The Christmas Story
The Gospel according to Luke (Luke 2:1-20)
About that time Caesar Augustus ordered a census to be taken throughout the Empire. This was the first census when Quirinius was the governor of Syria. Everyone had to travel to his hometown to be accounted for. So Joseph went from the Galilean town of Nazareth up to Bethlehem in Judah, David's hometown,...... > more
Tags: Bible, Christmas, Men, spiritual growth, spirituality, Women
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Forgiveness Is Not A Feeling
Learning to forgive is CRITICAL to building a healthy marriage. We’ve only had “little” offenses to forgive each other on this first year, but I’m not going to kid myself that “little” hurts are all that’ll ever touch our marriage. Even so, in this first year I’ve had plenty of opportunities to practice forgiveness (and so has my husband).... > more
Tags: apologize, forgive, forgiveness, healthy marriage, marriage, relationships, resolving conflict, sex and love
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Coping With Stress: Build Emotional Resiliency
Stress is a normal physical response to events that make you feel threatened, or upset your balance in some way. When you sense danger – whether it’s a real or an imagined one – the body's defenses kick into high gear in a rapid, automatic process known as the “fight-or-flight” reaction, or a stress response.
The stress response is your... > more
Tags: balance, Career, healthy living, reduce stress, stress, stress tolerance, work
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Dealing With Depression
Contrary to the popular saying, time does not heal all things. Healing is not dependent on time but rather on applying the right medication or giving the right kind of attention to a wound. This concept of healing can be quite difficult to adopt. In North America in particular, the topic and process of pain is often ignored or... > more
Tags: Andrea Debruin, courage, depression, fresh start, healing, letting go, looking for hope, painful loss, sadness
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After Life?
Is there evidence of God, and what really happens when we die? At the heart of the Christian message is the claim that Jesus rose from the dead. This is the defining moment of history. It confirms the reality of God, and the identity of Jesus as the Son of God, and it means we can know that there is life... > more
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Jesus is Unique
When you look at the person of Christ, what stands out? How is Jesus any different from other religious and historical leaders? To some, Jesus is a mortal prophet; to others, a moral and religious man. And yet, to Christians, Jesus is God in the flesh. Josh McDowell shares his conversation with a university Philosophy professor who challenged the claim... > more
Tags: Bible, C S Lewis, christianity, Dan Brown, Jesus, Josh McDowell, liar, Lord, Lunatic?, the Bible, The DaVinci Code, The Trilemma, who is jesus
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Wildflowers from Winter: My Story
I love stories of hope and redemption, stories that grab you and don’t let go until you see them to completion. I love it when a story speaks a truth so real that you can’t get it out of your head. Recently, I read just such a story: Wildflowers From Winter by Katie Ganshert.
Wildflowers From Winter is a story... > more
Tags: adversity, cancer, college, death, doubt, fear, grief, grieving, illness, Katie Ganshertt, Lindsay Harrel, mom, mother, moving out, Wildflowers from Winter
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Mark Burnett’s Bible TV Series: Epic Adventure
Think of it as Survivor: Earth
As reality TV host Jeff Probst might...
Overcoming Your Fears
Fear. It cuts you like a knife; it immobilizes you like a...