Should Christians Say ‘Everything Happens for a Reason’ for Any Reason?

Plus, 3 Things We Can Learn from Early Christians about Sparking a Transformative Spiritual Movement and News [Crosswalk Logo]( Connecting through Crisis [Faith]( [News]( [Devotionals]( [Should Christians Say ‘Everything Happens for a Reason’ for Any Reason?]( Sophia Bricker Instead of saying, “Everything happens for a reason,” which dismisses a person’s grief, believers should instead be there for the grieving individual, show love in tangible ways, and remind their friend that God is with them in their pain. [CONTINUE READING →]( [How to Reconnect with God after Spiritual Dryness]( Chara Donahue Seasons of spiritual drought are painful, but new life can spring from the dust when God is the one inspiring growth. If you are recovering from a dehydrated faith, Jesus gave us multiple parables in Matthew 13 that offer wisdom for finding faith after a famine. [CONTINUE READING →]( [When Inclusivity Becomes Incoherence]( John Stonestreet & Shane Morris All attempts at inclusion, without the larger context of a unifying shared humanity, lead to incoherence. But this incoherence is an opportunity for Christians to offer a better vision of our purpose, our value, our gendered bodies, and our sexuality. In a culture running out of colors and letters, it’s a vision that is badly needed. [CONTINUE READING →]( [3 Things We Can Learn from Early Christians about Sparking a Transformative Spiritual Movement]( Jim Denison Early Christians had no leaders in the Roman Empire upon whom they could depend to bring justice to social issues such as immigration and border safety. They had no courts or governments to which they could appeal for the protection of their religious liberties. In fact, they had no such liberties. And yet they “turned the world upside down” (Acts 17:6) and were used by God to spark the most transformative spiritual movement in human history. If we wish to make the impact they made, we must do what they did. [CONTINUE READING →]( [Crosswalk Logo]( [Read about Salem Web Network]( | [Unsubscribe From This Email]( | [Email Preference Center]( © 2021 Salem Web Network. All rights reserved. 111 Virginia Street, Suite 500, Richmond, VA 23219. This email is never sent unsolicited. You are receiving this email because your email address, {EMAIL}, is signed up to receive newsletters, updates, and special offers from Connecting through Crisis. [Link](