Essays

by Dangelo68

<https://rss.com/podcasts/tellifah-the-anchor/3241233> Witness Without Letting Fear Rule You\ Talking about your faith can feel intimidating. You may fear sounding awkward. Being judged. Not having the right answers. Creating discomfort. So sometimes, even when a door opens, we stay silent. But God has not given us a spirit of fear. 2 Timothy 1:7 says: “For the Spirit God gave us does not make us timid, but gives us power, love and self-discipline.” (2 Timothy 1:7 - NIV) This verse is beautifully balanced. God gives power, but also love and wisdom. To witness does not mean forcing, overpowering, or winning an argument. It means sharing, with gentleness, the hope God has placed within us. 1 Peter 3:15 invites us to be ready to give an answer for the hope that we have, but to do it with gentleness and respect. In Acts 4, believers do not ask for an easy life. They ask God to give them boldness to speak His word. Today, I encourage you not to let fear decide for you. Simply ask God for a right word, a loving heart, and peaceful courage. Prayer Lord, free me from the fear of speaking about You.\ Give me words full of love, truth, and wisdom.\ Help me speak of You with courage and humility.

by Jason Galvas

by Teanna Askew

*But Every Day I’m Their Mama* is an honest and emotional look at motherhood beyond the picture-perfect moments. Teanna Askew explores what it means to keep showing up for your children when life is exhausting, support is limited, and the responsibilities never seem to stop. From advocating for children with different needs to navigating schools, relationships, financial pressure, job hunting, absent support, and the everyday demands of raising a family, this book gives a voice to mothers who quietly carry more than most people ever see. This isn’t a story about being a perfect mother. It’s about being present. It’s about the nights you cry privately and still get up the next morning. It’s about fighting for your children while trying not to lose yourself. Above all, it is about a simple truth: life may be difficult, motherhood may be overwhelming, and some days may feel impossible—but every day, **I’m still their mama.**

by Kareesa

When the ancient rebellion in the high heavens spilled down into the dust and the streets, humanity became the collateral damage in a war between a false empire and a sovereign King. Collateral Damage traces the roots of spiritual warfare from the throne room to the block, laying out raw, unfiltered truth about why we bleed, who pulled the trigger, and how the final reckoning is coming due.

by Soror Syrinx

In Dusty Oracles and Essays, we wander through the borderlands of the known and the unknowable, exploring esoteric traditions, strange ideas, forgotten symbols, spiritual questions, and the peculiar corners of human experience that refuse to be neatly explained.\ \ These essays are invitations rather than instructions. They follow threads through mythology, occult thought, history, consciousness, and the enduring human hunger for meaning. Along the way, this book brings curiosity, skepticism, imagination, and a willingness to linger over questions that conventional answers tend to leave behind. Some things become clearer when we shine a light on them. Others are more interesting in the dark. And this is a book for readers who enjoy their mysteries unsolved, their wisdom a little dusty, and their oracles occasionally in need of a second opinion.

by RoderickE

**M**ichelangelo believed the sculpture already existed within the marble. Mathematicians often speak of discovering truths rather than inventing them. Writers, too, like to say that characters "***took over***" or that a story "***wanted to be told.***" What if they are all describing the same phenomenon? Every possible story already exists as a potential arrangement of language, just as every sculpture exists as a potential form within stone. The author's gift is not the ability to create possibility but the ability to recognize coherence. An **<u>oeuvre</u>** is the complete body of work produced by an artist, writer, or composer over the course of their lifetime. It refers to their total output taken as a whole, rather than an individual piece. The oeuvre precedes the books in the same way that the sculpture precedes the chisel.

by Christopher Gaffney

The World Cup, at times, goes beyond merely a sporting event. Watching Argentinians sing their national anthem will tell you that. After the preliminary round finished, most Argentines quietly noticed something: the possibility was there. Something they always secretly hope for. The possibility was there, another game versus England. This is significant. To this day, banners that say "Las Malvinas Son Argentinas" can still be found at almost every football match in Argentina. That phrase is more than just a proclamation of ownership of the set of islands off Argentina's coast. It is a warning. A warning to England. a warning that says that the entire South American nation seeks revenge, revenge against England for what most Argentines view as thievery of "Las Malvinas," or as the English call them, the Falkland Islands. When the Argentine players tackle a little harder than normal, when the Argentine fans sing a little louder for this game. They are doing it for their fallen family members and countrymen. So this game means more. And it scares me.

by Broken Pencils 4363

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by Ed Quest

If you are beginning the journey to college, you will find a lot of misleading information on what is a “Good College.” After visiting over 300 schools over more than a decade and profiling many more virtually during a pandemic, I know what a good college *is not*. - It *is not* the school that ranks highest in a magazine study. - It *is not* the school that denies admission to the vast majority who apply. - It *is not* the school whose graduates earn the highest salaries right out of the gate, or even five or ten years later. - Nor is it the school whose entering freshmen have the highest test scores. \ I wrote *The Good College* to challenge “conventional wisdom” about admissions, value and costs, academics and college reputations and rankings, and help families address critical campus issues, to set "musts and wants," and make their own lists and choices. There’s a lot of learn about such practices as merit aid, honors colleges, “return on investment,” “cost of attendance” and more, to learn why colleges "do what they do." After reading *The Good College*, you will discover that many best practices in higher education are not limited to the most selective schools. A Good College does right by the students it attracts, even if they did not have “perfect” grades and test scores in high school.