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Love Your Neighbor AS Yourself
- February 27, 2020
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- Taber Cheo
“You shall love your neighbor as yourself” – Mark 12:31
Many people today have a popular habit to not value or love themselves the way that they should. The suicide rate alone will show you this habit as prominent. I, myself, did not consider the principle of loving myself as important for the first eight years of my Christian life. Always hearing teachings that said, “deny yourself and carry your cross,” and “it’s all about Him and not about you,” if...
Lamb, Lion, and Shepherd
- February 27, 2020
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- Jessica Fields
If you want to pull core truths from Scripture, write children’s ministry curriculum.
I don’t think I’m the first person to find the book of Revelation intimidating, and thus I was reasonably worried about writing weeks of lessons for my preschool and early elementary schoolers. Turns out, Revelation, like every other part of Scripture, has heaps to teach us about who Jesus is and what He has done.
This past Sunday we finished up Revelation 7, and as a group, we reminded...
What is Love?
- February 25, 2020
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- Beth Gianopulos
February is the month of love. We have teenagers in the house, so I get to see love through their eyes. They have helped me remember the times when emotions felt so intense, and I thought that love was just like the romantic books and movies. During those early years, love was defined by feelings and emotional responses.
As I grew older, I experienced some other ideas about love. When I first became a mother, I started to think that love...
Miss Americana and the Hole in White Feminism
- February 21, 2020
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- Heather Moore
“My entire moral code has been based on the need to be perceived as good.”
So says Taylor Swift in the recent Netflix documentary about her career and the recording process of her latest album, Lover. The doc weaves in footage of her early career, but focuses primarily on her reflections of what shaped her as a young artist, and how she has been driven ever since. Swift has a remarkable and unparalleled career. Starting out as a 14-year-old in Nashville,...
Driving Jesus Out
- February 21, 2020
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- Lori Travers
I used to think I knew how Jesus operated. I mean I finally had found the church that did it right, had all the correct doctrine, spoke all the right words, and interpreted all the passages accurately. The years I found myself steeped in this “one way” approach to the Christian life left me feeling anxious. I felt judged and somewhat distanced from those who I honestly shared my, at times, different point of view on a passage of scripture...
Friendship
- February 19, 2020
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- Lydia McCord
Friendship is one of the coolest relationships. One that I have done my fair share of taking for granted. I was lucky to have most of my close friends from elementary school last until my adult life. When I moved and they moved I realized that I haven’t forged a new friendship for many moons. I wasn’t even really sure how to. I mean, do you just go up to a gal and ask for her number? It all felt...