I adjusted my head scarf and shrugged my coat closer to my body. Farther ahead on this frozen street in Kabul, drifts of men in traditional shalwar kameez and western suits broke right and left to dodge an obstacle. The gap between hurrying feet soon revealed an old man sitting on the frigid sidewalk. Only
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Practical Compassion: How everyday compassion makes us more like Jesus + Tips
My cousin, Sarah, saw my apprehension and made a promise: “I’ll stand here and watch him the whole time,” she said, “I won’t take my eyes off him.” We were standing over the small form of my 22-month-old son, Luke, who lay unconscious in a hospital bed in the pediatric intensive care unit. A fat
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Does God care about me personally? What sheep taught me about true love in Jesus
If you like this message and think it could help someone, please share it. Thanks! I had a season of life not long ago when anxiety ruled my days and haunted my nights. This painful period provoked questions about God: why is He letting me suffer? Why doesn’t He feel close? What does it feel
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Jesus’s Relationship Formula: Transform Your Marriage and Relationships
I love self-help books. When relationships are going off the rails, then you’ll find me at the library digging through the 742 stacks (that’s Dewey Decimal system for the self-help relationship books). If you were hiding behind my couch, spying on me as I pored over the pages, you’d see me nodding and “ah”-ing and