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  • On at least one occasion of flicking through TV channels, we have all likely stumbled across the channel where people are always aggressively busting out doors and windows to make an old house look brand new. Maybe you happened to enter this world of tiles, wall colors, room aesthetics, and…

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  •  A man’s heart plans his way, But the LORD directs his steps (Proverbs 16:9) This verse always seems to pop up in the midst of life changes and big decisions. And college is an environment ripe for such changes and decisions. As I traveled through college, I was becoming increasingly overwhelmed with all the options…

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  • I never fully understood analogies using birth until I saw one. As a nursing student, we are required to watch on video (and encouraged to see live) a birth. I’ll spare you the details, but I will say it was certainly life-changing. My class was on the edge of their seats, hearing a woman’s cries…

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  • There are mixed opinions on having a word of the year. In Christian communities, some find it incredibly helpful and others find it a way to simply pick a word at random to hopefully describe your year. For me, a word to characterize my year helps my easily distracted brain stay focused on a theme…

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  • In the Old Testament, “success” as a word is not used but readily seen. It definitely looked different back then (I mean I don’t personally know anyone who measures success by horses and cattle), but the same heart attitude remained. An individual who took refuge in his definition of success…

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  • Nowadays we seem to hand out trophies for everything. Little league sports, academic achievements, spending lots of money on food, all get trophies. And trophies can be impressive. They can be large and bedazzled and shiny. They can earn you lots of fame. I think of trophies people spend their whole…

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