Tag Archives: love

Marriage Basics: Choosing to Love Your Spouse

Posted on February 21, 2017 by Heart of the Matter

    Marriage is challenging. Take two people whose genders make them different by nature, stir in unique personalities, the needs of children in the family, the pressures of extended family, and the stress of difficult circumstances, and you have … Continue reading →

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Hope for the Lonely on Valentine’s Day

Posted on February 14, 2017 by Heart of the Matter

Valentine’s Day. Exciting! Joyful! Romantic! Fun! Uncertain. Lonely. Depressing. Disappointing. This particular holiday can elicit very different emotions in each of us according to where we find ourselves in life. It’s a “pairing up” holiday, a celebration of love and … Continue reading →

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Life: Race or Mission?

Posted on November 1, 2016 by Heart of the Matter

  My husband and I rode bikes yesterday on a beautiful, sunny, fall day. It was exhilarating and fun—just he and I—no littles to watch out for. In fact, our kids are nearly grown and we are close to entering … Continue reading →

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Reflecting God’s love to a lost world

Posted on March 10, 2016 by Heart of the Matter

“This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins. Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. No one … Continue reading →

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What Does a Christ-Follower Actually Look Like?

Posted on October 23, 2015 by Heart of the Matter

In my previous post I wrote about the many different ideas people have about the word “Christian”. I also shared the origin of the word itself, which in the Greek means, Christ-follower. In today’s post I want to look at what the … Continue reading →

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