Dear me in the midst of it, you’re wondering how to move forward. Stuck trying to keep up everything you think you should. Unclear what’s ahead. Called to the same things, yet tired of…
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Written for Megamorphosis Magazine Do you feel on the outside? Increasingly, Christianity is moving from the center of society to the outskirts. I talk to people all the time that feel like they went…
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“What are you doing in here?” It was early and cold. I’d been up for hours with Rylee and Cheyne. I took advantage of everyone eating breakfast and stole away to check on our…
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Minimalists were like the Amish. I was weirdly drawn to them even though I never wanted to share their lifestyle. But the more I read, studied and embraced minimalism myself, the more I realized…
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Henrietta Mears. One of my personal heroes. Her biography, Dream Big, showed me what God can do through a single leader. She led Sunday School at Hollywood Presbyterian Church. Hundreds of college students sat…
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“Things that matter most must never be at the mercy of things that matter least.” -Goethe I want peace. Minimalism helps me embrace the peace Jesus offers in this messy world. I want focus.…
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Violence and volume is all that’s left when truth isn’t an option. I don’t follow the news enough to make educated statements. This is on purpose. I’m overwhelmed by the sin and sadness in…
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I am one of many who owe the harmony between my faith and reason to Ravi Zacharias. I picked up Jesus Among other Gods in my junior year of high school. Couldn’t get past…
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My brother-in-law teases me for being a minimalist. He sees the irony in how I’m constantly working at something that’s meant to simplify my life. His teasing is fair. I’ve had to wonder myself,…
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I said I wanted to relearn some of the lessons God’s taught me the last few months. The most practical of those lessons, I tell myself again and again: “You, as a Dena Davidson,…