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Reconnecting Our Hearts to God

It is easy some days for our minds to race with thoughts, doubts, ideas, and anxieties and lose touch with our hearts in the process.

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Embracing Our Differences

We are all unique in so many different ways—our looks, nationalities, religions, and so much more. It is only when we come together that we create a beautiful image of Christ’s love.
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Prayers for the Unknown

On a road trip recently, our car was one of many on the interstate. Countless people breezed past us on their hurried way, and I realized that, though I will never know them, we are connected.
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Claim Your Inner Freedom

Reflect  Psychiatrist and Holocaust survivor Viktor Frankl asserts, “When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves.” We have the freedom to shape our attitudes regardless of life’s external circumstances. Francis of Assisi ...
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Resting in God

Reflect “In peace I lie down and at once fall asleep,for it is You and none other, Oh Lord,who make me rest secure.” –Psalm 4: 8 Our rest is in God—to trust in His love and His protection is our ...
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Notes From Heaven

Reflect Making music is one of the most fundamental human acts. It can also be one of the most sacred, as St. Augustine knew: “Singing is praying twice.”  Whether you’re making it or simply appreciating it, good music—of any genre—can build ...
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When We’re Restless

Reflect “If in bed, I say: When shall I arise? then the night drags on; I am filled withrestlessness until the dawn.” –Job 7:4 Have you ever felt that terrible feeling of being unable to sleep? The house settles down, lights ...
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