Category: purpose
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Anchored
The Freedom of Becoming Who God Made Us to Be So often, as humans, we tend to be blown about by every wind. We live in a world that reminds us daily that we must achieve more—more success, more popularity, more status, more influence. We are inundated with images of curated perfection and often quietly…
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How Can We Know God Is Real?
If you’re grappling with this question, I want to say upfront: it’s not my aim to convince you through a theological treatise or scientific argument that God exists. I cannot use the powers of rhetoric at my disposal to force belief. I’ve observed that many people resist belief in God not because of evidence, but…
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There’s Something More
Have you ever noticed that gold sparkles in the light but it’s cold in your hands? Have you filled your cup, thinking it would feel like enough, but it doesn’t last? You could have it all, you could have the whole world at your feet—every little thing you think you need, and still feel empty.…
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Daring to be Different
In my sophomore year of high school, at a time in my life when I was finding my emerging identity as a young adult, I ventured to a grassy hill at the front of the campus to a Bible study a friend had invited me to attend. I awkwardly sat down on the grass amid…
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No Mission Too Small
When I was in my late teens, my visions of the future were extravagant but worldly. I imagined that fame and fortune would lead to fulfillment. Perfection also played a role: I pictured a neatly ordered future that would unfurl with the synchrony of well-aligned dominoes falling one after another. Beauty, romance, wealth, good health,…
The Still Small Voice 