Crosswalk PLUS Weekly

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  3 Ways Vulnerability Is Powerful The mutual commitment to vulnerability as a community creates quick bonds that hold us together as we serve our own families for God’s glory.
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  How to Celebrate Christmas When the Kids Are Away Although I might miss my adult children during the holidays, it is a good time to evaluate my parent-heart and compare what I wanted for them when they were growing up versus what I want for them now. Do I...
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  3 Tips to Prioritize Your Quiet Time during the Busy Holiday Season Does anyone else struggle to maintain their quiet time during the Holiday season? Keeping a consistent quiet time year-round is a challenge. Add in the hustle and bustle of the holidays, and I find it nearly...
• 5 Inexpensive Ways to Fill the Gap between After-School and Dinner While I love where we live, our home is out in the country, and often, If I only have an hour or two between meetings, appointments, or obligations, it’s not worth going home. However, finding ways to fill...
• 24 Reasons That Build an Appetite for Gratitude This Thanksgiving There are 24 days from the start of November until Thanksgiving. Here are 24 reasons to be thankful right now.
• 4 Ways to Teach Your Children about Gratitude If you find that your children, or perhaps even yourself, struggle with gratitude, take inventory and create a plan to foster thankfulness. We have much to be thankful for; sometimes, we just need some help...
• Why We Have to Talk to Our Kids about Sexuality For us parents who are doing our best to shepherd our kids' hearts and lead them towards God’s truth, we have to be much more on the offensive when it comes to issues such as sexuality and media usage.
• 4 Ways to Ditch Busy for More Intentional Living None of us want to get to the point that we are made to rest, but few of us are taking the time to live with healthy boundaries so we can avoid burnout.
• 5 Tips for Hosting a Family Gathering Do you desire to host your family during the holidays (or maybe you were voluntold) but find yourself stressing about the planning, organizing, or executing? Read on.
• 6 Ways to Maintain Your Faith in an Unchristian Culture In today’s unchristian culture, here are some ways you can work to maintain your faith.
• How Do We Love Others as Jesus Loves Us? The church is a messy place; we have to stay committed to each other, and we don’t get to choose who joins the club. We love people just as they are.
• A Message for 3 Groups Following Alleged Abuse in the Church After yet another alleged instance of abuse in the church, here is a brief message for three groups of people—leaders, their inner circles, and the rest of us.