A very merry Christmas to you, with every blessing we can pray over you and yours!
This tends to be a mad time of year, and my letter is reaching you as things accelerate, so in kindness, I will keep it shorter than most. I want to give...
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John Eldredge
A very merry Christmas to you, with every blessing we can pray over you and yours!
This tends to be a mad time of year, and my letter is reaching you as things accelerate, so in kindness, I will keep it shorter than most. I want to give...
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I have some wonderful stories to share with you. Jesus stories.
Hearing Jesus at work in other people’s lives, in all sorts of situations around the world, strengthens our own hearts and encourages our intimacy with him…and our hope for...
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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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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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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, Oh...
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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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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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Life is so full. So fast. So demanding. Drive here. Pick up that. Make that appointment. Call that person. Call that person back. Try again. Plan the meals. Whoops, pick up something fast for dinner. Go to the grocery store again. Get the mail....
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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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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 stand around...
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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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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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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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Shia’s life and story entice us to embrace the path of surrender and dependence on God in our masculine initiation.
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John Eldredge
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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With the aroma of Bullet Frontier, the world faded back. There were no limits to the love bursting in the father’s heart in me as I watched my son.
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John Eldredge
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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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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The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.– Psalm 23:1 In his beautiful book Life Without Lack, Dallas Willard unpacks the meaning of Psalm 23:1 with these words: I am in the care of someone else. I’m not the one in charge. I’ve taken my kingdom...
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I’m guessing that the biggest issue facing you right now is not what present to get someone for Christmas or how many different kinds of cookies to bake. There are larger forces at play in each of our lives.
From conversations I am having...
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