Conflict is shaping our world. It’s something we can’t escape, and too often our lives feel out of control because of it. Conflict shows up in our families, friendships, workplaces, and even in our churches.
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After a beautiful wedding in Boone, North Carolina, my younger son had his mid-June wedding reception at the Student Center of Appalachian State University. The car he and his bride were going to
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A Bigger Mess The junk room. The one space in the house where random items hide. Memories. Baskets. Sports equipment. Odd pieces of flooring. Picture frames. Newspaper clippings. Kids’ drawings. Some special items. Lots of
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Do you have good spiritual vision? Growing up, my vision was always great, until it wasn’t. Years ago, I lost distance vision from working at a computer for my job. An eye doctor explained how
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“My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge …” Hosea 4:6 “What has happened to our world?” Stunned, I dropped into a chair in my husband’s office. The message on my phone screen announced that Charlie
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Lead us Lord, to Your mountain, into the deep woods where shallow pools beckon us to kneel beside still waters. This place formed by grace. Where You take us away from fear that comes in
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When my Dad passed away two years ago, my brother and I made the decision to sell our childhood home. That meant that we had to go through the house room by room and sort
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My life has been a bit crazy lately. In the last month, we’ve had a death in the family, celebrated our daughter’s pregnancy with an elaborate baby shower, traveled internationally, and begun a remodeling project
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Going over to him, the Samaritan soothed his wounds with olive oil and wine and bandaged them. Then he put the man on his own donkey and took him to an inn, where he took
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Baby’s on Time And it came to pass in the year one thousand five hundred and thirty-six, in the second month, on the third day of the week, that the Old Man slipped into our
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