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Who Do You Say I Am?

Who Do You Say I Am?

Light unshared is darkness. To be light indeed, it must shine out. It is of the very essence of light, that it is for others.  — George MacDonald In recent weeks, a singular question has...

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Knowing God: A Matter of the Heart

Knowing God: A Matter of the Heart

Get wisdom. Though it cost all you have, get understanding. — Proverbs 4:7, NIV Have you ever struggled with the idea of what it means to truly “know” God? How is it possible to know the Creator of...

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Yahrzeit: Remembering a Loss

Yahrzeit: Remembering a Loss

Christians lack a ritual for the long and tiring process that is sorrow and loss. — Lauren Winner Between December 2021 and August 2022, our family lost four parents—both of my husband’s adopted...

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Personal Update from Bruce and Shay

Personal Update from Bruce and Shay

Happy summer everyone! We hope you are managing to get in some good outdoors time and are having fun. Here in Raleigh, the dog days of summer are finally here and it’s hot! Air conditioning is our...

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Are You Wearing Fig Leaves?

Are You Wearing Fig Leaves?

Authenticity is the daily practice of letting go of who we think we’re supposed to be and embracing who we are. — BRENÉ BROWN Who doesn’t want to be seen by others as put-together and successful? We...

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Every Tribe and Every Nation

Every Tribe and Every Nation

After this I looked, and behold, a great multitude that no one could number, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in...

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The Law of Love

The Law of Love

Love one another always. There is nothing else that matters in this world except love. — Victor Hugo When I was in high school in the late 1980s, I encountered something that touched my heart like...

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You Are the Body of Christ

You Are the Body of Christ

Christ has no body now but yours. No hands, no feet on earth but yours. Yours are the eyes through which he looks compassion on this world. Yours are the feet with which he walks to do good. Yours...

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