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What Makes Us Believe In God
I thought to share this story because people often ask me to tell them my story of how I came to believe and about religious conversion because I converted to Islam as a teenager. I thought that I would share how I came to believe in God in this article and another time tell the story about how I came to convert to Islam.
By Aisha Mohammad2 years ago in Journal
A New Voice
Sometimes a voice wants to find itself without looking in the mirror. I was like that once. I felt like my voice had been stolen from me– a few times, in fact– because I refused to look at it in the mirror or acknowledge its semi-tragic existence. Around me there were other voices and I shopped around a bit. Peering through the handprint-plastered windows, I tried to adopt the voices I saw around me because I refused to look at how broken mine was.
By Bianca Wargo2 years ago in Journal
Best Books for Youth Ministry: Lessons for Christian Youth
Youth in today’s time has been misguided and misinformed about their own self and on the ways to seek for peace and solace. The search for the solutions has been going on for decades and while there has been no consistent answer for solace, books keep being the ultimate escape into a world of our own, of our thoughts for many a times. Hence, the best books for youth ministry designed and authored by lessons for Christian youth includes ways of discussion, topics derivative of the needful discretion needed to find answers to one’s questions about life and beyond how to incorporate healthy ways of communication with the masses and being accepting of other’s thought processes and needs and wants.
By Lessons for Christian Youth2 years ago in Journal
Prep Day
There is a tradition among my circle for Fridays. On Fridays, we are supposed to prepare our homes (and ourselves) for Shabbat. What this looks like for most people is scrubbing the house, getting rid of the daily clutter, making sure everyone in the house has done what they are supposed to do, and prepping food.
By Anna Kringle2 years ago in Journal
The Dark Night Of A Soul
Some time ago, I realized that I often give my best, and sometimes my very worst, to complete strangers in those brief “no expectations beyond this moment” moments, when we have nothing to lose, nothing to prove, or disprove, or defend. No image to project or protect. While thinking about it, I began to wonder if it’s deeper still?
By Ginny M. Jones3 years ago in Journal
When you ask for change, be prepared to get it.
After recently being in a rear-end hit and run collision, I have found myself looking very cautiously at what I ask for. Sometimes, a miracle requires a major change. Gratitude for being alive. Gratitude for being only minorly injured. Gratitude to have such great insurance. Gratitude that God provides all things. Situations may seem dim, but in the truth of it all there is a beacon of hope and light that you have to look for. You have to focus on the good, and wave goodbye to the bad. I have been praying and have had prayers consistently said for me. God is showing up in all the small ways.
By Rachael J. Davis3 years ago in Journal
Nano-Day 6
My first thought was to write a devotional. You know those handy books that you can pick up once a day and get a message to carry you through. I love those. I’ve read from many and they are actually really helpful to get your mind centered and to focus on something other than what might be rolling around in your head.
By Melissa Steussy3 years ago in Journal
What Is Wicca? An Expert In Modern Witchcraft Explains.
Wicca and witchcraft are popping up in pop culture these days, from teenage witches on TikTok to a Marvel comic book superhero named Wiccan. It even prompted the New York Times to ask, “When did everyone become a witch?”
By Christopher Harvey3 years ago in Journal