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Lessons in Lent: Death is the Door to Life by Sally Breedlove

Lessons in Lent: Death is the Door to Life by Sally Breedlove

How did we ever get it into our heads that the journey to the life we really want would be easy? The universe reminds us that life is born out of death. There is a rhythmic dying hidden in each season: the loss of the safety of the womb through the risk of birth, the laying down of one’s independence and autonomy for the good union of marriage, the seeds that die for vegetables and flowers to grow, and the peach blossoms that wither and fall to the ground so bubble hot peach crisp can crown a summer supper. Death is the door to life. 

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It ALWAYS Starts with Your Heart by Tom Bennardo

It ALWAYS Starts with Your Heart by Tom Bennardo

During a doomed-from-the-start attempt to attain so-called abs of steel, a personal trainer friend observed that the exercises I was using were fine, but my technique was all wrong. He said I needed to “engage my core” when attempting the dreaded crunches, mountain climbers, and dead bugs. It was possible, I was told, to go through the external motions without activating my core while doing so.

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Never Alone: God Is Always with Us by Stacey Szczepanski

Never Alone: God Is Always with Us by Stacey Szczepanski

God meets us in many different places. He calls us to open our hearts, eyes, and ears daily to truly feel His love, see His presence, and hear His voice. This takes time. This takes stillness. This takes quietness. In a culture where we rush from one thing to the next and feel the urgency to respond and act, we do not allow ourselves enough time, stillness, and quietness to feel, see, and hear God.

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The Ministry of the Small Things by Linda Kozar

The Ministry of the Small Things by Linda Kozar

Do you ever feel insignificant, like the things you do for God are small and of little consequence, like drops in a bucket? Tychicus was a servant of God in the early church, a friend and helper to the apostle Paul. An Asian Christian from what is now known as Turkey, he probably met and ministered alongside Paul in Ephesus. 

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