by Dictionary Scoop Ever felt something so oddly specific that you couldn’t quite put it into words? Turns out, there are words for those hard-to-describe emotions—you just haven’t heard them yet. Here are a few you might recognize from your own inner world. 1-Mal de Coucou: Friends everywhere, but no real connection …
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Dear Christian, Here’s Your Attitude Check
by Kevin Burton I shared this with my mom before I shared it with you. Hope you don’t mind. It’s the latest message from Alistair Begg, speaker on the Truth For Life radio ministry. I thought Mom needed to hear it. I knew I needed to hear it and I think you will …
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The Bright Side, Friend, Is Exceedingly Bright
by Kevin Burton “Some Christians are sadly prone to look on the dark side of everything, and to dwell more upon what they have gone through than upon what God has done for them,” writes Alistair Begg in a recent Truth For Life e-mail. If you, like me, could easily substitute your name …
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In God Is The Only Certainty We Have
by Kevin Burton The words of Job, speaking of our loving, caring God, lend us comfort and certainty today. We sorely need comfort and certainty in today’s troubled times. To say they are welcome is an extreme understatement. But we don’t often pluck them from the book of Job, at least I …
Grandpa Kev’s (Grumpy) After-Christmas Sale
by Kevin Burton Your favorite retail outlet will be having an after-Christmas sale just now. It’s sort of their version of New Year’s resolutions, you know, out with the old, in with the new. They won’t spare the hype, the bold print or the volume. God help you if you miss this sale! …
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Love To You Who Are Grieving On Christmas
by Kevin Burton It’s deeply upsetting to me that my mother was in a hospital, alone on Christmas Eve, in what could easily be her last Christmas season. There isn’t a phone in her room and I don’t believe she grabbed her cell phone for an emergency trip to ER Monday night. So …
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Christmas “Reax”: Go Now, With Haste
by Kevin Burton Christmas is about the birth of Jesus Christ, the long-awaited Savior of the world. We wrap it in things that don’t matter a whit. But Jesus is the whole story. He’s the whole story all the time by the way, not just at Christmas. The story of the birth …
Free Surgery Saves Vision Of Young Child
by Kevin Burton There is great news in this article: a young boy’s vision has been saved. But by the time you get done reading it, you will realize that some things that are routine in the US are not routine elsewhere. The challenges that blind people face here are formidable, but people …
Hope For The Castaway Through Jesus Christ
by Kevin Burton To get a picture of what Christ has done for us, it helps to define the word “wilderness.” Merriam-Webster says wilderness is “a tract or region uncultivated and uninhabited by human beings.” That kind of wilderness may be wild, but it still has its potential. It just hasn’t been tended …
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The Multiple Psychological Benefits Of Rest
by Donavyn Coffey Time Magazine Rest is essential. People who make true rest—not just sleep—part of their everyday routine have better outcomes across different aspects of their health. Their sleep quality is better, life satisfaction in higher, chronic pain is lessened, work productivity is greater, and they even tend to live longer. The …
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