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Lovability

We live in a world that likes to quantify things and place value on how much something is worth. We are constantly determining the worth and value of everything in our life. We do it with activities and events by weighing them against the value of our time. We do it with clothes, cars, and houses against the money we think they are really worth.  Since we engage in placing value on so many things in our lives it can be easy to also start placing value and worth on ourselves as well as others. It is easy to place someone’s value and worth based on the clothes they wear, the car they drive, the house they live in, or their level of education. We falsely believe that if we or others have a certain level of these things then we are worth more and therefore also more lovable.  But people aren’t things. We came to earth with all our worth and value already within us. Our lovability was set before we ever took our first breath.

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Read more about the article Exodus 14–17

Exodus 14–17

In this episode we'll discuss the predicaments that the children of Israel found themselves in after leaving Egypt. We'll discuss the idea of manna and its relationship to daily work and progression. We'll also talk about the challenges of the Red Sea, the faith that Moses exercised, and the power of revelation to help us find solutions to our own problems. We'll discuss the relationship between faith and power, and how using them in the correct order is critical to our progression.

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Improving Life for People with Autism

Living with autism comes with many challenges. In the past, the prevailing attitude was to fix or cure autism. But how could life improve for autistic people if we looked at the world through their eyes? Autistic people don’t necessarily want a cure. What they want is a better quality of life that allows them to have greater independence and be their true selves. In this podcast episode, we talk with autism advocates who argue that the way to make life better for people with autism spectrum disorder is not to force them to fit the world, but to help the world fit them.

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Read more about the article 10 Signs of a Healthy Self

10 Signs of a Healthy Self

We talk a lot about the “self” in our culture, and in our faith. We use terms like selfish, selfless, true self, false self, self care, authentic self, etc. Many social commentators observe that the modern era (and maybe particularly the post-modern era) has produced a pervasive secular “cult of the self.” The advent of social media in the past decade has only fanned the flames of a preoccupation with self, complete with the “selfie.”

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Read more about the article Exodus 14-17: Part 1

Exodus 14-17: Part 1

Does the Lord ever give instructions that seem counterintuitive? Dr. Matthew Bowen demonstrates that many throughout scripture have used the story of the Exodus in times of trial. He also teaches how the Lord keeps his promises and how Jehovah sometimes gives counterintuitive commands but never leaves his people alone.

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