History, Real Life and Faith
In 2011, I spent a week in Budapest meeting extended family. it was a splendid time of listening (to the Hungarian I don’t speak) and hearing stories. Our party included an able translator and amusing teenages for counterpoint. But I wasn’t just visiting Budapest, I also was reading Julie Orringer‘s The Invisible Bridge, a novel about Hungarian Jews in Budapest…
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I’ve been working off a master “to do” list for over a month now, life has been that busy. I had six writing deadlines to finish on April 1, alone, and felt a lot of pressure to finish up before I leave on a quick trip. Stress had built in countless ways. It’s all ironic since my 2011 resolution was…
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How can you tell a blessing from a disappointment? I spoke ten days ago about “turning the prism,” and looking at the challenges of our lives through God‘s perspective. It’s an invaluable lesson, to turn your life over to God and look to see what He might be up to But what does it actually look like to trust God…
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How can you tell a blessing from a disappointment? I spoke ten days ago about “turning the prism,” and looking at the challenges of our lives through God‘s perspective. It’s an invaluable lesson, to turn your life over to God and look to see what He might be up to But what does it actually look like to trust God…
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When you’re faced with challenging difficulties, have you considered looking at your problems through God’s lens to cope? We’re all familiar with the Scripture passage from James 1:2 that tells us to “count it all joy when you meet various trials.” We know from 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 to “rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will…
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When you’re faced with challenging difficulties, have you considered looking at your problems through God’s lens to cope? We’re all familiar with the Scripture passage from James 1:2 that tells us to “count it all joy when you meet various trials.” We know from 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 to “rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will…
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