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  • by Starla Smith
    The Crucible of Virtue: Finding Favor in Unjust Suffering
  • by Starla Smith
    Legitimate Suffering
  • by Starla Smith
    On Sunday, Jen also touched on living as strangers and exiles in this world.
  • by Starla Smith
    On Sunday, Jen mentioned a Greek word—ektenos. It describes a deep, action‑oriented, sacrificial love that is a commitment, not a feeling.
  • by Starla Smith
    I want to unpack a little further something that Jen touched on in her Sunday message—specifically the relationship between "ridding" and "longing."