Solomon's Fall from Grace
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Solomon’s Fall from Grace

In every generation are giants in the faith who fall after years of service in the ministry. Whether local pastors or major television personalities, their stories are splashed across the media, and their circumstances, secrets, and salvation are debated. Our reactions tend to vary. Some of us quietly turn our heads, hoping to be polite…

a smiling young woman peeks through tall grasses
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Embracing Your Divine Identity

The world will tell you that you aren’t good enough. You need to do this, buy that, and act like <insert the latest popular public figure here> to be loved and accepted. You need to have it all, be it all, and do it all. This is what is seen in our culture as “making…

Dig for Discovery
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Dig for Discovery

It was early autumn. The leaves on the trees were golden as the afternoon sun slid behind the skyscrapers on my urban college campus. I stood at my professor’s car feeling alive. After a stimulating class discussion, I discovered another layer of thought with my fellow students. As I helped my professor with her bags,…

an antique map
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Reconsidering Brokenness

Early in my teaching career, an academic dean said to me and my colleagues, “You are the curriculum.” My life would educate my students as much as any textbook or lesson plan. Long after those first-year college students forgot how to structure an effective introductory paragraph or how to avoid run-on sentences, they would remember…