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Darrell Waltrip on Track Instincts
Racing driver Darrell Waltrip writes:
Racing drivers must use all their senses. When you're in tune with the car, it speaks to you with a small voice. ...
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NFL Star Refuses to Have Sex Before Marriage
NFL running back Shaun Alexander writes:
At the University of Alabama, I was meeting women from a lot of different backgrounds. My mother had taught me ...
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The Discipline of Listening
Discernment involves listening with love and attention to our experiences, to each other, to the inner promptings of the Holy Spirit deep within ourselves ...
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Bono on Spiritual Formation
Your nature is a hard thing to change; it takes time…. I have heard of people who have life-changing, miraculous turnarounds, people set free from ...
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Christian Life: Getting a Feel for the Game
A common theme in modern Christianity has been that head knowledge is how one becomes more adept at following Christ: the more you know, the better you'll ...
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The Irony of One Man's Anger
Justin John Boudin, a 27-year-old man from Minnesota, pleaded guilty to fifth-degree assault charges for violently losing his temper. Here's the irony: ...
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Finding God in the Closet
In an article for Today’s Christian Woman, author Jan Struck writes:
As a child, I was captivated by Jesus' words on prayer [in Matthew 6:5–6]. ...
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The Power of Group Solitude
Adie Johnson, who serves on the staff of a small church in Colorado as Pastor of Spiritual Formation, shares a few thoughts about the power of group solitude: ...
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Waitress's Kindness Rewarded
Every day, for close to seven years, Walter "Buck" Swords cursed and stomped his feet in his favorite restaurant, Luby's Cafeteria, demanding ...
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Anger in America
In his 2007 article "All the Rage," Andrew Santella observes that anger is a prominent emotion in American life. Our politics is dominated by ...
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