taps on their screen or slips away from Scripture as soon as they return home. It's not...

Faith Foundation Guide for Parents

Faith Foundation Guide for Parents

Work began on the bell tower, the final structure of a cathedral complex in Tuscany, in 1173. This eight-story tower would stand two hundred feet tall and be made of marble. But by the time the third story was complete, a problem was apparent: the tower was leaning....

Lead Your Pack: Why Children Need Loving Authority

Lead Your Pack: Why Children Need Loving Authority

What Loving Authority Looks Like for New Moms I would give two pieces of advice to new moms. The first piece is this. Take a photo every day and print your photo book every year. If you don’t follow this advice, it is very possible that your oldest child will be...

What Is the Bible?

What Is the Bible?

Why “What Is the Bible” Still Matters Today Did you know the Bible has sold the most copies of any book ever? According to the Guinness World Records, an organization dedicated to recording record-breaking achievements, the Christian Bible has sold more than five...

Love Languages Strengthen Relationships

Love Languages Strengthen Relationships

Love Languages Go Beyond a Single Expression of Love The 5 Love Languages explains how everyone has a primary love language, one that resonates most deeply. But it’s rarely the only way that person feels loved. A secondary love language can be incredibly important,...

Christian Hospitality Matters in Everyday Life

Christian Hospitality Matters in Everyday Life

Christian Hospitality Means Welcoming People Into Real Life There’s a scene at the beginning of The Hobbit where a group of dwarves overruns the home of the protagonist hobbit, Bilbo Baggins. Bilbo had sort of reluctantly—and mistakenly—invited the wizard, Gandalf, to...

Living Lasts a Lifetime

Living Lasts a Lifetime

I sat across from a young mom in a hipster coffee shop, the kind that serves deconstructed breakfast sandwiches in a bowl for around the price of the down payment of a tiny house. We went to the same church, and although we had known of each other for quite some time,...

Family Forgiveness: Finding Healing in the Family You Didn’t Choose

Family Forgiveness: Finding Healing in the Family You Didn’t Choose

Azor the father of Zadok, Zadok the father of Akim, Akim the father of Elihud, Elihud the father of Eleazar, Eleazar the father of Matthan, Matthan the father of Jacob, and Jacob the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary, and Mary was the mother of Jesus who is called...

Motherhood in a Culture of Judgment

Motherhood in a Culture of Judgment

If there’s a universal motherhood experience, it’s the judgment of those who think they know better. But while my generation of mothers certainly faced the occasional sideways glance or stinging remark, we didn’t carry the weight of the watching world the way moms do...

Bible Engagement in an Age of Distraction

Bible Engagement in an Age of Distraction

Short Attention Spans and Bible Engagement: A Growing Challenge—and an Innovative Aid Every pastor knows the congregation that listens with appreciation during the sermon, then taps on their screen or slips away from Scripture as soon as they return home. It's not...

Faith Foundation Guide for Parents

Faith Foundation Guide for Parents

Work began on the bell tower, the final structure of a cathedral complex in Tuscany, in 1173. This eight-story tower would stand two hundred feet tall and be made of marble. But by the time the third story was complete, a problem was apparent: the tower was leaning....

Lead Your Pack: Why Children Need Loving Authority

Lead Your Pack: Why Children Need Loving Authority

What Loving Authority Looks Like for New Moms I would give two pieces of advice to new moms. The first piece is this. Take a photo every day and print your photo book every year. If you don’t follow this advice, it is very possible that your oldest child will be...

What Is the Bible?

What Is the Bible?

Why “What Is the Bible” Still Matters Today Did you know the Bible has sold the most copies of any book ever? According to the Guinness World Records, an organization dedicated to recording record-breaking achievements, the Christian Bible has sold more than five...

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