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Trial by Fire: Simplify Your Life

Written by Susan Scott Smith

Revisiting a fiery trial has taught me many lessons about what is truly important in life. Pictures from this summer’s wildfires reminded me of our fiery trial in May. Our garage burned...

First Impressions

Written by Joshua Travers

At school, at the Feast—wherever we go, we all leave first impressions. We hope people won’t judge us too quickly. Are we too quick to judge others? First impressions are like...

Deep Thoughts About Dirt

Written by Lynda Wasser

God used dirt in the creation of humanity, and there is still much we can learn from this incredible substance. “And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground” (Genesis 2:7)....

Let’s Keep This Confidential

Written by Chant’a Collier

It was very good news—except that I wasn’t supposed to tell anyone! How could I keep this confidential? The afternoon of my husband’s birthday I got a text message asking for his...

Bipolar Disorder and a Godly Marriage

Written by Dave La Ravia

I have watched my parents make the lifelong commitment of marriage work in spite of bipolar disorder. Hopefully, these comforting words will be of some help to others who are going through this...

What Great Christians Do Differently

Written by Susan Scott Smith

A book about great teachers got me thinking about how we must become great Christians. Each year our school district makes assignments for the administrators and staff. This past year the teachers...

Poison Apples

Written by Hannah Baker

Mirror, mirror on the wall, who really is the fairest one of all? This spring a new movie was released—a revamped Snow White story called Mirror Mirror. It has all the delightful elements of...

Lessons I Learned From Brake Repair

Written by John Columbo

Both cars and people have a lot going on inside, out of view. In either case, if we don’t properly diagnose and fix our hidden problems, the results could be deadly. On my way home from work...

Falling on Hard Times: Our Days in Midian

Written by Nancy Diraison

We live in a time of intensifying stress and trials. What can we learn when the world we’ve known is falling apart, and there’s nothing we can do to fix it? Things are changing all...