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Resources you can use to re-present Christ in the conversations of day

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A prayer for the discouraged

This is an excerpt from the new resource, Our Certain Hope: Prayers for Lent and Easter. Receive the full prayer book by signing up for Carmen’s monthly…

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My Word of the Year 2024: Small

Do you have a word for the year?  I don’t know how long other people have been doing it but, for the past few years I’ve…

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Cultivating a life of prayer and prayer in real life

Why does prayer feel so hard sometimes? Perhaps we have forgotten (or never learned) what it means to depend on God throughout our day— and by…

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Considering Our Words in the New Year

Words.  What do you hear when you listen to the regular rhythm of cultural conversations today?  Do you hear what I hear? I hear words that…

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Christmas Past, Present and Future

You can’t experience Christmas in the United States or Western world and not have some exposure to Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being a…

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Carmen’s 23 books of 2023

Each year, I have the opportunity to read a lot of books and interview many authors for Mornings with Carmen, and I’m happy to share my…

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Mornings with Carmen: Next Generation Discipleship Playlist

A playlist of Mornings with Carmen episodes for parents, grandparents, teachers, youth volunteers— really anyone who cares about the next generation. We know our kids and…

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A Thanks Giving Prayer

God on high, hear our prayers. Today we take to heart Your word which compels us to rejoice always, to pray without ceasing, and to give…

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Mornings with Carmen Playlist: Israel

Compilation of Mornings with Carmen episodes on Israel— helping us to think rightly about what is happening in the Middle East, pray for those affected by…

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Israel’s 9/11 came on 10/7/2023

Shabbat. It is the Jewish sabbath. It is a day of rest. It is a 24 hour period of time from sundown on Friday until sundown…

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Spotlight Interview: John R. Erickson shares the story behind Hank the Cowdog 

Where I live, we have a version of Wallace and Junior. We have a version of Rip and Snort. We have a version of Hank the…

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Winning the lottery

At a Publix in Juniper Beach, Florida, a person buys a lottery ticket. Out of more than 300 million tickets sold, their ticket has the right…

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Spotlight Interview: Jeff Christopherson gives the Western Church a check-up

Right before ascending to heaven, Jesus gave instructions about how they are to live: Go and make disciples of every nation. Two thousand years later, this is…

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