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Finding Beautiful – Discovering Authentic Beauty Around the World By Rebecca Friedlander The quest for beauty and the fountain of youth is an age-old expedition that often yields temporary results. The definition of what is beautiful is repeatedly defined by culture’s influence and outward appearance. Even the phrase “beauty shines from within” is fleetly for […]
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Daughter. Child. Christen. These were the first names given to me when I entered this world. A few years later, “sister” and “friend” were added. In adolescence, emotional names were piled onto the growing list comprising my identity. Shy. Awkward. Boney. Ultimately those names became intimidated, loser and anorexic. Those names eventually mutated and formed […]
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True You: Letting Go of Your False Self to Uncover the Person God Created By Michelle DeRusha I know I am not the only one who struggles with identity, worth and purpose. I personally tend to go in spurts (which always coincides to my obedience or complacency in studying God’s word) – I will either […]
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Fake or Follower: Refusing to Settle For a Shallow Faith By Andi Andrew Are you coasting through life? Lukewarm and content? Are you living for the here and now of this life [the temporary] or are you working towards the next [eternity]? Do you find yourself putting on different masks to hide who you are […]
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For the first 31 years of my life, I felt like I was wearing a mask. For 31 long and exhausting years, I attempted to hide who I really am. I tried to be someone I am not and I pretended to be someone else. With each layer of disguise and deception that I piled […]
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Befriending Your Monsters – Facing the Darkness of Your Fears to Experience the Light By Luke Norsworthy Monsters hiding in closets and lurking under beds are a fear that plagues children from an early age even if a parent has best attentions of protecting their children from all things scary and evil. The monsters that […]
