
Spiritual Spot Reducing?
When it comes to fitness, spot reducing alone seldom produces the results you desire. Spot reducing in the spiritual realm doesn’t work that well, either.
In 1978, author Loren Eiseley published an essay called “The Star Thrower.” It recounts a beach walk by a narrator...
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When it comes to fitness, spot reducing alone seldom produces the results you desire. Spot reducing in the spiritual realm doesn’t work that well, either.

The Christian in me knows that that the way out of any emotional rut is to refocus my thoughts on what I can be thankful for.

My son’s 13 weeks of boot camp were a trial by fire for me as well. I was getting a crash course in what it means to be a military family.

Ask God to replace your human smell with his divine fragrance, so that you will be a witness of his sweetness everywhere you go.

Sometimes I can hear the Lord whisper… It’s okay, Shawnelle, just trust. I’m here. But I tremble. Even though I know His arms are there.

In this story from January 1962, Green Acres star Eddie Albert shares how he and his wife relied on divine guidance in navigating the process of adopting a child.

Why had God given me a dream in the first place? Would it ever come true?

You have to get a lockjaw of faith on whatever it is you’re trusting God to do in your life.

You can’t see inner struggles in a picture. You can’t see faith or doubt or temptations.

Don’t run when you see your flaws and shortcomings; let Jesus and his light fill you up and flow out of you.

It was an experience that gave me the faith to believe that God was also with my son…

I understand that these are the sounds of creation. His creation, his world, bringing forth praise…
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