A reflective article about life with chronic illness and trust in God by Stephanie Phillips. An excerpt: I had the thought the other day: what if I never change? I don’t remember what I was doing: making yet another dinner, folding some more laundry, mediating another child-fight, battling another impulse to emit a primal scream. …

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This article by Richard Pratt called Broken Homes In The Bible was on Key Life, after having originally been published by Ligonier. It brings helpful perspective. An excerpt: Unfortunately, very few people acknowledge how long and how deeply the human family has been broken. When troubles come to our homes, we almost always pin the …

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Greg Morse writes about how he remained lukewarm as a Christian, and what maintained that status: Lukewarm and Lovin’ It I didn’t cuss much. I wasn’t sleeping around. I went to church most Sundays. I must be a Christian. I said that Jesus died for my sins. I sang the lyrics on the screen. I …

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I love it when a new phrase pops up in my feed reader that just seems to express something simple yet important. This post from Mockingbird Blog explores the problem of people who are more enamoured with theology than with the Jesus their theology should point to. It’s not a screed against study, or anti-intellectual. …

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