Morgan Snyder

March 22, 2016
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The following is a reflection I wrote after ongoing ventures in recent years through the Message paraphrase of Matthew 21:12-18, the passage commonly referred to as “The Clearing of the Temple.” My hope is that it might help us thirsty...

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John Eldredge

March 17, 2016
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Dear Friends,

You take the time to read these letters (thank you) and I take the time to write them because we share common loves and passions.

The wild and unpredictable stories of our lives intersect because we love Jesus deeply,...

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Morgan Snyder

March 14, 2016
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Eugene Petersen, author of The Message, makes this observation:

The two most difficult things to get straight in life are love and God. More often than not the...

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Morgan Snyder

March 14, 2016
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Eugene Petersen, author of The Message, makes this observation:

The two most difficult things to get straight in life are love and God. More often than not the...

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John Eldredge

March 02, 2016
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Editor's Note: Last month we ran the first of some profiles we want to share with you of folks out there doing amazing work, some of whom seem to have some wild connection to us. This month’s story began with an email we received last year that...

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What's New

February 16, 2016
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Moving Mountains came out today, and it will help transform all our prayer lives!   "Prayer sets up a terrible dilemma for us. We want to pray; it’s in our nature. We desperately want to believe that God will come through for us. But then... READ MORE

John Eldredge

February 12, 2016
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I feel I need to begin this article with some sort of confession, like in a recovery meeting.

“Hi. My name’s John.” [The small group responds, “Hi John.”] “And I’m a user.” [Group leader says, “This is a safe place, John. Tell us your...

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Stasi Eldredge

February 10, 2016
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This isn’t a vulnerable blog.  It’s an encouragement.  Okay, maybe it’s an exhortation.  Still…

 

I just received the most lovely thank-you note in the mail.  It made my heart so happy.  I gave a gift, but they gave an even better...

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Morgan Snyder

February 09, 2016
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I’ve lost the ability to bullshit. It’s the me I’ve always wanted to be.

It’s one of my all-time favorite film quotes, spoken by Jerry Maguire as he sheds the Poser and...

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Morgan Snyder

February 09, 2016
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I’ve lost the ability to bullshit. It’s the me I’ve always wanted to be.

It’s one of my all-time favorite film quotes, spoken by Jerry Maguire as he sheds the Poser and...

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John Eldredge

February 08, 2016
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And so a new year has begun. And begun with something of a bang, it seems. A dear friend’s daughter is in the hospital. Another friend just got out. Yet another is launching a new mission venture while the son of friends leaves his career to start... READ MORE

Stasi Eldredge

February 04, 2016
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When I hop on Facebook, which I confess, I haven’t been doing as faithfully as I want to be, it always asks me my “Status” and 90% of the time, I want to write “I’m tired.”  But that isn’t very cheery or encouraging so I let that pass and dig...

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Morgan Snyder

January 07, 2016
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“And his strength left him.” Judges 16:9

The seizure was shocking enough. My youngest brother, known by us all as Lucky Lance, was the luckiest one of us all, at least up until then. He had the great hair while the rest of...

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Morgan Snyder

January 07, 2016
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“And his strength left him.” Judges 16:9

The seizure was shocking enough. My youngest brother, known by us all as Lucky Lance, was the luckiest one of us all, at least up until then. He had the great hair while the rest of...

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Stasi Eldredge

December 29, 2015
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It’s getting close to the New Year and so it’s as good a time as ever to look back, take stock, sit with Jesus and together with him, ask where he’d like you to grow, to focus or to challenge yourself in this next season of your life. My desires...

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Bart Hansen

December 17, 2015
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What makes a fierce warrior?

Recently, I found myself taking a day to do nothing but watch college football. (I cannot remember ever doing that other than on a New Year’s Day.) The season was in its last two weeks of regular schedules,...

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Stasi Eldredge

December 15, 2015
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Scrooge was haunted by the spirits of Christmas Past, Present and Future and it led to his redemption.  I am haunted by the illusion of the Perfect Christmas.  May it lead to mine.

 

How many cookies must I bake for my home to feel...

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Stasi Eldredge

December 05, 2015
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It was to a dark world that Jesus came.  Light came into the darkness.  And as you know, where there is no light, darkness reigns.

 

Last week there was a shooting in Colorado Springs staged at the Planned Parenthood close to our...

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Morgan Snyder

December 03, 2015
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In this season of giving, there may be no more meaningful gift that you can give than the gift of yourself.  

Wholehearted. Present.  Alive.

Let’s face it: the world is chaos.  One holiday trip through Walmart on Black...

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Morgan Snyder

December 03, 2015
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In this season of giving, there may be no more meaningful gift that you can give than the gift of yourself.  

Wholehearted. Present.  Alive.

Let’s face it: the world is chaos.  One holiday trip through Walmart on Black...

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