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“Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you ought to answer each person” (Colossians 4:6). I have this aversion to spicy foods. Let me self correct. Spicy foods do NOT like me! The solution: if I avoid the heat, I avoid the hurt. Now mashed potatoes? Different…

If you had to admit it, how many of you catch yourself singing a tune from the radio? We try and remain sensitive to the lyrics, but if it isn’t Christian, some of us might feel as if we’re skating on thin ice as we hum. No worries. You secret’s safe with me. I grew…

We journey through life and discover so much about ourselves, don’t we? In our elated seasons, possibilities flourish. We don’t entertain cares. We don’t collect the trappings brought on by angst and fatigue. We welcome this season like a much-needed respite. But not everyone enjoys such bliss. We know friends and even loved ones who…

Old Merriam-Webster defines a conqueror as “one who wins a country in war, subdues or subjugates a people or overcomes an adversary. We find this word synonymous with beater, master, subduer, vanquisher, victor and winner. Met on the battlefield, this word fits, but in the day-to-day trenches where our weapons resemble prayers and our opponents…