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5 Ways to Prepare Your Heart This Season

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Dec 17, 2019

I can’t believe that the holiday season is already upon us. It felt like just a few short months ago that l pulled down the mistletoe, swept up the last remaining pine needles, and boxed up my Christmas decorations.

Putting the Joy Back into Surrendering

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Nov 21, 2019

Life is hard. We face broken relationships, disappointment, discouragement, ostracism, illnesses, and day-to-day things like the frustration of squeezing with the morning crowd, assignments and chores that won’t complete themselves, nights when we straddle between exhaustion and insomnia—the list is endless.

3 Tips for Those Struggling to Delight in God

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Nov 5, 2019

God really wants you and I to love and delight in Him. But why does our delight in Him matter so much to God and how can we get there?

3 Unexpected Benefits of Studying Theology

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Aug 28, 2019

I grew up reading theology and for a long time I hated every moment of it. I didn’t understand why my parents would torture me with reading assignments each summer.

When My Joys Don't Line Up With God's

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Feb 27, 2019

"I try to pray and read the Bible, but I’m not the kind of person who posts Bible verses or articles about Jesus. I just feel guilty that I still find my hobbies, like searching for cute collectibles, a lot more fun. Is it wrong?”

15 Ways to Cultivate Joy in Your Life

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Feb 7, 2019

A friend told me recently of a trip he and his wife took to Hawaii several years back. After dropping his wife off at the terminal for the flight home, he was the only person on the rental car shuttle.

3 Ways To Live A Joy-Filled Life

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Jan 30, 2019

For three years, I joined netball as an extra-curricular activity in school. Looking back, that season in life was overshadowed by a deep sense of joylessness.

Marie Kondo Didn't Make Me Want to Declutter

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Jan 23, 2019

I have a confession: Netflix's “Tidying Up with Marie Kondo” left me with very little desire to declutter my home. In fact, it got me wondering what sort of home would I be living in if it didn’t have at least some sort of clutter—like stacks of books piled on my coffee table, or a pile of fresh laundry in the corner, waiting to be folded—lying around.