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Musical Mental Health Break—”Agape” by Bear’s Den
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Kristina Robb-Dover
This week’s musical mental health break is from the British folk band Bear’s Den who performed at my local bar The Earl on Monday night. (Any band that opens for Mumford & Sons I’m gonna like, so I knew I had to be there.) They’re a new favorite of mine. “Agape” is one expression in…
Talking Albatrosses and Freckled Monsters: The Power of Imagination
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Kristina Robb-Dover
The other day as I sent my hubby and kids off to an escape at the beach far away from my manic dash to the finish line on the manuscript for Grace Sticks, I was struck once again by the power of the human imagination. During that ungodly, 6 a.m. drive to the airport, we…
A Toddler Meets the White Witch
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Kristina Robb-Dover
A shorter, storybook version of C.S. Lewis’ The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe for younger children comprised last night’s bedtime reading ritual. A five-year-old boy and three-year-old girl snuggled up next to their mother to hear with bated breath how the majestic lion, Aslan, took on the sinister White Witch in the magical land…
Temptation
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Kristina Robb-Dover
Temptation. I have to imagine Jesus knew what a fact of life it is, because he taught us to pray daily for ourselves in this respect: “Give us this day our daily bread, and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.” Some versions of this prayer read, “Save us from the time…
One Lousy Prayer’s Thoughts on Prayer as Spiritual Formation
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Kristina Robb-Dover
It is hard to be honest as a minister about the fact that I am not very good at praying. Sure, I do it. Most mornings these days I sidle up next to Jesus with a cup of coffee and a passage from Scripture. Some days there is a long laundry list of intercessions: “Please…
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