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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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    Six Ways We Structure Time — And Why It Matters.

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    We structure time in six basic ways — withdrawal, ritual, pastime, activity, psychological games, and intimacy. Most of us move between them without noticing. But these patterns shape our relationships, our church life, and even our sense of hope. Which one dominates your life? And what would it take to move toward real intimacy?

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