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Who Will You Invite In?
Airport Exhaustion, Angelic Hospitality Do not forget to show hospitality to strangers, for by so doing some people have shown hospitality to angels without knowing it. — Hebrews 13:2 After a long, exhausting day of traveling, I collapsed into a little heap on the dirty Phoenix airport floor. I had just spent three weeks traveling… The post Who Will You Invite In? appeared first on FaithGateway.
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Rapid Fire: YA Fantasy, July 2020
Two series starters that fizzled and two new authors to enjoy. *Echo North by Joanna Ruth Meyer. Page Street Kids, 2020. 400 pages. The first hint (besides the lovely cover) that the book was going to be good: Rosamund Hodge liked it. The second hint: mentioning “spinners of stories” Diana Wynne Jones and Robin McKinley in its dedication. The third hint? I was too busy reading to notice . . . An absolutely lovely fairytale retelling, Echo North places Joanna Ruth Meyer soundly in story spinner tradition. (Kirkus and Publishers Weekly both gave it a starred review.) Echos of different fairytales are woven together in a vaguely Russian landscape. Beautiful…
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BEC Recordings Announces Signing Of Duo Lion & Bear To Their Roster
10 July 2020 Seattle, WA/Nashville, TN BEC Recordings officially announces the addition of the duo Lion & Bear to their roster. The group also drops their debut single and lyric video today for “Held By Your Love.” Hailing from southern California, Lion & Bear a moniker inspired by the biblical story of David & Goliath is a family band to its core. Members Andrew Enos and Michael Landingham are brothers-in-law (Michael is married to Andrew’s sister), both work at their respective churches, and both have experienced devastating losses. They also both share that their unthinkable tragedies were followed by a stark realization most people don’t know how to grieve. Lion…
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Becoming a More Kingdom-Minded Man
Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will. — Paul to the Romans, Romans 12:2 On Friday mornings, I teach men at The Man in the Mirror… The post Becoming a More Kingdom-Minded Man appeared first on FaithGateway.
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Forgiveness and Entrusting Justice to God
Revenge builds a lonely house. Space enough for one person. The lives of its tenants are reduced to one goal: make someone miserable. They do. Themselves. No wonder God insists that we “keep a sharp eye out for weeds of bitter discontent. A thistle or two gone to seed can ruin a whole garden in no time” (Hebrews… The post Forgiveness and Entrusting Justice to God appeared first on FaithGateway.
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Thankful for the Greatest Gift
Nick Vujicic stood atop a table and faced a room full of mesmerized high school students. Some of them wept silently as they listened to this man who was born with no arms or legs proclaim joyfully, “I love life.”1 If there is anyone who would seem to have a good reason to… The post Thankful for the Greatest Gift appeared first on FaithGateway.
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We tend to either think, “I am so bad”, or “God is so good”. It can be easy to go down the “I am so bad” track. I am sinful. I make mistakes. I am not perfect. I don’t have great relationships. I am not ___ enough. I ____ (fill in your own despicable blank). We’ve all thought this way one time or another. Here, we allow the crushing weight of how things seem, overpower the great price Jesus paid for us. We get focused on us when it is all about — HIM! When this happens, we don’t have to stay here. We can consciously break through the static of…
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Gyo Fujikawa: It Began With a Page….
Gyo Fujikawa When you grow up with an author/illustrator’s books, they become part of your definition of “home” or “reading” or “friend.” Gyo Fujikawa is one of those authors for me. I remember Oh, What a Busy Day in particular. Gyo Fujikawa’s Books What makes Fujikawa’s books memorable? For starters, she was one of the very first to include children of many different races in her books. Not only does she illustrate many different races, she depicts them all doing ordinary things. Fujikawa wasn’t writing history books for toddlers or trying to show one people group as a distinct culture. Instead, she focused on activities and interests that most American…
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Get Out of Your Head Week 4 — Weapons We Use, Part 2
So if there is any encouragement in Christ, any comfort from love, and participation in the Spirit, any affection and sympathy, complete my joy by being of the same mind, having the same love, being in full accord and of one mind. — Philippians 2:1-2 Are you ready for one of the hardest, yet most… The post Get Out of Your Head Week 4 — Weapons We Use, Part 2 appeared first on FaithGateway.
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Stand Up, Yumi Chung! by Jessica Kim
Yumi Chung faces the classic teen dilemma: honor your parents or follow your dream? Stand Up, Yumi Chung! By Jessica Kim. Penguin Random House, 2020, 306 pages Reading Level: Middle Grades, ages 10-12 Recommended for: ages 10-14 Take my parents—please! Yumi Chung’s parents are typical Korean overachievers who brag about her older sister’s medical-school grades incessantly. Mom has also signed Yumi up for the SSAT so she can earn another year’s scholarship at Winston Preparatory Academy, and the ‘rents can garner bragging rights for their second-born, too. Shy, awkward Yumi doesn’t fit at WPA, where they call her Yu-Meat after catching a whiff of the family Korean-barbecue restaurant. She feels…
