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Read more about the article How Love Brings Power in the Midst of Powerlessness {Ep 109}

How Love Brings Power in the Midst of Powerlessness {Ep 109}

  • Post published:May 12, 2020
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I finished recording this week’s episode of the Love is Stronger than Fear podcast where I talked about how love brings power in the midst of powerlessness, and I realized…

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Reading Small Talk: Behind-the-Scenes

  • Post published:May 6, 2020
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Want a glimpse of Small Talk behind-the-scenes? How do my kids REALLY feel about being stuck at home with our family?! What do they think I am having a hard…

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Read more about the article Carrying Love Letters from God {Ep 108}

Carrying Love Letters from God {Ep 108}

  • Post published:May 5, 2020
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I sometimes expect God to communicate through the equivalent of Marvel comic book “Shazams!” and action movie explosions. I expect Him to grab my attention with an airplane toting a…

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Read more about the article AJB Recommends: Talking with Doctors Who Are Christians About COVID-19

AJB Recommends: Talking with Doctors Who Are Christians About COVID-19

  • Post published:May 4, 2020
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I happened to listen to two doctors talking about COVID-19 from their vantage point as physicians and people of faith. In the first interview, Dr. Danny Avula, Director of Public…

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Read more about the article A Mother’s Day Gift: Reading Small Talk Podcast

A Mother’s Day Gift: Reading Small Talk Podcast

  • Post published:May 1, 2020
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Download Audiobook To all the mothers and fathers of young children who are struggling right now, I have a small gift for you—the Reading Small Talk podcast—that I hope might…

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Read more about the article How My Daughter Convinced Me We Can Help {Ep 107}

How My Daughter Convinced Me We Can Help {Ep 107}

  • Post published:April 28, 2020
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My Aunt Jane sent us five masks a few weeks ago (see photo). When the masks came, after we decided who gets which one and did a little modeling, I…

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Toilet Paper, Hoarding, and Sharing

  • Post published:April 27, 2020
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I bought a 9-pack of toilet paper in the grocery store last week. Yes. It was a brand I didn’t recognize, but it was soft toilet paper nonetheless. (Note: I…

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Read more about the article Less Distraction and Paying Attention

Less Distraction and Paying Attention

  • Post published:April 22, 2020
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Distraction—largely in the form of entertainment and busyness—keeps us from love. (So does fear, and so does injustice, which I’ve been talking about in the podcast. But for today, I’m…

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Read more about the article Where Is God When People Suffer {Ep 106}

Where Is God When People Suffer {Ep 106}

  • Post published:April 21, 2020
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Over the past few years, I’ve become more and more convinced that love is the foundation of all reality. Love is the deepest truth about God, about creation, about humans.…

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Praising God in Sorrow, Just Like Jesus

  • Post published:April 19, 2020
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I mentioned last week that Penny and I have been singing worship songs together lately. It is such a gift to me to turn off the news and sing or…

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