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The Hedgehog Dilemma

by Craig Finnestad October 30, 2019

The weather is cold. A group of hedgehogs crowd together to share each other’s heat, which they need to survive. However, their closeness causes them to bump into each other and they experience pain from each other’s sharp spines. This…

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A Prayer for Better Relationships

by Craig Finnestad February 6, 2019

A prayer for those wanting better relationships.

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Spiritual Formation

16 Ways To Have Better Relationships

by Craig Finnestad January 31, 2019

We are all in various relationships. Every one last one of us. Many are healthy and life-giving. Some not so much. Every relationship will have at least some conflict because every relationship is made up of two people are imperfect. …

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Spiritual Formation

Four Ways to Relate Well with Somebody You Disagree With

by Craig Finnestad April 19, 2018

I take my son Benjamin to high school five days a week. It’s usually about a twenty to twenty-five minute drive. Usually twenty to twenty-five of my favorite minutes of the day. We talk. He isn’t much for sports. So…

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How to Disagree and Grow a Relationship

by Craig Finnestad February 17, 2017

I take my son Benjamin to high school five days a week. It’s usually about a twenty to twenty-five minute drive. Most always twenty to twenty-five of my favorite minutes of the day. We talk. He isn’t much for sports.…

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I am not afraid that the people called Methodists should ever cease to exist either in Europe or America. But I am afraid lest they should only exist as a dead sect, having the form of religion without the power. And this undoubtedly will be the case unless they hold fast both the doctrine, spirit, and discipline with which they first set out. -John Wesley

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