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Three tips for starting over after a divorce

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The drive home from the courthouse was harder than I anticipated. After months of counseling, hard conversations, and grief-stricken pray...

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My escape from a boyfriend who beat me

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Jessica Long was trapped in an abusive relationship until she unexpectedly discovered hope for a fresh start.

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Why serving others this holiday matters more than we think

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This Thanksgiving, I sat by an empty chair. My family, like all families, crams in our modest house for holidays. It’s a blur of j...

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How to find your friends in a new town

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A little over a year ago, I moved to Anderson, SC, for a year-long internship. After the internship finished, I stepped out in faith and ...

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Rejection by the church nearly destroyed me

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Anna Wilson struggled for years with anxiety and depression until she found healing in community at NewSpring.

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The worst thing about America isn’t what you think

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I glanced across the restaurant table at my friend, a Clemson graduate student from India. We had planned to get together while she was i...

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My marriage and kids stole my dreams

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Roshanda Fuller thought marriage and family had stolen her dreams. Then, on the brink of divorce, she and her husband got a surprising ne...

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How I escaped from a gang

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De’Jaye Johnson’s life revolved around gangs, drugs and street violence until, from a jail cell, he saw a way out of his misery

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Why your child’s behavior doesn’t define you

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The day I abandoned a full cart of groceries and carried a screaming, flailing, tutu-clad 3-year-old out of the store is one for the memo...

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It was time to take off the mask

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Ashleigh Rolland checked off her to-do list as a Christian until one question changed everything.

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A little hope for ’bad’ Christians trying to be good examples

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"Here we go again...right back where I started. Maybe worse. How did I even get here? I should have expected it. I’m sure everyone ...

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Be myself — but, what if people don’t like me?

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In school, I wanted so badly to fit in with the “popular” crowd — of which I definitely didn’t belong. So I start...

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