Growing in Grace: September 2016

Don't Be Ashamed of Your Quiet, Small Life - Truth: "Don’t be ashamed of your quiet, small life; instead use that life to glorify God by loving others, helping the oppressed and using your mundane, ordinary faithfulness to speak truth."

How to Comfort the Grieving: Click the "Like" Button - Here's an intriguing piece. I've learned people grieve in different ways (often ways that are different from me), so this is an interesting article.

Millennials Don't Need Your "Cool" - No. No, we don't.

3 Lessons from Netflix's Adaption of 'The Little Prince' - While the book was so much better (in my opinion), I did enjoy the movie. Here are some reflections on it.

The Life They Never Expected: Andrew and Rachel Wilson on Raising Special-Needs Kids - An interview on "what role lament plays in their parenting, how churches can better serve parents of children with special needs, how having a child with special needs can challenge a marriage, and more."

Saved People Love to Sing - It's true. They do. But why?

If God is Sovereign, Why Pray? - R.C. Sproul answers.

Belgium Has Euthanized a Teenager - No words.

10 Tips on Writing - Excellent. Absolutely excellent. "It’s all really up to you, but you already knew that and knew everything else you need to know somewhere underneath the noise and the bustle and the anxiety and the outside instructions, including these ones."

True Woman Conference Livestream - If you're a woman, you may want to check out the True Woman conference livestream. It starts tonight, goes tomorrow, and finishes on Saturday morning. I'll be watching from my grandparents' house as I dog-sit. It looks really good.

Save Your Soul: Stop Writing - A fascinating read for all writers, especially those of us who publish a lot on the internet.

I Have an Email List! - If you are interested in receiving email updates from me (about my writing, with random encouragement, with free resources, and other such stuff), you can sign up for those here. I'm also giving away a 5-part email series of recommended resources for teens. So, if you're interested, sign up!

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