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Matt Garvin’s ongoing wrestle with faith and life

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    • Marriage
    • Parenting and Family
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    • Relationship with God
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    • Community
    • mission
    • Church
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    Build Your Imperfect Family: Five Practices for Healthier Relationships

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    Family is one of God’s greatest gifts—and one of life’s greatest challenges. There is no perfect family, but through prayer, forgiveness, honesty and grace, we can help build healthier families and churches.

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    You Are Not Your Feelings: Finding Emotional Maturity

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    Our culture encourages us to trust our feelings above almost everything else. But what if our feelings aren’t telling us the whole truth? Drawing on Scripture, Viktor Frankl, Arthur C. Brooks and the example of Jesus, this article explores what emotional maturity looks like and why followers of Jesus can acknowledge every feeling honestly without allowing those feelings to become their master.

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