Start your new year happier, plus freedom from financial disaster
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Faith
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Do You Want to Be Happy? Read Your Bible.
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Courtney Reissig |
Did you know there’s an appropriately selfish motivation to read your Bible? The reason may surprise you, and it comes from an unlikely place. |
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LETTER FROM STAFF
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Lisa Anderson | Director of Young Adults
Have you made your list of goals or resolutions for the new year? My big three are: get back into a regular exercise routine, read more, and find a way to break my smartphone addiction (#s 1 and 2 should help #3, right?). I love the new year because it says "fresh start." Even when I fall off the proverbial wagon, it still feels good to try (and then try again). What "trys" are ahead for you in 2020? And what do you need to do to turn the "trys" into actual accomplishments? OK, lunch break — time to hit the gym ...
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Relationships
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Is Christian Dating Broken? |
Suzanne Hadley Gosselin |
Tired of Christian dating? Start looking at relationships differently. |
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Faith
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Stealing From Baby Jesus (Part 2)
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George Halitzka |
Once upon a time, I dreamed about a wife, a dog, and an SUV parked beside a white picket fence. Now, I’m 26 and living in a homeless shelter. Just like any fairy tale you drag into real life, I’m living unhappily ever after. |
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The Kindness of an Airport Violinist
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Suzanne Hadley Gosselin |
One person’s kindness can make all the difference. As I celebrate Christmas, I want to spread that kindness in my own ways to bless others the way I have been blessed. |
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Why This Christmas Won’t Be Perfect
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Lauren Dunn |
Because of Christmas, we have hope that God will always be with us in our loneliness and disappointment and grief, and that He will redeem all of it. |
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