March 29, 2019
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I’m sitting in a hotel room waiting to visit some extended family. Stasi and I flew here for a memorial service. Gosh, I hate these occasions. So awkward. So painful. Death was never meant to be part of the human experience, and we reel when it...

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February 26, 2019
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Dear Friends,

I received a text the other day from a friend of mine. It began as a surprising intrusion of joy, which grew into a rescue of my soul.

First came simply a photo, taken from the window of a bush plane somewhere in the...

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December 13, 2018
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Last month I reached out to you to ask your help meeting our budget by the end of the year, and I wanted to thank all of you who are able to send in a financial gift! We are so grateful for your generosity! 

And now all of us are, one way...

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November 26, 2018
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On the wall of our Outpost is our mission statement. The first three sentences read:

Recover the Lost Treasure of the Gospel

Transform the Lives of Men and Women as Men and Women

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July 20, 2018
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Dear Summertime Friends,

I confess it—I have an iPhone. A love-hate relationship with my iPhone. Love the photo and video quality. Love a few of the apps (particularly the FIFA World Cup app this summer). Hate the fact that I feel tied to...

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June 21, 2018
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I’ve been enjoying something from Ephesians lately, and wanted to share it with you. Allow me to begin with a passage from the opening of the letter…

All praise to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has...

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May 29, 2018
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Dear Friends,

I write these letters, for the most part, to people who want to have a richer life with God. (A richer life period, which we know only flows out of a richer life with God.)

We want to draw closer and closer; it is the...

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May 21, 2018
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My awakening began with two simple experiences. The first came through touching wet granite.

I am a writer by trade. Add to this occupation the average person’s basic online consumption, and the result is, I find myself in front of screens...

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April 26, 2018
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I’ve been thinking quite a bit about “The World” lately. 

Not the world as in planet earth; not meaning global affairs. Rather, The World as Scripture speaks of—The World it has some fairly strong words about. In fact, it was passages like...

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March 28, 2018
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February 09, 2018
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I fear the worst has happened.

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January 15, 2018
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I have a beautiful story to share with you. One that I hope will encourage your hearts and your faith, which would be lovely as we all begin a new year.
 
In order to tell this story well, I need to take you back to...
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December 14, 2017
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Dear Friends, Comrades, Fellow Pilgrims,
 
A very happy Christmastide to you.
 
December is upon us with a rush, and soon the holidays, and then, perhaps, a breath before 2018 gets underway...
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November 10, 2017
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Dear Friends,
 
I have a beautiful picture I want to share with you…
 
Our team has been praying for some time now, asking God what His next move is on the earth, and the role He has for us...
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October 20, 2017
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So—you’ll notice that most of the articles in this issue begin with or pretty quickly refer to some conversation we’ve recently had with another guy. We put that in there to send a message: hanging out with other guys is a good thing to do, and...

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July 31, 2017
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I first remember the Romance calling to me when I was a boy of six or seven, just past dusk on a summer evening, when the hotter and dustier work of the farm had given way to another song. Something warm and alive and poignantly haunting...
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June 13, 2017
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Now summer is all around us.
 
I was sitting on the porch early this morning, sipping a cup of tea, enjoying those very early moments before the sounds of the city have ramped up, before I needed to rush into the day...
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May 22, 2017
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This month, I'd like to pick up on a subject we are discussing on our podcast in May. It's proving to be very profound and very helpful to us, and a lot of our friends. The topic is: Envy.
 
Let me begin with a question:...
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April 18, 2017
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Easter is already in the rearview mirror, but I thought it might be good to give a little more reflection to all that Jesus won for us through the Cross. Good Friday comes and goes so quickly, we don’t have the opportunity to reflect on all...
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March 20, 2017
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Over the years we have been sharing the joys of discovering lost treasures together. 
 
What a life-changing experience it has been to uncover the personality of Jesus! Or how about learning that we can hear his...
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About John

John Eldredge is an author (you probably figured that out), a counselor, and a teacher. He is also president of Wild at Heart, a ministry devoted to helping people discover the heart of God, recover their own hearts in God's love, and learn to live in God's Kingdom. John met his wife, Stasi, in high school.... READ MORE

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