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Receiving the Gift of Rest

Reading Time: 4 minutesExhausted from a long, demanding day, Joseph feels his body begin to release stress and his mind struggle to…

The Commandments and the Church

Reading Time: 3 minutesIn 1664, Stephen Munford introduced the Seventh Day Baptist Church and its observance of the seventh-day Sabbath to North…

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Leadership Essentials: Christ-Centered Character

Reading Time: 4 minutesWe all remember the childhood game Follow the Leader. Whatever the leader does, you do. Wherever the leader goes,…

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Serving Jesus Even When Your Eyes Reflect Poop

Reading Time: 5 minutesIs this what I’m destined to become? Recoiling with disgust at the abject prospect, I now eyed these women with…

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How to Fold Laundry… As Unto Jesus

Reading Time: 4 minutesI just abandoned my laundry basket. It’s over half-full of warm, clean clothes. The rest are folded on the…

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What Redemption Means for Followers of Christ

Reading Time: 7 minutesWe say it as often as we can: Jesus-followers have been re-created by Christ to lead on His…

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3 Keys to Overcoming the Burnout of Serving Others

Reading Time: 4 minutesThe burnout grew slowly. It was a general feeling of frustration with my work. As I would drive to…

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Why I Crave Mentorship and Why You Might, Too

Reading Time: 4 minutesI crave time with older women. Whether one year older or fifty, I am hungry for their influence. This…

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Why It’s Hard for Me to Sabbath

Reading Time: 5 minutesSabbath. It’s what “Hakuna Matata” wishes it could really be. No worrying. About anything. For all eternity. And with…

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Five Habits of Jesus-Followers Who Make “Christian Gossip” an Oxymoron

Reading Time: 4 minutesGossip. It is to modern Christianity what speeding is to modern society. An infraction at worst. Not even a…