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Making 2026 Your Best Year Yet
Making 2026 Your Best Year Yet

Making 2026 Your Best Year Yet Ancient Paths, Deep Flourishing, and the Life-Giving Way Forward It’s February already—how did that happen? Chronos time seems to move faster every year, doesn’t it? We can easily let another year simply happen to us if we don’t pause to...

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Spiritual Formation, Fear, and Following God’s Call
Spiritual Formation, Fear, and Following God’s Call

Ready to Change? Most people do not resist change because they are stubborn or unwilling. They resist because change asks something of them — emotionally, spiritually, and relationally. Often, the desire for change is present long before action follows. People...

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When Compassion Isn’t Enough
When Compassion Isn’t Enough

Why Spiritual Formation Matters in Ministry   Most people enter the ministry of helping others because they care deeply. They are willing to show up, listen, pray, and walk alongside others in difficult seasons. Compassion is often what draws people into ministry...

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Equipping Christian Care
Equipping Christian Care

Who Is Carrying the Pain in Your Community? Why the Church Needs More Trained Listeners Most churches and Christian communities know that people are struggling. Increasingly, trained Christian counsellors are becoming essential to how responsibility for care is...

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Why Celebration Matters
Why Celebration Matters

Celebration: A Practice That Restores Soul, Body, Relationships, and Spirit As Christmas and the holiday season approach, celebration becomes more visible around us — lights glowing in windows, gatherings filling calendars, and moments of reflection marking the close...

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Do You Want to Get Well – Part 2: 
Do You Want to Get Well – Part 2: 

Entering the Deep, Life-Giving Restoration of God Christian healing is one of the most misunderstood words in the Christian vocabulary. For many people, healing sounds like “getting fixed,” “getting over it,” or “getting back to normal.” But the biblical and...

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God’s Goodness
God’s Goodness

tov: God's Goodness That Brings Life to the World - Through You! Most of us use the word good dozens of times a day. A good coffee. A good podcast. A good weekend. A good meeting (or at least not a terrible one). But in Scripture, the word good carries a depth our...

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The Transforming Presence of Christ
The Transforming Presence of Christ

The Transforming Presence of Christ: Why Christian Counsellors Matter More Than Ever At the heart of Christian counselling lies a profound truth: real transformation flows from abiding in Christ. Not behaviour modification. Not willpower. Not trying harder. Christian...

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