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Rejoicing in Others: It's Not Always Easy

By Dani Can you remember a time when you looked around at the faces in church and were thankful for the people surrounding you? I remember times. They weren’t yesterday. This isn’t a guilt trip. The times when you were…
Tough Questions in Times of Tragedy

In Idaho this week, two people died in a 16 passenger van rolled on black ice. The van was on cruise control and was being driven by a 25 year-old who had no special training and had only a regular drivers license. Thi…
A Story of True Christian Community

During one of the most trying times in Daniel’s life, about two years ago, we were driving to school as we did every Monday through Friday, and I knew that well before the day was over I would receive yet another call …
Singles v. Marrieds: Bridging the Divide

By Sharon at She Worships A couple years ago Glamour Magazine ran an article entitled, “What Single Women Hate About Married Women (and vice versa).” The article was written by two women: Laurie Sandell, representing …
The New Church: Online Community and Worship

Online churches are nothing new, but interactive online churches...now that's something! The World Wide Web has become the hottest place to build a church. A growing number of congregations are creating Internet offshoo…
Book Review - Do Hard Things: A Teenage Rebellion Against Low Expectations

I feel a slight shift inside of me. Something has moved that I never intended to move, and I'm not complaining. Somewhere within these pages, my apathy started to warm up and is leaving a puddle around my soul. I…
Christian Community: Is It Better Online?

The first Sunday of every month, my church has an all-church potluck immediately after second service. They rearrange the sanctuary while people are filing out and getting in line for food, then everyone eats together.…
Praying for Revelife (And Your Own Blog)

I've previously written about my concern about Xanga and Revelife, including that I've been praying for this blogging community. (For example, please see here, here, here, here and here) Why should we pray for Revelif…
My Church is Not Defined By an Organization

Yesterday, a friend of mine called me up and asked me if I could help him set up a game for a young leaders training session this morning. This session was a part of a weekend long seminar-type thing, I don't really kno…
The Closing of My College Helped Me Grow Closer to God

Growing up, I would have never imagined that I would actually miss being in some form of school. I remember how badly I longed to be out of high school. My first two years of college, I spent living at home going to a…