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Crossing Cultures Devotional Making Disciples

Closed

Tired. In the face of closed doors and shuttered hearts.

Discouraged by disinterest. Low-grade resistance.

Some could care less about eternal realities.

It’s easy to feel like giving up.

Closed doors. Image by Colin Watts on Unsplash.
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Devotional Making Disciples

Conform?

It’s no secret. There’s strategy in advertising. A bid for my buy-in. 

“If you conform, you’ll truly be successful.” In your field. Home. Community. Life.

“Purchase that to make your life complete.” “Wear this particular clothing line to fit in and stand out.”

“You’ll never move ahead if you don’t hold to this worldview.” 

So they say. Or insinuate. Messaging at every turn.

Conform. Image by Anthony Rosset on Unsplash.
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Devotional Memoir

Underneath

Sometimes troubles flow. Underneath. 

A running series of concerns. Questions darting here and there.

Waking in the night. Persistent through the day. Disquiet, rhythmic.

Children’s needs. Aging parents. Friends’ struggles. 

Natural disasters. State of the world. 

Future plans, uncertain.

You name it.

Underneath. Image by Wolfgang Hasselmann on Unsplash.