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Oct172019Sep 24 2019

God’s Promises for the Fearful {and we are all fearful}

by Christina Fox, in category Fear

In Seminary, my professor opened one of our counseling courses with this bold generalization: Everyone struggles with anxiety. “Everyone is anxious,” he explained, “Some of us just haven’t admitted it to ourselves yet.”

I sat there vigorously taking notes, but determined to prove to him that he was wrong. Not everyone is anxious, that is far too broad of a claim. I could prove it to him, too, because I am not an anxious person. Sure, I struggle with anger, my words, jealousy, but I’m definitely not anxious. I don’t second guess myself in social settings. I don’t get a pit in my stomach with the thought of a confrontation. I don’t stay up at night worrying. I am not anxious!

He then prompted us to reflect on times of fear in our life. I was flooded with memories. My first day at a new school. Camping on a mountain in the midst of an epic thunderstorm, crouching outside the tent to avoid getting struck by lightning. College applications, the possibility of rejection. The professor made the connection I had missed. Fear is anxiety. We are all anxious…

Jun142018Jun 8 2018

FOMO, Our Hearts, and The Gospel

by Christina Fox, in category Fear
CAROLINE SCRUGGS|GUEST What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? He who did not spare his own Son but gave him up for us all, how will he not also with him graciously give us all things?                                                                              Romans 8:31-32 I’d like to think… Read More
Nov132017Oct 20 2017

The Ugly Triplet Chain of Fear, Worry, and Anxiety

by Christina Fox, in category Fear

KRISTY MCKINNEY|GUEST In prayer I cry out to the Lord, “I get it! I get why you warn us so much about fear, anxiety, and worry in your Word.” Fear almost always leads to anxiety. Anxiety leads to worry, and then they ping-pong back and forth. This ugly triplet chain has circled me again and… Read More

Nov92017Oct 19 2017

Is God Who He Says He Is?

by Christina Fox, in category Grief

STACEY BOOTH|GUEST “Mommy, did God plan for your mom to die?” The question from the backseat of my car sends me into a tailspin. She’s four. How do I explain to a tender heart just how broken our world is? How do I explain that people die, floods come, and the “boo-boos” that took my… Read More

Apr62017Mar 20 2017

The Lord Who Keeps Us

by Christina Fox, in category Fear

BARBARANNE KELLY|GUEST I used to be a regular consumer of cable news. Wars, crime, tragedy, political outrage, frightening weather phenomena: all these and more, I consumed in heaping doses from the news. Turning on the TV isn’t necessary anymore to maintain the diet of alarm, is it?  Now it comes—personalized even more—through my Facebook feed.… Read More

Dec192016Nov 19 2016

What Do We Need This Christmas?

by Christina Fox, in category Christmas

SARA DUBOSE|GUEST What was life like that night long ago in Bethlehem? Husbands discussed their gross. Wives discussed their groceries. Children discussed their grades and games. Who could know on this very night an answer was being provided for every need discussed at every dinner table? Let your mind slip out into that night with… Read More

Jun232016Jun 1 2016

From Fear of Being Known, to Knowing Gospel Friendships

by Christina Fox, in category Community

KRISTEN HATTON|CONTRIBUTOR Recently I spoke to the women at our church on the topic of gospel friendship, a term Susan Shepherd used at the Women’s Ministry Leadership Training in Atlanta. Before I could show our ladies what a gospel friendship should be, I had to uncover what keeps us from it. In the image of… Read More

May92016May 6 2016

Running the Race of Faith…or Racing Away?

by Christina Fox, in category Thought Life

ELLEN DYKAS|CONTRIBUTOR Last night I almost entered a race I didn’t register for…and did not want to run! My thoughts were tip-toeing towards the start line of a race that many of us struggle with: our thoughts racing away from what is wise and true. Some new health concerns have opened up spheres of information… Read More

Apr282016Apr 28 2016

Hey New Mamas, This One’s For You

by Christina Fox, in category Motherhood

HOLLY MACKLE | CONTRIBUTOR At five months postpartum my dearest college friends came to visit and love on our new daughter. We were chatting at a Starbucks when some men wearing sidearms calmly walked in. Within seconds I had our group outside crouched behind the bushes, poised to dial 911, entirely certain there was about to be a… Read More

Mar72016Mar 3 2016

Fortune Cookie Theology

by Christina Fox, in category Worry

STEPHANIE HUBACH | CONTRIBUTOR I love Chinese Food. Truly I do. White rice or fried rice, hot and sour soup or egg drop, General Tso’s chicken or beef with broccoli—it all works for me! But my favorite part of the meal is (by far) at the very end. The fortune cookie. Oh, I know, lots… Read More

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