Self-Care during Election Stress
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How can you deal with the stress of this election? What’s your plan? This article gives practical advice by looking at the Psalms and research on stress and trauma.
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Your Role in Race Relations
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How are you navigating the conflict at the heart of our nation? What are you doing with the complex emotions you feel around the deaths of black men and women? Do you feel like your way of life is being threatened?
This blog post is written to help white folks figure out the role they’re playing in race relations. Based on the Karpman Triangle, you’ll be able to understand if you’re playing the victim, offender, or rescuer…and how you can move towards ownership.
A new name for 'pornography'
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Pornography is no longer an apt word to define the sexually explicit images and writing accessible to mainstream ‘porn’ users. So what should we call pornography which has become so personalized while simultaneously removing the person?
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Read MoreTolkien's advice for Social Media
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What would a 20th century fantasy writer have to say about modern social media? A lot. Read on for tips for how to use social media.
Read MoreLeading True
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What happens when you lead from self-ignorance? What if your boss, director, or manager leads without self-awareness?
Read MoreStop Hiding - Start Talking
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What do you do when you’ve burrowed yourself deep under a blanket of lies? How do you get out of living a double life? Read on to find a guide and some hope.
Read MoreThe Lost Art of Lamenting
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When we try to rush past prayers of lament in order to live in praise and positive feelings, we miss out on the gifts and graces of lamenting.
Read MoreA Pornified White House
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President Trump seems to personify our pornified culture. So, what's wrong with that?
Read MoreSexual Healing...and Recovery
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If you find yourself impulsively acting out sexually in ways that go against your values, to the point of feeling hopeless, you're not alone. Many men and women have recovered and healed from sexual acting out and addiction. Here is a guide to help you get started.
Read MoreAt the Heart of the Opioid Epidemic
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The Opioid epidemic has many contributors, from prescription drug profits, high school football injuries, insurance companies, to false research supporting their prescription. But at the heart of this epidemic is a critical question:
What do you do with your pain?
Read MoreThe singing mentor
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To be told stories is to be mentored. To grow up as a young man and hear stories from the old men is an invaluable gift, to be neglected those stories is to be malnourished and cursed. Here's a short reflection on how Tom Petty served in this role for me, as well as how we should serve in that role for others.
Read MoreGod's preference for the small
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God's eye is towards the small and insignificant. So, why isn't ours?
Read MoreFree Play for your Child's Health (and your sanity)
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Too much activity has been proven to be detrimental for children. So, how do we set up enough time for our children to engage in a healthy amount of free play?
Read More5 Lies about Emotion, and why feelings are important
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How do you think emotion fits into your spiritual life? Is it helpful, harmful, neutral? Here is a look at five misunderstandings much of the American church seems to have about emotion, as well as an argument for why they are essential to your growth as a Christian.
Read More4 strategies to silence the critical voices in your head
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How can you hush the voice in your mind that just won't stop beating you down? How can you silence the accusations unjustly hurled at you? Here are four techniques that will lead you towards relief and restoration.
Read MoreCrowned with Glory: Remarkably small - Inestimably Valuable
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What did David mean when he said the heavens declare the glory of God? Contemplate with me on the vastness of a beautiful universe, our smallness in this vastness, and God's valuing us above all other things He created.
Read MorePoem: To be loved, To be known
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A poem considering what it is to be known or unknown, loved or unloved.
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What we lose when we avoid pain
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What do you have to lose by avoiding pain? What happens when you numb out, distract yourself or medicate?
Read MoreA Full Kind of Life
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Jesus said he came to give life, and that to the fullest. What did he mean by that? What is life to the full and how do we have it?
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