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Yearly Archive:: 2011
Girls Helping Girls Realize Their Worth
I’d like to introduce you to three girls who run the website We Are Jewels. News of their project came across my desk several months ago, and I thought it was so cool I wanted to pass it on to you.
To Those Wrestling With Lesbianism
Since God’s Word is so clear on the subject of homosexuality, why has the issue become so cloudy in the minds of so many?
From The Archives: Not Feeling It
Some years I get all caught up in the warm fuzzies of Christmas. My eyes tear up during candlelight service on Christmas Eve. I read the Christmas story with wonder. But some years the story seems too familiar. My to-do list seems too important. I want to get caught up in Christmas cheer, but I find myself thinking, I’m just not feeling it.
From The Archives: How Would Jesus Celebrate Christmas?
Between Santa and jingle bells, Christmas parties, and presents to buy and hope for, I think most of us struggle to keep our attention focused on the baby in the manger. I’ve worked hard to make this a Christmas where I had time to consider the sacred. That’s why I keep wondering how Jesus would celebrate His birth.
Hope For The Bullies
I doubt that any of us would actually label ourselves as bullies. No one sets out to be the mean girl at their school, church, or home. Even so, I bet there are some of you who are the source of pain, rejection, or violence in the lives of someone else.
Hope For The Bullied
If you feel picked on, misunderstood, tormented, or ignored, you are in good company. Jesus Himself endured these very things, and His Word is not silent on your circumstances. In fact, the Bible is chock-full of words of hope and encouragement just for you.
Steps Toward Removing An Idol
I know removing an idol from your life might be hard and uncomfortable, but God commands us to “love the Lord your God with all of your heart, soul, mind, and strength” and to “do all things to the glory of God.” So if we aren’t doing that, then we aren’t going to be happy and satisfied.
The Story Of A Girl And Her Idol
Laura didn’t become obsessed by her guy all at once; it was a slow process of allowing her mind to dwell on thoughts about him more and more until one day she thought about him 24/7.
How An Old, Dead Guy And A Diet Taught Me To Replace My Idols
You can’t talk yourself out of loving something or someone. But you can find someone or something even more lovely and beautiful and delicious to feast on!