Faith Reflections

Matt Garvin’s ongoing wrestle with faith and life

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  • About Me
  • Subjects
    • Marriage
    • Parenting and Family
    • Relationships
    • Relationship with God
    • Politics
    • Values
    • Leadership and Faith
    • Community
    • mission
    • Church
    • Work
    • Calling and Vocation
  • Subscribe to Faith Reflections
  • Bible,  Politics

    How Should Christians Engage With Politics? A Christian Response to Division and Power

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    Politics can easily shape us more than Jesus does. In a divided world filled with outrage, fear and tribalism, 1 Peter offers a different vision. Followers of Jesus are called to engage politically with truth, humility, justice, mercy and compassion — without placing their hope in power or political tribes.

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    October 4, 2024
  • Bible,  Church,  Values

    Why Following Your Feelings Isn’t Working (and What to Do Instead)

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    We’re often told to follow our feelings, but the Bible suggests something more complex. Our inner world is shaped by many influences—some healthy, some not—and real life is found not in following every feeling, but in anchoring our hope in God.

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  • mission

    Why Hope Matters More Than Ever

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    Hope is the conviction that the future is good and worth moving toward. Yet many people today feel uncertain about where the world is heading. The real question is not whether we have hope, but where that hope comes from. When people build their own maps for life, they often get lost. Real hope is not invented. It is discovered.

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    How to Change the World

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    The clash of Kingdoms in Acts 3-4

    May 11, 2025

    We shall not cease from exploration and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started…. #TSEliot

    February 5, 2017
  • Books

    Books I read in 2025

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    This year’s reading traced a clear thread—from the person of Jesus, to the life of the church, to the cultural forces shaping our shared reality. These books challenged easy assumptions, deepened discipleship, and helped name the moment we are living in, with clarity, humility, and hope.

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    Lets stop settling for desires far below what we were created for.

    January 6, 2017

    Why Nations Rise and Fall

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    The role of faith in the formation of willpower and emotional health is one of the strongest arguments against atheism

    April 22, 2016

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