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Formations: August 09
Family
The last eight and a half months have been rough for my family as we have helped my father navigate the transition from living with us at home to living in a long-term care facility. Things have gone about as well as we could have hoped. The facility is exceptional in almost every respect, and I’m confident Dad is getting the care he needs.
Connections: August 09
What We Think Is Clean
Humans are sensory creatures who judge the world by the way we experience it. If I see a person wearing old, dirty clothes and pushing a grocery cart along the sidewalk, I might judge them as lacking the motivation to better their lives. Some of my judgments may be true, but I have no way to be sure of them only through my senses.
Intersection: August 09
Your Passport Is Already Stamped
Every teenager in your class has something they're good at. Some of them know it and own it confidently. Some of them suspect it but haven't been told often enough to believe it. Some of them have a gift they've never connected with, because nobody has ever helped them see the connection.
FaithSteps Family Devotions
Looking on the Bright Side
When I was in the 6th grade, there was a big argument at church. Everybody took sides and people weren’t very nice to each other. It got so bad that I didn’t have any friends and I came home from church crying every Sunday. We started going to another church, a church with warm, welcoming people who always greeted us with smiles.
Reflections Devotional
God's Creativity
Why do children of such a creative, imaginative God practice such unimaginative faith? Is unimaginative faith even faith at all? We can be awed by experiences of God’s surprising grace one minute and then forget God’s creative gifts in the next. What will it take for us to learn that God delights in making paths through impossible terrain?
In Community
by James A. Autry
We are in all kinds of communities, and we should be grateful for each of them. There are of course the neighborhood we live in, the one we work in, our city or town. Our churches are communities of faith but also communities of friendship. It’s clear that we are naturally drawn to communities as places of nurture and comfort and support for one another.
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