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1. 7 Life-Changing Lessons You Can Learn From Your Marriage

Boy meets girl. Boy and girl fall in love, get married, have kids, and live happily ever after. The end. Has that been your story? Is it ever anyone's story? I doubt it. Or if it is, it's only in Hallmark ...

Created on 12 May 2018

2. How You Can Love the Church in This Culture of Hate

I am astonished at how Christians interact with one another In fact, "astonished" may not even be a strong enough word. I am dismayed, heartbroken and at times even shaken when I read how Christians comment ...

Created on 07 May 2018

3. How to Love People When They Disappoint You

Have you ever made a mistake so bad that it felt like the end of the world? When I was a young teenager I made a mistake. This wasn't your average stupid teenage mistake, rather it was colossal in my mind. ...

Created on 07 May 2018

4. The Two Powerful Perspectives That Will Radically Transform Your Marriage

Your perspective matters. Things may look completely different at 35,000 feet from how they look out a car window at 60 miles/hour or even from the highest rooftop in the city. If your marriage could use ...

Created on 04 May 2018

5. 7 Soul-Stirring Steps to Live With Confidence Despite Rejection

The Move to America In 1964, my family and I left our hometown in Bolivia and arrived in St. Louis on a cold winter day. With expectations and excitement, we had packed our suitcases with hope for a glorious ...

Created on 04 May 2018

6. Beth Moore Confronts Brothers in Christ Over Evangelical Misogyny

Bible teacher and speaker Beth Moore confronted her brothers in Christ in an open letter about evangelical misogyny. "This is where I cry foul and not for my own sake. Most of my life is behind me. I do ...

Created on 04 May 2018

7. How You Can Move Beyond Betrayal's Blasts and Into True Forgiveness

... ions, will kill my relationship with my family or friends, I know it's not of God. If the end result of what's taking place or what's about to take place will destroy relationships or ministry efforts, ...

Created on 04 May 2018

8. Your Generational Cycle—Ready to Launch

I first heard them chirping a few weeks ago. Four baby birds crying for their mama, nestled safe in a top corner of my covered porch. Periodically I've watched from afar. In time, their heads peeked out ...

Created on 30 April 2018

9. What We Talk About When We Talk About Forgiveness

What's one of the most common reasons we give for not forgiving others? If you're like many people, you might have answered that our forgiveness implies approval or tolerance of the behavior. We read about ...

Created on 23 April 2018

10. Your Secret Source of Relationship Wisdom

...  been in relationships with people who made me feel vulnerable and insecure because they were constantly putting me in dangerous situations. I never knew what threat I might face from one moment to th ...

Created on 20 April 2018

11. How Spending Time With God Can Transform You—And Your Neighbor

I could tell as soon as I pulled up to the gas station, that she was distraught and feeling completely hopeless. She looked like I did that night I found a $300.00 error in the checkbook, not in our favor, ...

Created on 12 April 2018

12. How Your Persistent Procrastination Causes Pain

You may call me "your royal highness," because I am the queen of someday. I am the princess of procrastination. After all, why do today what can be put off until tomorrow? Or next week? Someday, I will ...

Created on 11 April 2018

13. No Matter if You're Single or Married, You Still Need This One Thing

Single people, searching for Mr. or Mrs. Right or simply hooking up because marriage seems like too much work. Married people, disappointed and miserable because they're not getting from marriage the thing ...

Created on 28 March 2018

14. Your Heavenly Solution to Earthly Chaos

We've been in the process of moving to my mother-in-law's, ya know. That means chaos—a mess at our house and a growing pile of mess at her house. For this girl with strong obsessive-compulsive tendencies, ...

Created on 26 March 2018

15. One Woman's Transforming Trip From Loneliness to Her One True Love

A decade ago, I sat alone on Christmas Eve baking pumpkin scones until 11 p.m. I cried as I mixed, stirred and cut scones into identical triangles. In the quiet of the night, my tears dripped into the ...

Created on 25 March 2018

16. Why This Popular Singer Courted—Not Dated—Her Fiancé

Christian singer Jamie-Grace recently announced her engagement. In her vlog, she shares that she never dated her fiancé. Instead, they courted each other—something that she says made "so much more sense" ...

Created on 23 March 2018

17. Don't Let Jealousy Trick You Into Its Terrible Trap

When we feel jealous of another, we have to ask the heart why we crave what we don't have. Do we feel as though we are not privileged enough? Did we miss out on the good things of God? Even when it feels ...

Created on 23 March 2018

18. 5 Real-Life Steps You Can Take to Revive Romance in Your Marriage

Kim and Jeff got married while in college. The two were so smitten with each other it didn't matter that neither had jobs or that they'd be living off beans and rice while finishing school. "All you need ...

Created on 21 March 2018

19. Superwoman or Super Woman: Your Life-Changing Choice

News Flash: I resign from my position as superwoman. I never should have taken the job in the first place. I wasn't made for it. I can't fly. As a matter of fact, I don't even like flying except to get ...

Created on 20 March 2018

20. 5 Questions You Should Ask When Your Husband Behaves Badly

Neither gender has a corner on bad behavior. Last week, we talked about wives behaving badly, but today is for the wife whose husband is behaving badly. In the big picture, women have been under attack ...

Created on 20 March 2018