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From the Garden of Eden to the New Jerusalem
The biblical narrative begins and ends at home. From the Garden of Eden to the New Jerusalem we are hardwired for place and for permanence, for rest and refuge, for presence and protection. We long fo... -
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No matter how much the world shatters us to pieces, we carry inside us a vision of wholeness that we sense is our true home and that beckons us. -
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Christianity: A One-Way Ticket to Heaven?
Most people today imagine that the point of Christianity is “to go to heaven when you die.” That’s what most believers believe. It’s what most unbelievers unbelieve. It’s certainly what journalists, b... -
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Emotions, Language, and the Experience of Homesickness
In her book Keeping Place: Reflections on the Meaning of Home , Jen Pollock Michel reflects on the nature of home in a transient age. In this short excerpt, Michel focuses on the language associate... -
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Great and gracious God, we have run
Great and gracious God, we have run after things and others instead of coming home to You. We have lived as though we were the centers of our universe. We have avoided the harder issues in life so o... -
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In the past three centuries in the West—the period of “modernity”—place has come to be not only neglected but actively suppressed. Owing to the triumph of the natural and social sciences in this same ... -
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There and Back Again, A Human Tale
Let us begin with a question. Do you really know how to enjoy the world? Do you know how to enjoy yourself? One of the greatest parables in the New Testament has to do with the search for enjoyment an... -
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Living From the Center
In my home country, the Netherlands, you still see many large wagon wheels, not on wagons, but as decorations at the entrances of farms or on the walls of restaurants. I have always been fascinated by... -
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From a purely biological point of view man is not at home anywhere in the world. -
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Father, as we go to our homes and our
Father, as we go to our homes and our work this coming week we ask you to send the Holy Spirit into our lives. Open our ears- to hear what you are saying to us in the things that happen to us and i... -
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A Framework for Life
When a person is confused and things refuse to fit together, she sometimes announces a need to get out of noise and turbulence, to get away from all the hassle and “get my head together.” When she suc... -
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A Perfect Retirement?
In his book Thrive in Retirement, Eric Thurman shares the story of close friends preparing for their golden years: My husband was a lawyer who joked that after “the big case” came across his desk, h... -
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The Search for Satisfaction
In this excerpt, musician and author Ginny Owens shares a childhood exercise that only makes specific what all of us as human beings struggle with, the desire for wholeness: I wish you could know my ... -
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O thou who art from everlasting to
O thou who art from everlasting to everlasting the living and true God, high and lifted up, inhabiting eternity, yet who art near to every soul who turns to thee, we who are creatures of a day bow bef... -
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Lord Jesus–You’ve come, are coming and
Lord Jesus–You’ve come, are coming and will come again. Whether we know it or not, we live on the edge of Your advent every moment of every day either with anticipation or with anxiety. As if stumblin... -
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God—Father, Son and Holy Spirit—our
God—Father, Son and Holy Spirit—our Loving Creator, Redeemer and Guide: We praise and thank You for being with us wherever we are on the journey of faith; whether we feel You or not—You are here wit... -
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O Lord who is from everlasting to
O Lord who is from everlasting to everlasting the living and true God, high and lifted up, inhabiting eternity, yet who is near to every soul who turns to you, we who are creatures of a day bow before... -
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Holding on to Earth
There once lived a peasant in Crete who deeply loved his life. He enjoyed tilling the soil, feeling the warm sun on his naked back as he worked the fields, and feeling the soil under his feet. He love... -
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Prayer of Adoration Gracious God – our
Prayer of Adoration Gracious God – our Father: Sufficient and sovereign, yet, compassionate and kind; You tell us the truth while the world lies to us; You give us light and hope, while all around u... -
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Life in the Suburbs
More than 50 percent of Americans live in suburbs, and many of them desire to live a Christian life. Yet often the suburbs are ignored (“Your place doesn’t matter, we’re all going to heaven anyway”), ... -
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Lord of grace and truth: You meet us
Lord of grace and truth: You meet us where we are. And when everybody lies to us, you speak with candor and honesty about what’s good, right and true. We can trust you–and we do. That’s why we can rej... -
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Deliberate Living
In March 1845, Henry David Thoreau received a letter from poet William Ellery Channing. “Build yourself a hut, & there begin the grand process of devouring yourself alive,” wrote Channing. “I see ... -
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Deus ex machina
While there are an infinite number of ways for a movie to fall short, a common complaint is if the inciting incident of the drama is solved in a way that comes out of nowhere, even breaking the logic ... -
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C. S. Lewis and Despairing in Sanctification
As we try to live a life in obedience to God, the stubbornness of our sins can discourage and frighten us. If we are supposed to have a new heart, why are we still so broken? C.S. Lewis struggled with... -
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Short Term Missions, Long Term Partnerships: Reevaluating Mission Trips
What Value is there in Short-Term Missions? Over the years, I have had people ask me why my family and I go on short-term mission trips. Some of the more cynical have wondered aloud, “Isn’t it reall... -
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More Value than a Coffee Pot
A missionary in a Muslim-majority country got a call one day from his wife. Their local house-helper (a common practice in that country) had accidentally dropped and broken their carafe from the coffe... -
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The Old Testament: The Real World
The Old Testament portrays the world as it is, no holds barred. In its pages you will find passionate stories of love and hate, blood-chilling stories of rape and dismemberment, matter-of-fact account... -
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One Love—The Life and Music of Bob Marley
My Early Soundtrack What music shaped your early life? For most of us, our parents’ musical tastes probably were our starting place. That music made a deep impression on what we like — and don’t like... -
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Good Morning, God: Father, Son and Holy Spirit
Prayer of Adoration Good Morning, God: Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Before the world was – you were. Before we were – you knew us. Before we awoke today – you were alert, active ready to meet us her... -
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God, our Father: Your love gives us
God, our Father: Your love gives us more than we can ever hope for, and far beyond what we deserve. You clothe us in the righteousness of Christ. You give us dreams and visions of what we can become b...
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Top_level_categories by Reference
Genesis
Exodus
Numbers
Deuteronomy
Joshua
Ruth
1 Samuel
1 Kings
1 Chronicles
2 Chronicles
Ezra
Job
Psalm
- Ps 1 (4)
- Ps 2 (2)
- Ps 8 (12)
- Ps 9 (2)
- Ps 10 (1)
- Ps 13 (1)
- Ps 14 (2)
- Ps 15 (1)
- Ps 16 (4)
- Ps 17 (1)
- Ps 18 (1)
- Ps 19 (26)
- Ps 22 (5)
- Ps 23 (16)
- Ps 24 (7)
- Ps 25 (5)
- Ps 27 (13)
- Ps 29 (1)
- Ps 31 (1)
- Ps 32 (7)
- Ps 33 (2)
- Ps 34 (32)
- Ps 36 (4)
- Ps 37 (8)
- Ps 39 (2)
- Ps 40 (2)
- Ps 41 (2)
- Ps 42 (11)
- Ps 43 (2)
- Ps 44 (1)
- Ps 46 (19)
- Ps 49 (2)
- Ps 50 (5)
- Ps 51 (28)
- Ps 52 (1)
- Ps 55 (1)
- Ps 63 (1)
- Ps 65 (3)
- Ps 67 (2)
- Ps 69 (1)
- Ps 71 (1)
- Ps 72 (1)
- Ps 73 (5)
- Ps 74 (1)
- Ps 77 (2)
- Ps 78 (5)
- Ps 82 (7)
- Ps 84 (1)
- Ps 85 (2)
- Ps 86 (4)
- Ps 88 (1)
- Ps 90 (7)
- Ps 92 (1)
- Ps 94 (3)
- Ps 95 (1)
- Ps 96 (5)
- Ps 98 (1)
- Ps 99 (1)
- Ps 100 (2)
- Ps 101 (1)
- Ps 103 (9)
- Ps 104 (5)
- Ps 105 (1)
- Ps 106 (2)
- Ps 107 (1)
- Ps 111 (2)
- Ps 115 (1)
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- Ps 117 (2)
- Ps 118 (4)
- Ps 119 (24)
- Ps 121 (5)
- Ps 123 (1)
- Ps 126 (1)
- Ps 127 (3)
- Ps 128 (1)
- Ps 130 (3)
- Ps 131 (1)
- Ps 133 (3)
- Ps 136 (4)
- Ps 139 (26)
- Ps 143 (2)
- Ps 144 (2)
- Ps 145 (4)
- Ps 146 (2)
- Ps 147 (4)
- Ps 150 (1)
Proverbs
- Prov 1 (7)
- Prov 2 (4)
- Prov 3 (30)
- Prov 4 (8)
- Prov 5 (1)
- Prov 6 (2)
- Prov 7 (1)
- Prov 8 (2)
- Prov 9 (1)
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- Prov 11 (6)
- Prov 12 (5)
- Prov 14 (8)
- Prov 15 (7)
- Prov 16 (13)
- Prov 17 (5)
- Prov 18 (12)
- Prov 19 (7)
- Prov 20 (2)
- Prov 21 (4)
- Prov 22 (6)
- Prov 23 (2)
- Prov 24 (3)
- Prov 25 (3)
- Prov 27 (5)
- Prov 28 (7)
- Prov 29 (7)
- Prov 31 (5)
Ecclesiastes
Song of Solomon
Isaiah
- Isa 1 (20)
- Isa 2 (2)
- Isa 5 (1)
- Isa 6 (14)
- Isa 7 (3)
- Isa 9 (13)
- Isa 11 (2)
- Isa 25 (4)
- Isa 26 (8)
- Isa 28 (1)
- Isa 29 (2)
- Isa 30 (8)
- Isa 33 (2)
- Isa 40 (25)
- Isa 41 (15)
- Isa 42 (3)
- Isa 43 (16)
- Isa 44 (5)
- Isa 45 (6)
- Isa 46 (1)
- Isa 47 (1)
- Isa 48 (5)
- Isa 49 (3)
- Isa 50 (2)
- Isa 51 (1)
- Isa 53 (21)
- Isa 54 (3)
- Isa 55 (37)
- Isa 57 (4)
- Isa 58 (5)
- Isa 60 (3)
- Isa 61 (13)
- Isa 64 (8)
- Isa 65 (1)
- Isa 66 (3)
Jeremiah
Lamentations
Joel
Amos
Nahum
Zephaniah
Matthew
- Matt 1 (7)
- Matt 2 (4)
- Matt 3 (4)
- Matt 4 (9)
- Matt 5 (47)
- Matt 6 (43)
- Matt 7 (13)
- Matt 8 (5)
- Matt 9 (5)
- Matt 10 (8)
- Matt 11 (15)
- Matt 12 (6)
- Matt 13 (21)
- Matt 14 (10)
- Matt 15 (6)
- Matt 16 (9)
- Matt 17 (5)
- Matt 18 (10)
- Matt 19 (12)
- Matt 20 (4)
- Matt 21 (6)
- Matt 22 (16)
- Matt 23 (12)
- Matt 24 (5)
- Matt 25 (20)
- Matt 26 (5)
- Matt 27 (7)
- Matt 28 (17)