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(in)courage Staff Summer Faves + a Giveaway!

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How to Pray When It’s Hard to Hear God

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What Does Your Mirror Tell You?

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The Risk of Vulnerability

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To the Woman I Didn’t Want to Sit Next to
on the Airplane

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She Stands in the Gap

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Your Generation Is Needed Here

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Making New Friends in New Places

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Happy Birthday to Two of Our Favorite Books!

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When You’re Outside–Or Inside–the Clique

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How Can We Pray for You?

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How Can We Pray For You?

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Introducing Ten New (in)courage Contributors!

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How Can We Pray For You?

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You’d Never Know It From Looking At Her

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Meet Me in the Middle

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Today's Post

Called to Be Kind and Compassionate
to One Another

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A little over two weeks ago, while gathered in a hospital waiting room, my family was witness to one of the greatest examples of compassion and love. My dad has had a long health journey over the last couple of years — one issue being his eyes. He has had endless care, instructions, procedures, surgeries, complications, and treatments for his eyes. At times, he has been able to see out of one eye; other times, he hasn't been able to see at all. It has been heartbreaking to watch my strong, active dad suddenly become so vulnerable. He's a farmer who has worked every day, sun up to sun ...

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What Does Your Mirror Tell You?

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Everyday I look into a mirror. Once, twice, if not multiple times a day, but after last week, I will never look at my reflection the same way again. For five days I was part of a ministry team that deep cleaned apartments for struggling families in transition. Yolanda, a single mom of two boys, was one of the residents, and while we were there, I never saw her smile. Her countenance couldn’t mask the burdens she bore. As we scrubbed and scraped, poured and polished, we prayed specific ...

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What We Need Most When Life Is a Hot Mess

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My weather app says our local temperature will hit 100 degrees today. This comes after a long stretch without rain and several consecutive days in the upper nineties. Did I mention? Exactly one week ago our air-conditioning unit quit. Holy 100 degrees. Jesus, come quickly. I’m home with three pre-teen children in a house that feels like a sauna. Moods are heating up, not the least of which is mine. We’re a hot mess. For the last several days we have lived without oven, stove, and ...

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Beauty That’s Hidden in Plain Sight

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I stand in the Louvre Museum along with a few hundred tourists. All of our necks are craned to see one of the most famous paintings in the world: the Mona Lisa. Dozens of mobile phones and cameras are lifted high in the air to capture Leonardo da Vinci’s treasured work, and behind the bulletproof glass, the Mona Lisa keeps smiling that famous yet subtle half-smile. (She’s been smiling like that for more than 500 years.) Like everyone else, I snap my obligatory photo of her small ...

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