Acquainted with Grief: Keeping a Soft Heart

Acquainted with Grief: Keeping a Soft Heart

Debbie Booze shares about personal loss and the wisdom of acknowledging our pain. Jesus is our example of how to respond to suffering with a tender heart.

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God of Compassion: Knowing God in the Midst of Our Suffering

God of Compassion: Knowing God in the Midst of Our Suffering

In order to know God in suffering, we have to learn to connect with his heart for us in the middle of our painful stories.

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A Biblical Theology of Suffering: Overcoming Our Mistaken Mistrust of God [Video]

A Biblical Theology of Suffering: Overcoming Our Mistaken Mistrust of God [Video]

Why is there suffering in the world? Why are we so quick to blame God? Bill O'Byrne shares biblical answers to these questions and ways to keep trusting in God.

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In This World You Will Have Trouble

In This World You Will Have Trouble

Suffering is not an easy topic, but it's all around us—and how we face it will deeply impact our life with God. How can we walk the path of suffering with God?

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A Prayer of Examen for the New Year [Free Prayer Guide]

A Prayer of Examen for the New Year [Free Prayer Guide]

Take some time to reflect on the past year with God, asking him to show you where you've loved well and where he's inviting you to grow, using our free guide.

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Following the Light

Following the Light

Of course the lights are here, I thought. Here on the margins, here with those facing homelessness, here where windows and families are broken by the weight of oppression and systemic injustice.

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Saying the Radical Yes to God’s Invitation for Your Life: A Christmas Reflection

Saying the Radical Yes to God’s Invitation for Your Life: A Christmas Reflection

Into ordinary life explodes the voice of God, with an invitation to take up a role in his unfolding plan at a critical moment in history. God likes to do that—shake us loose of our little plans and invite us into something bigger.

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Abiding With Jesus This Christmas: Prayer Guide [Resource]

Abiding With Jesus This Christmas: Prayer Guide [Resource]

This Advent, consider this invitation to intentional prayer: an invitation to abide, an invitation to have our deepest need met by Jesus.

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Learning to Hear God's Voice: A Conversation, Part 3

Learning to Hear God's Voice: A Conversation, Part 3

Patty Metcalf and Myra Perrine finish their discussion of how to listen to God’s voice by talking through obstacles to hearing God and how to help others learn to listen.

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Learning to Hear God’s Voice: A Conversation, Part 2

Learning to Hear God’s Voice: A Conversation, Part 2

In part 2 of their discussion on hearing God’s voice, Myra Perrine and Patty Metcalf describe the heart attitudes that help us listen.

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Learning to Hear God’s Voice: A Conversation, Part 1

Learning to Hear God’s Voice: A Conversation, Part 1

Myra Perrine and Patty Metcalf had a conversation about how to hear the voice of God, and we made it into a podcast. Here is part 1 of 3 posts sharing their thoughts.

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Throw Me a Rope: My Journey into a New (Ancient) Form of Prayer

Throw Me a Rope: My Journey into a New (Ancient) Form of Prayer

I was learning to pray with not just with my mind, but with my body, too. I was beginning to see my body as a powerful ally in my prayer life.

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