Let me dwell in your tent forever: Wes Bredenhof explains how to understand David’s cry in Psalm 61:4, “Let me dwell in your tent forever!” “Now here’s an important detail about the tabernacle: no one was allowed to dwell in it. It was God’s dwelling and God alone. By God’s command, the High Priest came into the Most Holy Place once per year.”
The body keeps score. But the mind and heart do too: Beth Claes says, “Being a Christian doesn’t prevent trauma or eliminate body-mind responses to it. But recognizing that God created us with an interconnected body, mind, and heart informs how we understand trauma’s effects on a person and how we seek to help.”
Faith over fear: Michael Hernandez says, “This matters because it confronts one of our most common assumptions about faith: that obedience guarantees smooth sailing. It doesn’t. Sometimes obedience places us directly in the path of difficulty. Faithfulness does not exempt us from storms, and competence does not shield us from fear.”
See how your values stack up against the rest of America: There are some alarming results in this interactive survey.
America the tasty: the best breakfast in every state: Arizona with breakfast burritos…mmmm… I’m hungry! What’s your favorite?
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