Christmas is celebrated as a season of connection, family, and belonging. It seems to be what all the holiday songs and Hallmark movies are promising. But what something is supposed to be, isn’t always what it is. For some, it’s a season that spotlights their sadness. While many of us can’t wait to get together, others are wrestling with the weight of being left out. Maybe you’ve been there. Maybe you’re there now. If you’re not, you know someone who is. How do we turn this into a season of hope for everybody, not just your favorite somebodies?

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Of course you want to make a difference. But you can’t do what you wish you could do. Not in this economy. Obviously, you have plans to do more when you have more. What you’ve got available is so little, it’s laughable. What’s the point of giving, serving, or contributing if it doesn’t change much? People say every little bit counts, but that’s just something they say. How do you give hope when all you have doesn’t feel like it’ll help?

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Everybody likes guarantees. We want to sample things without getting stuck with them. If it doesn’t fit, I’m sending it back. If it doesn’t work, I want a refund. If it doesn’t pan out, I want out. This isn’t a bad approach to shopping, but it is to spirituality. Faith requires us to step out before you know if things will work out. We’re told God’s taking us somewhere good, but we’re worried about what we may have to go through to get there. How do you hang onto hope when nothing in your story is happening how you thought it would or should?

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Ever look at someone else’s life, connections, and resources, and think, “If I had all that, I could really make a difference.”? In other words, you have access to social media, right? It’s not hard to see what’s wrong with the world but setting it right won’t be easy. Our lives, abilities, and bank accounts feel way too small to make a big impact. How do you stay hopeful when it feels like nothing you could ever do would even make a dent?

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At least once or twice a year, we all end up around a table with people we might not see all that often. Maybe it’s a holiday, a celebration, a graduation. Part of you probably looks forward to it, and another part of you maybe sort of dreads it because you’re not sure what subjects are going to come up. You’ve seen their Facebook posts. You’ve watched the TikTok’s they share. Some of them know you don’t share their perspective. Others assume you probably do. Either way, you’re not sure you want to get into it. Or maybe you can’t wait for the opportunity to put them in their place. You’re almost obligated to. They need to know how wrong they are. And if you don’t tell them, how will they ever figure it out? Isn’t that your responsibility as a faithful follower of Christ? It feels like your only options are to fight with them or avoid them altogether. Which is better? Or is there a third way?

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Leading up to an election, there’s all this emphasis on the importance of voting and who you vote for. There’s this sense that if we could just get this person into office, or this party into power, or this policy in place—that would fix everything. And you were a part of it. And now you’re done. Sure, there are things that still are not as they should be. We’re not even talking about halfway around the world, just halfway up your street. But that stuff’s not your problem. You’re one of the good ones—you voted—and posted about voting. You fulfilled God’s purpose for you. What more can you really do? Wait a minute…

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You’ve been there—you thought you knew someone and then you found out WHO or WHAT they voted for. Now you wonder if you completely misjudged them. You thought you had more in common; that they saw the world as clearly as you do. You assumed they were a person of good character, values, & morals. But I guess not. God’s opinions are obvious, aren’t they? How can a person of faith come to completely different conclusions than you? You know YOU’RE not wrong. That must mean they’re not a real Christian. Which is disappointing and confusing because sometimes they seem Christlike. What do we do with these discrepancies?

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There’s nothing more nerve-wracking than a looming presidential election. You feel the tension everywhere—online debates, attack ads, opinion pieces, and whole lot of warnings about what will inevitably happen if the other side wins. We’re made to feel like the fate of the universe hangs on the outcome of this election. Everywhere you turn, your fear buttons are being pushed, and so are everyone else’s. The trouble is—no one is at their best when they’re afraid. Fear turns us into someone we don’t want to be and gets us to do things we wish we wouldn’t have done. Some of our fears are manufactured or exaggerated, but others are real. So, what’s the wisest thing to do when we’re made to feel afraid?

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Few things are as annoying as entitlement; acting as if you’re owed certain things or are unaware of all the effort that went into getting you what you got. Ever done something for someone who was ungrateful for your effort? Ever given your best to something you didn’t have to do at all, and someone still complained about it. Ever give a little, only to have someone reject it and demand even more. These moments boil our blood. But you’ve done things like this to other people, maybe even without knowing it. In a world that’s always telling us to reach for more, it’s hard to be grateful for what you’ve got. How can we get better at acknowledging and being thankful for everything we have and everything that’s been done for us? And how might being this way change the way we relate to everyone?

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We all know people who never seem to apologize for anything, and others who apologize for practically everything. Nobody likes those who can’t admit they’re wrong. It’s easy to see them as self-absorbed, arrogant, excuse makers. At the same time, we can’t always tell when we’re wrong. We’re not always aware of how the things we do impact and affect other people. How do we learn to see our actions through other people’s eyes? How do we know what to apologize for and when? Would leaning into “sorry” make us better or just weaker?

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