Sometimes, life’s circumstances, especially the hard ones, appear to drown out the “music.” We might even start to believe that we will never hear it again. But it’s always there. Whatever happens, however loud and challenging and heart-breaking our lives, or the distance we may feel from God, God is
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The tension I feel on Palm Sunday and in my mortal existence is the fact that joy and sorrow will be forever braided in my life and yours. This is not heaven. We live in a fragile, imperfect world that can at once break our hearts and also make us
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I grew up hearing the modern-day proverb, “Look for the silver lining” after a life disappointment. Often the instruction seems trite and dismissive. But there is truth that even in the darkest situations, there is some sliver of light. Look for it.
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There is simply no other way to do this wild, uncomfortable, glorious adventure without hope.
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Where do I begin? 2025 had been one humbling year. I approached 2026 with my arms and heart wide open. But the universe had other plans! Now its time for a comeback story!
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When your world comes undone, "happy" can feel trite—and impossible. But joy is altogether something else. It is a holy, spiritual activity that takes place in your soul. Whatever you have gone through, or are going through, let yourself feel joy.
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The promise of Christmas is the way things are right now are not how they have to be or will be. All things are possible with God who declares, “Watch, I am going to do a new, glorious thing!” God can coax new life, new love, new possibilities in each
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Time is precious. We have no idea what tomorrow holds. We live as if there will always be a next time to say, do, hear, forgive—love. The time is now to speak your heart, extend mercy, reconcile, share love extravagantly (as if it is your last time to do it).
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Within all of us lives the spark of the divine. You do in fact have Divine DNA. The only question is if those holy genes are expressed in the world and that is by your choosing. When Michelangelo was asked how he made the David, which stands 17 feet tall,
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We hunger for experiences of the eternal in the temporal and finite days of life. This world is filled with so much useless clatter, distracting us from the experiences that give higher meanings. It is more and more difficult to locate God in our crazy, mixed up, broken world. We
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