The act of complete absorption and integration of people, ideas or culture into a wider society or culture. This is the definition of assimilation.
Did you ever notice that when you first meet someone, you usually develop an immediate impression about them? They strike you in a certain way.
A shepherd’s staff is used to rescue a lost or entangled sheep, but it is also the tool by which a shepherd affectionately guides his flock.
All of us are headed toward a storm, in a storm or coming out of a storm. I do not remember the first time I heard those words or the first time I repeated them.
In 2014, while engaged in a phone conversation about prayer with a friend, I was impressed to develop a prayer calendar.
Several years ago I received a very sad text from a friend in another state. His 16-year-old son, their only child, had been killed in a car crash. I knew that boy meant everything to him and his wife, and his loss just crushed their world.
There is a troubling silence surrounding the recent disruption of a Sunday worship service at a church in Minnesota. That silence deserves scrutiny, not because of the personalities involved, but because of the principle at stake.
How can I know for sure that I am a Christian? The frequency of this question over the years has been staggering.
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