1. Good News for those with Mental Illness

    book
    05/03/24
    10 mins
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    By Bradley Gray
    For you who are struggling to navigate grief, to cope with pain, or breathe through anxiety, the gospel announces that there is a person whose heart throbs for you.
    Good News for those with Mental Illness

  2. Bold as a Lion: Leo the Great and Resurrection Courage

    book
    04/11/24
    15 mins
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    By Joshua Miller
    Jesus continues to do the same for me and for you as he did for his disciples. He still shows up for us. He still speaks his peace to us.
    Bold as a Lion: Leo the Great and Resurrection Courage

  3. Unforeseen Sympathy

    book
    04/10/24
    22 mins
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    By Bradley Gray
    Jonah’s biggest blunder was a failure to understand that God’s grace is always undeserved and always falls on those who are unworthy of it.
    Unforeseen Sympathy

  4. God's Home-Word Stories

    book
    04/03/24
    12 mins
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    By Donavon Riley
    Don’t get in the habit (or, if you already do it, get out of the habit) of saying, “I could never talk about these things the way my pastor does.”
    God's Home-Word Stories

  5. Judas' Betrayal, Middle English, and the Last Supper

    book
    03/27/24
    10 mins
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    By Donavon Riley
    This day and its meaning provided the opportunity for an anonymous author to write a poem for Sheer Thursday about Judas' betrayal of Jesus.
    Judas' Betrayal, Middle English, and the Last Supper

  6. Serving the Slave of All

    book
    03/19/24
    13 mins
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    By Joshua Miller
    St. Patrick was great but only because he was a slave to Christ.
    Serving the Slave of All

  7. Commemorating the Feast of St. Patrick

    book
    03/18/24
    11 mins
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    By Donavon Riley
    Patrick's breakthrough came when he began to leverage his knowledge of the native language and customs to build a bridge between Irish lore and the Christian mythos.
    Commemorating the Feast of St. Patrick

  8. The Sound of Freedom

    book
    02/28/24
    22 mins
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    By Bradley Gray
    This is the sound of freedom. The Eternal One died so that we who are dying might live eternally with him.
    The Sound of Freedom

  9. In Memory of Rod Rosenbladt: Encourager of All Things God, True and Beautiful

    book
    02/28/24
    9 mins
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    By Daniel Deen
    Rod Rosenbladt, the encourager of all things good, true, and beautiful and a tireless warrior for Jesus and the Gospel message, finally rests at the marriage feast of the lamb.
    In Memory of Rod Rosenbladt: Encourager of All Things God, True and Beautiful

  10. Our Need for Lent

    book
    02/27/24
    16 mins
    read
    By John Bombaro
    A truly Lenten mindset sees the season as preparatory for the resurrection life of Easter as opposed to the mortification of Good Friday.
    Our Need for Lent

  11. Lent's Forty Days

    book
    02/20/24
    10 mins
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    By John Bombaro
    The number forty calls to remembrance narratives of God’s great acts of redemption, but also our conformity to and participation in those narratives.
    Lent's Forty Days

  12. The Tree At The Center of The Universe

    book
    02/16/24
    9 mins
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    By Donavon Riley
    We are the fruit that grows from the branch, which extends from the trunk of the tree, which is rooted in the soil that it grows out of, which is all Christ.
    The Tree At The Center of The Universe
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