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The Strength Found Only In Surrender

Compartmentalization is not surrender. Shutting down pieces of your heart is not trust. It's easier that way. It's easier to pretend you don't really care, to act as if that thing can't get to you or that person doesn't turn your heart inside out. It's easier to box...

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The Garden of Burning Sand: A Book Review

Corban Addison burst upon the literary scene in 2014 with A Walk Across the Sun. This beautiful, heart wrenching novel follows two orphaned sisters into a life of human trafficking. The book is so much more than a well-written piece of fiction, although it is that....

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Handwritten Inspiration

Handwritten letters are a special thing. In this age of instant communication, they hold even greater significance. As a writer, I always feel that I communicate best with pen and paper, but for the Apostle Paul, letters were the only way to communicate. A truth I am...

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Selah: Pause and Reflect

Last Wednesday I passed a church sign that read, "Selah: Pause and Reflect." I've been meditating on those four simple words ever since. Selah is a word found 74 time in Scripture—71 times in the Psalms and 3 times in Habakkuk chapter 3. Biblical scholars agree that...

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Never Alone

I used to call my mom almost every day. Not out of obligation, but because I truly enjoyed her. We would chat about the weather, what book she was reading, what project I was working on, and any other randomness that came to mind. I loved hearing her voice. I always...

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Bittersweet: A Book Review

When I read the prologue to Bittersweet by Shauna Niequiest, I expected the following pages to unfold like many other Christian books I've read; Scripture verses sprinkled through the author's tale of a difficult time in life during which she was able to cling to hope...

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