Truth changes everything. The secular world often asks it in resignation, or worse still mockery. Unfortunately, I think it’s not untrue to say that the we Christians often ask it in complacency.
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The Positive Side of Feeling Like You’re Weird
Why do we naturally assume people need adjusting? Why don’t we adjust ourselves? Try and see where they’re coming from, try picking up the lenses through which they see life. It isn’t easy to do this, not by any stretch, but it’s incredibly rewarding. This is stuff you can’t pay for or learn out of a textbook, and it’s right in front of you.
Converge Magazine’s Most Shared Articles from 2017
We’ve had some great articles throughout our years of publishing. Most of them are still there… alone in a corner… waiting patiently to be visited again. Here are the most shared from 2017. Go on and give them some love.
The High Price of Despair — Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside
Vancouver, B.C. is consistently ranked at the top of the list for the world’s most liveable cities. The mildest climate in Canada, coupled with a breathtaking mix of the Coast Mountains and the Pacific Ocean, has drawn hundreds of thousands of Canadians and foreigners alike, all vying for a spot […]
Finding God through Travel
When I travel, the Holy Spirit transforms dining tables, Boeing 747’s, and jet bridges into sacred spaces. These grace-filled encounters have shown me that community can happen anywhere, even among strangers.
Has Romance Become our Culture’s Remedy for Loneliness?
But here’s the thing: in the absence of belief in God, Western culture believes that the only solution to loneliness is romance. Nearly all movies, pop songs, magazines, advertisements, and dating apps beat us over the head with the constant refrain: without romance, your life is not worth living.