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Not a Fisherman

Rebecca Ruiz

This story is inspired by Matthew 4:18–22. I’m curious about this Jesus character. As an investigative journalist, I think he’d be a great story, so...

Letting Go Through Prayer

dotMagis Editor

Paul Mitchell, author of The Examen Book, looks at prayer as a way of letting go. In this Pop-Up Prayer interview, he also says...

When Anxiety Strikes

Marina Berzins McCoy

At times, we all can worry about the future. I’m a planner, and so perhaps I am more prone to anxiety than others. If...

Reframing Our Vision

Tim Muldoon

In ancient Rome, Janus was the two-faced god of beginnings and endings, but also of transitions and passages. It is therefore no surprise that...

Looking Through the Lens of Joy

Shemaiah Gonzalez

I’m one of those people who prays that God will reveal a word for me to meditate on for the next year. One year,...

Joy in January

Vinita Hampton Wright

“Joy in January” might seem a contradiction in terms. For many of us, January is a cold, wet, sloppy month. For Christians, there’s the...

Prayer Is Like a Water Bottle

Loretta Pehanich

In my holiday travels I learned about prayer at an airport while refilling my water bottle at one of those automatic dispensers on a...

Journey into Hope

Gretchen Crowder

I started picking a word of the year a few years ago. I usually pick the word during December, and throughout January, I think...

More Music or More Noise?

Eric Clayton

“Do you wanna hear my song, Daddy? I’ve been practicing all year.” I eyed my five-year-old daughter suspiciously. With brown eyes, wide and earnest, she...