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Neighboring meets ripple-effect faith. I call it missional neighboring.
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Matthew 5:7 – How To Bring Heaven to the Dirt and Thirst of Earth
Sometimes we make it about the thing rather than the why. Try to change the inside by doing the outside things “right.”
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Matthew 5:6 – How To Decipher What You Crave The Most
“What’s worth most to you?” He asks, bringing up threadbare hopes, miracle-required prayers, goals you’re working hard to achieve, and still-raw wounds. Things you’ve made about you that have nothing to do with you at…
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The Truth About Gentleness Most People Miss
Gentleness is not entitlement, self-confidence, or stubbornness. It’s trust with wild abandon. Stilling and abiding. Listening and responding. Letting go of our need to be seen as right, capable, worthy. Boldly declaring God is worthy…
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How To Survive the Wait When You’re Also Mourning
There’s a side of waiting that touches the rawness of grief. We’re impatient, we’ll joke, but many of the things we’re waiting for aren’t the sort of thing you really laugh off.
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How To Create a Surprising Pre-Condition for Lasting Happiness
We’re not talking about artificial or fleeting happiness here. This is toowayhon bliss. Pure, uncontainable delight. Knowing and being fully known by God. Forever-access to Him.
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How To Be More Neighborly When You Feel Inadequate
We don’t apologize when we stop to chat with the first neighbor we see outside and stay for an hour. Because we’re hungry for connection. Because life is richer when we do life with our…