02857 – “Refuge in Grief”

Here's what I most want you to know: this really is as bad as you think.⁣⁣ No matter what anyone else says, this sucks. What has happened cannot be made right. What is lost cannot be restored. There is no beauty here, inside this central fact.⁣⁣ Acknowledgement is...

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02835 – Beauty is about Honesty

Beauty has ample room to embrace not only what is attractive but also things that are disturbing and difficult for us to confront. Beauty has this capacity because it is inseparable from truth and goodness. Indeed, beauty is the persuasive power of God’s truth and...

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02545 – Read Top Down, Then Bottom Up

I'm very uglySo don't try to convince me thatI am a very beautiful personBecause at the end of the dayI hate myself in every single wayAnd I'm not going to lie to myself by sayingThere is beauty inside of me that mattersSo rest assured I will remind myselfThat I am a...

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02426 – Nature Brings Solace

The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely, or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere where they can be quite alone with the heavens, nature, and God. Because only then does one feel that all is as it should be and that God wishes to see people happy amidst the...

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02369 – Attracted to Kindness

With each passing day of my life I find I am most attracted to kindness. It is a beauty that fades not with time but grows ever more striking. Kindness is never cryptic, you know it when you see it, when you hear it, and when you feel it.

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02368 – God Just Wants Us Home.

The beauty of Christian spirituality is that the God we are in relationship with is for us in Christ. Like the father in the prodigal son story, God is waiting with his eyes looking for us in the distance. He is waiting to embrace us. This image might take some...

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02314 – Prayer

Let the rain come and wash awaythe ancient grudges, the bitter hatredsheld, and nurtured over generations.Let the rain wash away the memoryof the hurt, the neglect.Then let the sun come out andfill the sky with rainbows.Let the warmth of the sun heal uswherever we are...

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02096 – Life Story: An Epic Quest

I am reminded that my life is a story being told by the Great Artist, and that this journey of faith is quite an epic quest full of danger, struggle, questions, growth, beauty, joy, humor, love, and passion. from Surprised by Myth

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