1. Strength and support: addressing domestic abuse within the church: Chris Moles suggests, “In the journey to healing from domestic abuse, it’s important to recognize the importance of God’s church and the community of believers. We are not designed to struggle alone. This community can provide survivors with spiritual, emotional, and practical support as they seek to escape the cycle of abuse and rebuild their lives.”

2. 5 reasons not to follow your heart: Thaddeus Williams explains, “Under the trendy orthodoxy of expressive individualism, life is no longer about bringing our inner selves into the tempo and key of beauty, goodness, and truth. It’s about finding our own inner tune, marching to our own beat, and conducting those around us to play along with our anthems of autonomy.”

3. God’s righteous anger vs. man’s unrighteous anger: Eric Geiger says, “Anger can be good or bad, and it is the bad anger that diminishes our joy, damages our physical and mental health, and destroys relationships. How can you spot the difference?” He has a helpful graph that explains the difference.

4. The best pregnancy test used to be this frog… no, really: Well, this is pretty wild.

5. Nature Photos of the Year: I think my favorite is the rhino pic. The aurora in the Icelandic waterfall cave is also pretty amazing. What’s yours?

Photo by Nick Fewings on Unsplash