Practical Applications

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  5 Tips from Proverbs for Making (and Keeping) Friends When we focus on others—How are you feeling? Where did you go on vacation? What’s your favorite breakfast place?—people feel heard. Molly Parker Sep 19, 2017
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  Will a Happy Marriage Prevent an Affair? The best, most secure and stable marriages I know are not typically those that seem “happy” in the sense of self-actualization. Russell Moore Sep 18, 2017
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  How to Poison Your Marriage in 3 Easy Steps These three small steps can ultimately lead to the death of a marriage. And unfortunately, so many of us regularly engage in these behaviors without realizing the dangers they pose. Debbie Holloway Sep 15, 2017
• How to Trust God's Heart When He is Silent Sometimes God is silent, our prayers go unanswered. When we are tired of the silence, we can still trust His heart. Sep 14, 2017
• CALM -  Philippians 4's Prescription for Anxiety by Max Lucado Max Lucado comes strong with great quotes about living with anxiety, especially in the United States. Max's book is titled "Anxious for Nothing," and as you might expect, he goes deep into that passage in... Shawn McEvoy Sep 13, 2017
• How to Get Old and Love It The clock is ticking on all of us. It’s how life is lived. And it’s wonderful in every way. Joe McKeever Sep 12, 2017
• 5 Ways to Bring Back Family Meals (and Why It’s Important!) After years of showing up to my own dining room table I am convinced it is one of the most vibrant places we can show the consistent love of Jesus to a hurting world. Bri McKoy Sep 11, 2017
• 7 Things to Be Thankful for as We Age I celebrated my 49th birthday this week. Notice I said "celebrated"- not "ignored" or "shrugged at." Cindi McMenamin Sep 08, 2017
• Five Stages Toward Making Worship a Habit Cherry Pedrick Sep 07, 2017
• The Devasting Impact of an Identity Crisis The question of where I was as a follower of Christ and who I was as a person consumed and confused me. David Burchett Sep 06, 2017
• 10 Biblical Truths Christians Don't Really Believe So many biblical truths sound great when we’re spouting them. And yet, judging by the way we live, the Lord’s people probably do not believe the following… Joe McKeever Sep 05, 2017
• How to Find True Joy in the Midst of Struggles In spite of great sufferings that seem too great to bear, Paul offers a pathway that enables us to move forward with peace. Pam Kanaly Sep 04, 2017