Living faith
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Shedding your freak: From control to confidence
While preparing the devotion for our church’s recent Rejuvenate worship night gathering, I was thinking about the concept of rejuvenating…
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Hungary’s ‘ordinary heroes’ see mission opportunity in migrant crisis
The flood of Middle Eastern migrants streaming across the Hungarian border has divided the country’s Christians as well as its…
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Urban Juggle | Local ministry offers multiple approaches in transforming lives, neighborhoods
Cindy Soria may have lived in a big house with her family, but like many teens living through the Great…
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A young man’s investment in a Malawi teenager reaps dividends for both
Eugene Choi grew up as many American children, hitching his faith in Jesus to his parents: a spiritual umbilical cord…
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Answering the whys in life’s difficult valleys
Neil Hoffman was home caring for his three oldest sons, Gavin, 5, Josiah, 3, and Landon, 2, while his wife…
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Born dead | Baby defies odds after traumatic delivery
Heather Hoffman was just hours from delivering her fourth child. She was nesting at home. Her husband Neil was vacuuming…
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Christian writer Margaret Feinberg shares breast cancer struggles, lessons on joy
Vertigo. Anemia. Depression. Receding gums. Early menopause. A double mastectomy. These are just a few of the many terrors that…
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Piercing the darkness | Christian comedian overcomes depression, grief
Chonda Pierce thrives under the bright stage lights. Her clean comedy, tempered with authentic insights on Christian life, resonates with…
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Street-level worship | Finding church in unlikely places
Robert Cortes spent hours roaming the streets of downtown San Diego as he handed out fliers for a weekly outdoor…
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Tackling fatherhood | Former Chargers linebacker extols role of Mr. Mom
Billy Ray Smith Jr. was a second-grader playing Pee Wee football when his dad—already a successful NFL defensive lineman for…