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In our modern world, relationships are often viewed as transactional. It is a “quid pro quo” arrangement—I scratch your back, you scratch mine. Even when we stand at the altar, the traditional vows we recite often carry an implicit assumption of reciprocity. “I take thee to be my wedded spouse, to have and to hold […]

Follow the Science: A Case for Intentional Design? A recent article in Popular Mechanics highlights a staggering scientific milestone: the clearer-than-ever identification of LUCA—the Last Universal Common Ancestor. According to a new study from the University of Bristol, this single-celled organism lived roughly 4.2 billion years ago, just a few hundred million years after the […]

Recent studies show that family estrangements are on the rise. While many adult children are likely just “sowing wild oats”—a rite of passage for previous generations—some are finding freedom in their newfound agency. We are seeing a cultural shift where children are recasting their childhood as trauma, insisting they need to protect themselves from what […]

I recently watched a fascinating TEDx talk by Michelle Khare titled The Pursuit of Fear. In it, she describes her journey of overcoming limits to become a “daredevil,” specifically focusing on her experience training to hold her breath for over three minutes. She describes the moment the fear of drowning kicked in—that visceral, panic-inducing wall that […]

I grew up on the front row of the church. All my life, I have heard the reverberation from the pulpit and the pews alike: “We just need an old-fashioned revival.” There is a lot of truth to the idea that we benefit by going back to our roots. That concept is biblical. In Revelation 2:4-5, the […]