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The Inefficient Practice of Holiness
by Dr. Chris Blumhofer, Associate Professor of New Testament “No one will be justified by works of the law.” Perhaps, like me, you have lost count of how many times you have heard these words. Perhaps, like me for a long time, you have read them so quickly as to overlook that Paul…
The Story Of The I’m Me Foundation
One day, while driving her daughter home from kindergarten, Jillian ‘JJ’ Simmon asked her what she had learned at school. From the backseat, her daughter excitedly recalled subtraction lessons, storytime, music class, and that Justin Bieber had gone to jail. Shocked by this culture lesson that was not a part of the school curriculum, JJ…
Presence in the Waiting Room
Navigating infertility can feel isolating and shameful. In the quiet ache of longing for a child, men and women carry a heavy grief, often silencing their pain out of fear that others will misunderstand, judge, or dismiss their journey. Dr. Tamla Wilson knows the hidden grief of infertility intimately, having experienced her own struggle before…
What True Power Looks Like
Recently, I have been thinking a lot about power. It seems to me that much of our public discourse these days revolves around power. Who has it, who should have it, how can I/we (my group) get it, how can I/we (my group) keep it. How can I/we (my group) exert power over others to…
Have You Tried A “Burden Sabbath”?
We live psychologically burdened. And if we’re honest, the burden isn’t only what’s happening out there…it’s what keeps happening in here (in our thoughts and feelings): the looping headlines, the imagined worst-cases, the rehearsed conversations, the quiet dread that rides with us into the day. Our minds are powerful: when we vividly replay…
Called To Heal – A Journey To Seminary
Trista Enriquez always felt the call to heal people. She wanted to serve people in their most vulnerable moments. She spent her undergraduate time at Baylor preparing for medical school, investing countless hours studying, volunteering, and shadowing in hopes of one day being a doctor. But in 2021 she felt like she was hitting a…