The parable of the mustard seed is not only about small things growing big. Jesus ends it with birds resting in the branches, and that ending is the point.
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What Is Lectio Divina? How to Read the Bible Slowly and Actually Be Fed
What is lectio divina? A 1,500-year-old way of reading the Bible slowly, in four steps a 12th-century monk compared to eating. Here is how to try it today.
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What Is Functional Freeze? You Are Braced, Not Drained
What is functional freeze? It is the stuck-but-still-coping state. The research says freezing is high alert with the brakes on, not low energy. What helps.
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Psalm 23:1 Explained: The Promise Is Smaller Than You Think
Psalm 23:1 explained: “want” meant lack, not desire. And David had been a shepherd and a king, so he knew exactly what he was claiming when he wrote it.
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What Is High-Functioning Depression? Showing Up, Still Sad
What is high-functioning depression? Low mood hidden inside a life that keeps running. The signs, the real diagnosis behind it, and what helps when no one sees.
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Couples Who Exercise Together Talk Better. A Walk Counts
Couples who exercise together talk and handle conflict better, a study of 1,693 newlyweds found. The catch, why a walk counts, and free ways to start tonight.
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Funny Bible Stories: Peter Left Knocking at the Door
Funny Bible stories don’t get better than Acts 12. A church prays all night for Peter, then leaves him knocking and tells the girl who saw him she is mad.
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What Does the Bible Say About Paying Workers? Same Day
What does the Bible say about paying workers? Two ancient laws say the same day, before sundown, and the reason given is his night, not your schedule.
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Prayer for Someone in the Hospital: Keeping Watch at Night
Sitting there with nothing to say is not a lack of faith. What Psalm 46:1 actually says in Hebrew, and the week Job’s friends got the bedside right.
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Who Will Roll Away the Stone? The Women Went Anyway
Who will roll away the stone? Three women asked it in Mark 16 only after they set out, and they had watched it go in. Why they went anyway, and what it means.