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I thought I would share with you this week a short article by Tim Challies on the theme of the troubles we experience in life and what it does for us. Tim writes: “To live is to experience trouble. There is no path through this life that does not lead through at least some kind of difficulty, sorrow, or trial—and often through a cornucopia of them. This being the case, we rightly wonder: What does trouble do? Though we may…

I have an interesting article to share with you that I read just over a month ago, where Tim Challies reflects on “Modesty Requires Looking Away.” With that title, perhaps you can guess the theme of his article… however, you’d almost certainly be mistaken! In an age of 24/7 instant communications, news and social media, it’s very easy to get caught up by events and happenings that don’t really affect our lives and which don’t fall into our sphere of…

I read a short article riffing on the theme of bonsai trees this week by Tim Challies this week that I thought you might enjoy. Tim points out that “bonsai trees are otherwise-normal trees that are deliberately kept small. They are obsessively pruned to stunt them and keep them from growing tall or wide… Though they have such potential, their gardener applies constant and deliberate action to keep them from ever reaching it. What a strange thing that a gardener…