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What is a Rule of Life & Why You Need One!
A rule of life? Well, that sounds boring and terrible… and maybe even a bit medieval. Where is the freedom, the spontaneity, the enjoyment? Maybe it’s all well and good for people in monasteries and such (do monasteries still exist?) but how could it possibly benefit...
What does God want from You in your Single Season?
Did you know that your single season is the most important season of your life? That how you live it has the potential to set you up for a future of hope, clarity, authenticity, courage, and excellence, or frustration, confusion, difficulty, depression, and hardship...
11 Effective Ways to Fast without Giving up Food
How to fast without giving up food? Is that even possible? Isn’t fasting by definition, "the foregoing of food" (literally: "to abstain from all or some kinds of food or drink especially as a religious observance" (Oxford Languages)? But ever since Social Media has...
How to Fast When Traditional Fasting is Too Much
The days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then they will fast. – Matthew 9:15 If we are disciples of Jesus, we should be fasting - and not just during Lent, but all the time! Problem is, it is WAY too easy to make excuses and justify...
Why Fast? 5 Surprising Reasons to Embrace Spiritual Fasting
Growing up the focus was always on making sure we were fed. We lived, laughed, and loved around the table. Meals were everything and treats were the solution to every problem as well as the perfect means of celebrating every joyful moment. We had a generous, loving,...
How to Embrace Your Cross – 2 Practical Steps
Is it even possible to Embrace a Cross? We all have crosses. Maybe they are objectively horrible, or only intolerable to us. But we all suffer and it is always more than we can handle. Matthew 16:24 exhorts: "Take up your cross..." and yet our tendency instead is to...
