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Gauze, tape, and a bandage lie on a wooden table.
Relationships, Tough Times

When Your Brother or Sister Hurts

November 8, 2024November 9, 2024 Megan Bean

When one church member suffers, the whole church suffers. Here, we’ll look at ways to respond when you know or suspect a brother or sister in Christ is hurting.

Tagged Church, discipleship, grace, love, mercy, peace, reconciliation2 Comments
Life

Hope for the Joyless

February 28, 2024 Megan Bean

Here’s why joy still needs teaching—and why there’s hope for us when joy is a struggle.

Tagged discipleship, hope, joy, peace2 Comments
A beach lies in deep shadow, with distant houses silhouetted against the beginnings of a sunrise. A patch of orange and gold in the middle of the horizon heralds the rising sun. The dim blue sky above is full of gauzy clouds, with some denser, darker clouds low on the horizon to the right. Dark waves break on the shore to the right, their crests glowing in the dawn.
Disability & Rare Disease, God, Gospel

Loved Beyond Fear

February 28, 2023September 18, 2024 Megan Bean

Because we're loved in the midst of our frailty, we can live well in the midst of our frailty.

Tagged confidence, fear, goodness, love, peace, perspective, providence, uncertainty, worryLeave a comment
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Relationships

The Root of All Virtue

September 28, 2020September 30, 2024 Megan Bean

You'd be surprised how many other important qualities and experiences worth having hinge on this one attitude.

Tagged gratitude, humility, Jesus, love, peace, perspective, service, thanks1 Comment
God, Tough Times

Crossing the Abyss

March 21, 2020October 28, 2024 Megan Bean

Even in the midst of heart-stopping terror, He offers the heart-healing, life-giving good news of His presence, love, and care.

Tagged Bible, confidence, courage, doubt, faith, fear, interruptions, Jesus, peace, trust2 Comments
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Relationships

Records of Wrongs

December 5, 2019October 29, 2024 Megan Bean

It's vital for us to understand how to both receive and extend forgiveness. Just as a business' financial survival depends on managing its accounts, so our spiritual lives depend on addressing ours in a God-honoring way.

Tagged confession, forgiveness, grace, peace, sin2 Comments
God, Tough Times

Why Worry?

August 23, 2019October 29, 2024 Megan Bean

I get tired of fighting the God who controls everything. And I think He loves me, which makes it worse.

Tagged confidence, faith, fear, focus, grace, hope, peace, perseverence, perspective, trust, worry2 Comments
God, Life, Relationships

Surprised by Peace

August 31, 2018October 31, 2024 Megan Bean

There’s often not much reason for it. And yet peace – perfect, reason-transcending peace – is what we’re offered by a God who knows even more about our situations than we do.

Tagged peace, prayerLeave a comment

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