I’m starting to learn that living a life for Jesus is a lot about how well you walk in the valleys. Sometimes we just get stuck—stuck in between the crisis and the turning point where everything is okay. Sometimes we get stuck in the “I’m okay, but not good” point. Sometimes we are confident about…
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“Classical forms change due to virtuosos. Because they’re not wholly rejecting a certain style or form, they’re just pushing the boundaries.” I read this quote in an article about artistic styles and norms, specifically in dance, and what creates them or changes them. The standards of technique in dance styles have changed pretty drastically over…
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We all have things in our lives which try to hold us back. Some of these things are obvious while others are more subtle and hard to see, frequently disguising themselves as just a normal part of life or lurking behind the scenes of other more blatant problems. It is easy, in the face of…
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It has been almost a month since the 4th of July. Did you realize that? Do you even really remember what that day was like or what you did in the following days and weeks? I bet it has slipped most everyone’s mind by now, pushed away by the business of life. For us, the 4th of…
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If you saw a person who was hurting would you help them or hurt them more? If you knew there was someone who felt ashamed, lost, lonely, and was desperately seeking for any hope of acceptance and a second chance, how would you respond? Would you go to them and hit them? Would you scold…
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There is a sickness in this world that has spread all over this world. And that sickness is sin. Many people think they know the cure, but they don’t. There is only one cure, and that is Jesus, because His blood turned us white as snow, if we will believe that He died on the…
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It is so hard, I know. Those things that chase you around and run your life, the ones you want so badly to break free of. You ache for change. You pray for change. You cry because the fight is hard and the road is long. And here it all is again, the same thoughts,…
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This world is a really tough and hard place. When we are exposed to it, we find there is so much pain and suffering. We hear about all the people facing cancer and death, and all of the hungry and starving children of the world. We have to deal with rape, abuse, human trafficking, and…
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Yeah, I know how it is. It honestly seems like it won’t end sometimes. It’s all that you can see, all you can hear. It is so overwhelming that it could sweep over you and carry you away, so thick and heavy that it weighs you down and could crush you. It is really hard,…
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It’s a new year. It’s a new start. This is when everyone sighs in relief at the blank page in front of them. Then we will all make commitments to do better, to change this, to quit that, because it is January 1st: a blank slate. There are many different milestones we have in our…
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