Whether it's the pull of social media, like Pinterest or Facebook, or it's an inner drive to be a contrarian against the mainstream, we all exhaust ourselves by going through the opinions others have of our image so we can feel valuable. Is there a more direct, effective way to feel innately valuable?
Read MoreVirtually everyone in America believes to some degree in ‘soul mate ideology’ (the belief that everyone has a soul mate out there and that true love is one’s only hope for happiness). But this belief is cruel to us! -- to single people and married people alike (and particularly to women). In our romantic/sex lives, how might we live out something less cruel and more fulfilling than soul mate ideology?
Read MorePerhaps nothing shapes our identity more in American culture than what we "do"... Work can form who we are in healthy ways, but how can we avoid the unhealthy ways work forms who we are?
Read MoreJesus can help us find that hard-to-strike balance between honoring and differentiating from our families of origins
Read MoreIdentity is: "I am who I am because..." Like, I am who I am because of the celebrity figures, symbols, and ideals I put my trust in. But these things are fragile and can often crumble without warning. Might Jesus offer a more resilient alternative?
Read MoreThere is a lot to be gained from the Old Testament wisdom of seeing life as a series of seasons - for each of us personally, and for our whole church as we look at the academic year ahead...
Read MoreHow exactly do we behave as a community as we pursue our big dream? St. Paul's famous "fruits of the Spirit" list helps us think about that: by dialing down anxiety...
Read MoreThere are countless churches in our Brown Line neighborhoods... why does BLV exist? or even need to exist?
Read MoreHow to not let shame over your disappointments or failures beat you, and how even God's strongest re-direction of us will never feel like shame
Read MoreHow the perceived satisfaction (but actual dissatisfaction) of a McDonald's cheeseburger tells the story of Ancient Israel... which tells the story of what it means to be human.
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