When You Only Have a Few Minutes to Pray
How one to three minutes can focus our minds and hearts on adoration, confession, thanksgiving and supplication. (image,
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A Decree for the New Year
As a a single mom, "I've come to realize that it's not a sign of weakness for me to be lonely" (photo ECWA Archive) Today is the
Read more › A Year Without Resolutions
The shift from “achieving” to simply “being.” Nicole T. Walters, guest writer (Haven Sweet / Monastery of the Holy Spirit) This year I am not
Read more › Writing a Letter of Forgiveness
An adapted excerpt from Tiny Buddha’s 365 Tiny Love Challenges by Lori Deschene (Bigstuck Photo) All my romantic relationships have ended quickly and painfully. I often
Read more › Healthy Dating Practices for the New Year
This is what it means to date with intentionality and maturity (photo © Glow of Love by Angela D. Coleman) There are plenty of unhealthy ways to date, so I've compiled 10 healthy dating practices that I believe cut to the core of what it means to date with intentionality and maturity. 1. Date with intention. This is going […]
Read more ›Rick Warren: Sexual Purity Begins With a Commitment
Sexual purity is far more complex than simply abstaining from having sex and may be rooted in your mind, your heart and your soul. (ECWA Archive) "How shall a young man keep his way pure? By keeping it according to Your word" (Psalm 119:9, MEV). Is it possible in the 21st century to live a sexually pure life—to refrain from sex […]
Read more ›Five Errors to Drop from Your Christmas Sermon
If you want to help people see Christmas with fresh eyes, start by dropping these familiar fallacies.(Abraham Bloemaert / Wikimedia Commons.The adoration of the
Read more › Love: God’s Most Important Requirement For the Year 2016
Can love create a necessary and
Read more › Signs of a Good Father
You know you're a good father when your children enjoy spending time with you. (photo © blackvibes.com) Carrying a sixty pound backpack in Colorado’s rocky
Read more › An Authentic Man
Some traits of an authentic man (Flickr) I want to destroy a very persuasive lie that has crept into the church and into the hearts of men. The over-masculinization of men. How often are we told that "getting in touch with our feelings" is getting in touch with our "feminine side"? We have been encouraged to be stronger, more stoic, […]
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