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Everyday Stories, Lived

Christianity

  • Wondering what love is?

    Some things are better said in person. So if you’ve been thinking about mending broken relationships, your best course might be to settle it in person. Wondering what love is? Here’s a helpful resource from the Bible Project: Read more

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  • All Scripture is God-breathed

    Knowing the Lord through Jesus Christ, I learned that it is the Word of God that changes people from the inside out. Not witty remarks or insightful commentaries but God’s Word through the Bible. All Scripture is God-breathed [given by divine inspiration] and is profitable for instruction, for conviction [of sin], for correction [of error Read more

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  • We all believe in something, someone

    And this is what I believe — that God created us in His image, to work and create just like Him, and that He is the source of our life, creativity, and being. I believe in God the Father, Jesus Christ the Son, and the Holy Spirit. And if what I believe in would be Read more

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  • You can spend the same hour differently

    Let it pass by while randomly doing anything but finishing nothing. You can let the hours pass while in the same chair (or even in your bed), scrolling the bottomless pit of a social media feed. Or, in the same period, you can be traveling from one place to another, meeting people along the way. Read more

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  • What if you did it anyway?

    You were about to raise your hand, but then when your perspective seemed to zoom out, allowing you to see how small you are in the crowd, you started to doubt about raising your hand. What was it that I was about to say? Does it even matter? Nah, I’ll pass. I might be wrong Read more

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  • Look at us, building our lives back

    It’s amazing how we were taught to remember God’s faithfulness in our lives at church–how God has provided everything we need in the past and how He can deliver us today and in the future. Psalm 77:11-12 AMP11 I will [earnestly] recall the deeds of the Lord; yes, I will [earnestly] remember the wonders [You Read more

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  • I already knew that this moment would come

    But now that I am here, I’m still amazed that I have come this far. And what is it that I am talking about? I have spent almost 5,696 minutes listening to the Exploring my Strange Bible podcast by Dr. Tim Mackie, lead theologian and co-founder of BibleProject. And after going through the material from Read more

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