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03-Oct-Featured-devotionals-2023

Repeat or Release?

It was an uncomfortable confrontation. The kind where you hope the hammering of your heart isn’t visible through your shirt. My friend and I stood face to face, disagreeing about how to handle a situation between our children at school.

ODB: Open the Eyes of My Heart

In 2001, a premature baby named Christopher Duffley surprised doctors by surviving. At five months old, he entered the foster care system until his aunt’s family adopted him.
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Are You Looking After Your Mental Health?

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When was the last time you checked in on your mental health? Perhaps it was last year, a week ago . . . or it was so long ago you can’t remember when you asked yourself how you’re doing. Or maybe you aren’t even sure if you’re “allowed” to look after your mental health (the answer is “yes, your mental health is important!”). 
02-Oct-Featured-devotionals-2023

Time to Brake

After a driver lost control of his vehicle and struck some trees, injuring a passenger with him, he blamed the accident on a spider. He told police that an arachnid on the car’s visor—above his head—distracted him.

ODB: Hope for the Hurting

“Most people carry scars that others can’t see or understand.” Those deeply honest words came from Major League Baseball player Andrelton Simmons, who opted out of the end of the 2020 regular season due to mental health struggles.
The wise store up choice food, but fools gulp theirs down. (Prov. 21:20)

Typography: Proverbs 21:20

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How many of us still save the best for last, because we know it's the wise thing to do?
01-Oct-Featured-devotionals-2023

Contradicting Cultures

Most of us are familiar with various social media platforms, but one social media app allows complete strangers to rate your personal profile. A colleague told me how friends of his were heartbroken by the hurt their younger daughter experienced through receiving a bad rating.

ODB: Slow-Fashioned Grace

Have you heard of #slowfashion? The hashtag captures a movement focused on resisting “fast fashion”—an industry dominated by cheaply made and quickly disposed of clothing.

ODB: Wisdom We Need

In his monumental book The Great Influenza, John M. Barry recounts the story of the 1918 flu epidemic. Barry reveals how health officials, rather than being caught off guard, anticipated a massive outbreak.