The praise and worship team sings intensely. Hands go up all over the church in adoration and praise while varying voices echoes each line of chorus. Some people are clapping, some are standing. Others are looking up to heaven and some are keeping their chest warm with their chins while ...
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The stockings were hung by the chimney with care… …and Dad passed out beers without so much as a care? With holiday festivities well under way, many partygoers will be drinking and toasting the season—teens included. And believe it or not, many of those teens will get the liquor from ...
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Are you stuck in the cell-phone cycle? You promise yourself that you don’t need it. It’s just a simple tool connecting you to the outside world that is not always necessary. Yet you cannot seem to disconnect yourself long enough without having sweat bead up on your forehead or in ...
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I remember the pressure in my teen years, probably the hardest years of my life. I knew I was no hero. Unpopular, pimpled and never asked out on a date. I was prude by default it seemed like and I made plenty of bad choices that if I could change, I would. However, life ...
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It is a phrase tossed about rather lightly: made in the image of God. Pausing to think about what this really means is an adventure not to be missed. It has the potential to change how we look at ourselves and others; it has the power to transform our relationships…and ...
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