by kandersen | Feb 3, 2023 | Christian Living, Christian Thought Contributions
February has always struck me as profoundly romantic and entirely whimsical. Cynics and naysayers will brush off Valentine’s day as a commercialized day to keep Hallmark rich and disappoint daydreamers. Yet, my chronically single self has never seen love as confined...
by kandersen | Dec 10, 2022 | Christian Living
Waiting, longing, and expectance are all themes that come up as we tell the Christmas story each year. Sermons talk about the centuries God promised a messiah and then the 400 years before Jesus’ birth that he was silent. We hear the story of Zechariah and Elizabeth’s...
by kandersen | Dec 5, 2022 | Christian Living
How to Practice the Presence of God in Advent Have you ever felt like the holiday season creeps up on you? Me too. It’s already December. The holidays are filled with extra events, extra time commitments, extra expenses, and sometimes extra work, depending on your...
by kandersen | Nov 18, 2022 | Christian Living
The human mind is mysterious, and the recent developments in brain science are fascinating. Even better, all the new discoveries about the brain were in your Bible all along. So many biblical concepts about meditating on God’s Word, renewing your mind, and focusing on...
by kandersen | Nov 11, 2022 | Christian Living
Do you ever feel bogged down by negativity? Everywhere you look, there is something bad happening. The news is filled with stories of war and natural disasters. We’re constantly having to worry about what laws might be passed by corrupt politicians. We see people...
by kandersen | Oct 28, 2022 | Christian Living
Susan Mettes, the author of the Loneliness Epidemic, says that 3 in 10 Americans report feeling lonely at least once each day. We live in a constantly socially connected world through social media platforms but are still drastically malnourished in the meaningful...
