October 02, 2024
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I had a bad dream last night. I won’t go into the details, but it essentially involved chaos all around me—in the world around me.

I woke up before dawn because I needed to pray; Jesus prompted me to check a text from a friend overseas....

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June 26, 2024
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Summer is in full swing here in the Northern Hemisphere! The BBQs are out, flowers are blooming, vegetable gardens growing, crickets chirping, and the hummingbirds are zipping around the feeders. I looooove summer!

This summer, I’ve been...

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May 16, 2024
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I had nearly written off summer.

Stasi and I have a lot of obligations this year, some good, some simply necessary. But when I began to look at our calendar, it was so full of commitments I shrugged my shoulders and said in my heart, ...

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March 20, 2024
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You, the followers of this newsletter, our podcasts, books, and events, know that it is our deep desire to give you tools for these challenging days. Sometimes those tools are for soul care, others for intimacy with God or for shutting down the...

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February 19, 2024
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I’ve been thinking a lot about refuge.

Across the British Isles, particularly on Scotland and Ireland’s rugged coastlines, stand the remains of ancient stone towers, some of them thousands of years old. They fascinate me. Most are on the...

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January 02, 2024
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A very Merry Christmas season to you!

I’m betting that the flurry of the holidays has everyone quite busy, so I’ll just share a few thoughts.

First and foremost, a big, sincere “thank you!” from Stasi and me and our team for the...

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October 17, 2023
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Friends, Comrades, Allies,

Here at the end of September/beginning of October, I want to share this lovely passage with you:

Oh, the joys of those who do not
    follow the advice of the wicked,
    or...

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June 26, 2023
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A very happy summer to each of you! 

I really hope you have something on the calendar by way of rest and joy this summer. Even if it’s “only” evenings on the balcony or your back deck, summer can be so lovely and restorative. Let the...

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May 15, 2023
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Spring has finally come to Colorado. Last evening, Stasi and I took a lovely after-dinner walk through the neighborhood. The sun is setting later each day, and it was one of those wonderful evenings where the deer were out and browsing, a few...

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April 10, 2023
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This is a letter on how to pray for the people you love—especially those who do not yet love Jesus or see the Truth in him.

I’m moved to share this for two reasons.

First, because it’s where many of my own heart-cries have been...

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February 28, 2023
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Well…2023 is out of the gates and down the track––even though my soul didn’t really get on board until late January! (Friends of ours still have their Christmas decorations up; their souls haven’t been able to make the transition yet!) Ready or...

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January 23, 2023
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Dear Friends,

A very merry Christmastide to you…wherever and whenever this letter finds you!

I don’t need to say much this month; the holidays for most people are typically full enough. 

I do want to say, before anything else...

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January 23, 2023
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Dear Friends,

 

Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good;

    his love endures forever.

Let the redeemed of the Lord tell their story—

    ...

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October 17, 2022
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Many years ago, someone shared this quote with me, and it stayed with me because it names something so deeply true to the human predicament:

“The way through the world is more difficult to find than the way beyond it...

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June 27, 2022
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Our podcast the weeks of June 20th and 27th offers a conversation with several members of our team about how everybody’s doing these days, especially with regard to our reserve tanks. I’ve been polling a number of mature people lately—inside the...

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May 23, 2022
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Over the years, what I’ve tried to do with these letters is to share with you what I’m hearing from Jesus, and what I’m seeing unfold in the world, so that we all might walk more closely with him and strengthen ourselves with his strength in this...

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May 23, 2022
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I want to begin this letter with a big, resounding Thank You!

We finished our ministry year in December right where our donations needed to be! You helped us out of the red and into the black with an outpouring of generosity, and I just...

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January 06, 2022
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Dear Friends,

A most heartfelt Merry Christmas and Christmastide to you and yours! If you receive this by post I’m not sure when it will reach you, but wherever you are in the holiday season may joy be yours in abundance!

After year...

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November 01, 2021
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October has been a brilliant month for us, for so many reasons. We held our first live Captivating retreat in over two years this month, and it was...breathtaking!

We honestly weren’t sure what it would be like, after these hard pandemic...

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September 29, 2021
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The early stages of fall are upon us. Children (of all ages) are back to school, churches are gearing up for their fall programming, small groups are reconvening, work is getting busier, and summer vacations are in the rearview mirror. A season...

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John Eldredge is an author (you probably figured that out), a counselor, and a teacher. He is also president of Wild at Heart, a ministry devoted to helping people discover the heart of God, recover their own hearts in God's love, and learn to live in God's Kingdom. John met his wife, Stasi, in high school.... READ MORE

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