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What Happened to Queen Esther?

by Lana Christian · Filed Under: Faithfulness, Trust · on: June 4, 2023

What would you do if you had only nine years to make a difference for God and the deck was stacked against you?…

The Day I Wanted to Toss my Bible

by Lana Christian · Filed Under: Hope, Trust · on: November 6, 2022

I’ve been a Christian since high school. One of the people who helped lead me to Christ turned against God a few years later and told me to flush my Bible down the toilet. By then I was an impressionable college freshman. So maybe you’re thinking this blog is about one of my early experiences as a “baby Christian.” It’s not….

God is 55 Miles Closer than You Know

by Lana Christian · Filed Under: Assurance, Encouragement, Trust · on: May 22, 2022

A church misconception is that if you’re “godly,” your faith won’t falter. I beg to differ….

Who Comforts God When He Cries?

by Lana Christian · Filed Under: God's character, Trust · on: May 8, 2022

A four-year-old came to his mom, tears coursing down his face. “I have too many sads in my eyes!” he cried. (What description could be more perfect?) In reply, his mom hugged him tight and loved on him, making the sads all better….

When Scientists Find a New Star …

by Lana Christian · Filed Under: Trust, Writing · on: February 6, 2022

Last week I science-geeked at reading about a new type of star that previously had existed only in theory. Now scientists think they’ve detected the first one of its kind….

Living in the Tension between Now and Not-Yet

by Lana Christian · Filed Under: God at work, Trust · on: July 19, 2021

Tension is a good thing. It keeps us on the edge of our seat when reading a book or watching a movie. Tension makes cranes work and keeps suspension bridges suspended….

Life Beyond the Trash Heap

by Lana Christian · Filed Under: Encouragement, Trust · on: January 25, 2021

In my first book about the Wise Men, the youngest Magus searches for mention of a new star in Persian and other cultures’ writings. Frustrated at the enormity of the task, he likens it to digging for treasure in the city’s trash heap….

How to Be Kind to your Soul

by Lana Christian · Filed Under: Advice, Grace, Trust · on: September 7, 2020

Kindness seems to be in short supply these days. COVID + political mudslinging + family stressors + financial woes has created a perfect storm, sucking kindness into its vortex like Dorothy’s house in The Wizard of Oz….

Freedom from Anxious-for-Nothing Syndrome

by Lana Christian · Filed Under: Assurance, Trust · on: August 22, 2020

Writers often suffer from “imposter syndrome.” Self-doubt and a sense of intellectual fraudulence override feelings of competence, despite external proofs otherwise. Christians often suffer from imposter syndromes, too. A particularly damaging one is “anxious-for-nothing syndrome.”…

When God’s “Yes” is Murky

by Lana Christian · Filed Under: Discernment, Faith, Trust · on: August 2, 2020

Last week I got an affirmation from God. But I’m not sure what to do with it….

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