Seven-Day Practical Faith

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Seven-Day Practical Faith Blog: Putting Christ into Christmas in a Secular World

Christmas has become too secular for many of us. We can counter that feeling by offering God-like gifts to God and to others.

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Seven-Day Practical Faith Blog: Putting Christ into Christmas in a Weary World

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Dec 62 min read

Seven-Day Practical Faith Blog: Putting Christ into Christmas in a Weary World

In this first edition of a series on putting Christ into Christmas, Cecil proposes a solution that allows the weary world to rejoice.

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Seven-Day Practical Faith Blog: Standing Up to Adult Peer Pressure

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Nov 292 min read

Seven-Day Practical Faith Blog: Standing Up to Adult Peer Pressure

Cecil gives three ideas for countering the peer pressure that other adults apply to us.

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Seven-Day Practical Faith Blog: Loving Beyond Differences

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Nov 223 min read

Seven-Day Practical Faith Blog: Loving Beyond Differences

How can we maintain relationships if we differ on major things? Try common ground.

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Seven-Day Practical Faith Blog: On Alert for Kindness

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Nov 152 min read

Seven-Day Practical Faith Blog: On Alert for Kindness

Cecil shows the importance of awareness in being kind, as he relates a kind event he saw in a Dairy Queen.

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Seven-Day Practical Faith Blog: A Formula for Facing Fear

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Nov 82 min read

Seven-Day Practical Faith Blog: A Formula for Facing Fear

Cecil discovered a formula for facing fear when challenged with his own overwhelming terror.

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Seven-Day Practical Faith Blog: The Work Continues on Wednesday

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Nov 13 min read

Seven-Day Practical Faith Blog: The Work Continues on Wednesday

I am writing this post before Tuesday's election. Most of us are feeling very uncertain, worried what life in our state and in the United...

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Seven-Day Practical Faith Blog: Living the Unlikely Story

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Oct 252 min read

Seven-Day Practical Faith Blog: Living the Unlikely Story

To paraphrase C.S. Lewis, the Christian story is so unlikely that it must be true. It's too strange to have been made up. If you were...

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Seven-Day Practical Faith Blog: Honor, Praise, and Respect

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Oct 183 min read

Seven-Day Practical Faith Blog: Honor, Praise, and Respect

Using weather conspiracies as an example, Cecil asks us to counter the bad with right thinking that honors, praises, and respects the good.

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Seven-Day Practical Faith Blog: Overcome Your Own Objections

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Oct 112 min read

Seven-Day Practical Faith Blog: Overcome Your Own Objections

We can think of all kinds of objections to Christ's calls to take leaps of faith for his kingdom. We need to find ways to say yes.

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Seven-Day Practical Faith: More than Clumps of Mint

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Oct 42 min read

Seven-Day Practical Faith: More than Clumps of Mint

Are we truly all-in for God? Or are we going through the motions and acting religious for appearances? Are we truly following what Jesus...

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Seven-Day Practical Faith Blog: A Simple Approach

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Sep 272 min read

Seven-Day Practical Faith Blog: A Simple Approach

Our seven-day practical faith doesn't have to be defined by our to-do list, but also by our times of rest and contemplation.

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Seven-Day Practical Faith Blog: Living in the Shadow World

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Sep 202 min read

Seven-Day Practical Faith Blog: Living in the Shadow World

This world is imperfect. We long for the perfect world that lies beyond this world. In the meantime, we bring light and joy to this world.

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Sep 132 min read

Seven-Day Practical Faith Blog: Tired

Life can beat us down and wear us out. We go to Jesus for comfort and rest.

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Seven-Day Practical Faith Blog: The Gift of Biting Your Tongue

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Sep 63 min read

Seven-Day Practical Faith Blog: The Gift of Biting Your Tongue

In an era of clapbacks and doubling down, Jesus points to a better way: turning the other cheek. Or as Cecil has found, biting your tongue.

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Seven-Day Practical Faith Blog: Lines of Self-Control

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Aug 304 min read

Seven-Day Practical Faith Blog: Lines of Self-Control

Applying Fruits of the Spirit to our 7-day practical faith, Cecil explores the battle lines, guidelines, and power lines of Self-Control.

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Seven-Day Practical Faith Blog: The Positive Goodness of the Master

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Aug 92 min read

Seven-Day Practical Faith Blog: The Positive Goodness of the Master

Jesus gave us a model for positive goodness. If we trust Jesus, then we'll pursue positive goodness in our seven-day practical faith life.

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Seven-Day Practical Faith Blog: The Three A's of Kindness

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Aug 24 min read

Seven-Day Practical Faith Blog: The Three A's of Kindness

To be kind, we must be aware of others' needs, accept risk, and take action. Kindness is an essential fruit of the Spirit.

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Seven-Day Practical Faith Blog: The Persistence of Joy

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Jul 122 min read

Seven-Day Practical Faith Blog: The Persistence of Joy

In this Fruits of the Spirit entry, we discover joy in the constant presence of God. This allows us to overcome circumstance and love better

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Seven-Day Practical Faith Blog: Fruits of the Spirit Series Launch

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Jun 282 min read

Seven-Day Practical Faith Blog: Fruits of the Spirit Series Launch

The Holy Spirit resides in us and develops the Fruits of the Spirit in our souls. This post kicks off a summer series to learn the fruits.

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