Always Know - SHL Book

No Border Between Us

The internet has connected me with people, music, movies, and pictures from around the world, and it’s connected us all in ways that has never been possible before. I have friend in South Korea, England, and India, and I can send them a message at any moment. And yet, it…
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TW: Life’s A Fight

My generation is many things. Passionate, principled (if we believe in principles at all), ready to buck societal norms to pursue justice, reconciliation, and healing. But are we resilient? Am I resilient? Is that even something we value?  Strong enough for the fight Our society, by and large, has rejected…
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I Am Overcome(r)

I love the word overcome because it can mean so many things: You can overcome your circumstances or be overcome with gratitude, love, joy. Or both. Usually both. John 1:5 says, “The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it” and this says so much about…
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Wounds of War

Lonely Season All around me, I see wounds of war. My closest friends, my peers, strangers even, sharing openly how they have been mentally harmed and the illnesses that they struggle with. Some people blame the fact that we all use phones and computers. Some blame the breakdown of community…
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