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Formations: June 14
Plans Change
How many people do you know who are pursuing the career their college majors might have predicted? My wife is an office administrator with a degree in accounting. I’m an editor with a degree in geography and Spanish. There are many people like us globally. We learned a lot of important things in college, including critical thinking, adaptability, and how to work with others.
Connections: June 14
Welcome and Wonder
My friend has a geriatric pregnancy. Actually, the more modern and respectful term is “advanced maternal age,” or AMA. She is over age thirty-five—though not by much—and that makes her AMA. As women in this category grow older, they have increasingly higher chances of pregnancy complications. For her, the risk is worth it. When it comes to advanced maternal age, Sarah wins the trophy.
Intersection: June 14
Invisible Doesn't Mean Absent
We all know the routine by now. If you don't know something, you just ask AI. Ask Alexa. Ask Siri. Ask Claude. Ask whoever. We live in an age where practically anything can be looked up, explained, visualized, or streamed. We want our answers fast, clear, and preferably with a graphic.
So what do we do with the Holy Spirit?
FaithSteps Family Devotions
We Are Called
When I was in the eighth grade, I had a friend who knew about Jesus, but she didn’t have a relationship with him. But she was open to talking about Jesus. So whenever I could, I told her how Jesus was making a difference in my life. I told her about how Jesus helped me through tough times, and how Jesus would help her through too.
Reflections Devotional
Protected from the Smallest Hurts
My mom says having a child is like having your heart walk around outside of your body. I’m not sure who said it first, but it’s true. From the moment they placed my daughter in my arms, I felt an indescribable love for her. In that instant, I began to understand sacrifice and selflessness in a more complete way than ever before.
Holy Ghosts: Deadly News (for Raymond)
by Ragan Courtney
The news came crawling
Like dreaded, deadly spiders into my ear,
Spewing their gossip like a lethal poison.
It was your name they whispered,
Your name now linked forever with a dreaded disease.
Your name that had blinked in our dreams in large Broadway marquee letters
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