Pastor and New York Times bestselling author Craig Groeschel provides four practical, life-changing strategies for breaking free from destructive thinking and for living the life God intends for you.

Seele contributor Monica Ta paints a picture of creation care for this year. Pointing out the continued needs for planet earth, Monica also shares ways in which humanity can take action.

Keabetswe Machateau dives deep into the despair that many are feeling about 2021 and recommends the anecdote and hope that can counter the disappointments that the year has brought.

Taken from "Firstfruits," by Brian Simmons and Gretchen Rodriguez. In the topic of reconciliation, both unpack how God desires to often bring people back together, especially loved ones.

SEELE contributor Shefali Karani shares two steps to take right now for a better, sparkly year ahead, if you have found 2021 to be your not-so-best year.

Who was in the manger that first Christmas morning? Some say he would become a great moral leader. Others, a social critic. Still others view Jesus as a profound philosopher, a rabbi, a feminist, a prophet, and more. Many are convinced he was the divine Son of God. Lee Strobel unpacks it all.

Shefali Karani shares how being eco-minded when shopping for clothes is best for the environment.

SEELE contributor Shefali Karani details how adding a feminine look to a masculine outfit can really change a look.

In her new book, When Strivings Cease: Replacing the Gospel of Self-Improvement with the Gospel of Life-Transforming Grace , Simons guides readers on a journey to find freedom from the never-ending quest of self-improvement and helps them understand the truth that changes everything: God’s extravagant, undeserved grace is enough.

SEELE contributor Oboitshepo Tladi unpacks this month’s theme of getting back into the swing of things in the life of Hanna. “We learn the importance of not giving up on the desires we so strongly feel drawn to, while also learning how some of these desires are in fact given to us by God, to fulfil His purposes,” she writes.

In order to get back into the swing of things and move in this new season, offense has to go. It’s not helpful and it’s quite the distraction.

SEELE contributor Shefali Karani shares how to politely decline an invitation to an event.

Discernment is a gift from God. It’s the ability to recognize something, to distinguish if something is or someone is good, bad, honest, worth being connected to with the senses or with intuition. While Jesus placed Himself in situations that ultimately led to the cross, we humans are given discernment by God to protect us from “unnecessarily” situations.

At some point in a person’s life, Jesus makes Himself known to people. That can be through the kindness, generosity and love of others, when someone tells us about the gift of salvation, when we’re forgiven, when we go through trials, or through direct encounters. Brian Simmons and Gretchen Rodriguez point out how Jesus’s glory is revealed to the nations, and one way is through us in how we love others.

KB Chakela shares that in her act of faith to wait on God for her future spouse, she has found contentment and joy, trusting in God’s best for her life.

SEELE Editor Ally unpacks Daniel’s standards and willingness to draw a line and not eat tainted food. It’s when Daniel showed his resolve to be committed to God that God then moved on Daniel’s behalf and gave him favor. Where is God looking to see if you’ve drawn a line(s), to live according to His standards, so that He can grant you more favor in life?

SEELE contributor Shefali Karani poses the question of whether dressing up is necessary in a world that seems to embrace relaxed wear during the pandemic.

John Dickson gives an honest account of the mixed history of Christianity, the evil and the good. He concedes the Christians’ complicity for centuries of bullying but also shows the myriad ways the beautiful teaching of Christ has enriched our world and the lives of countless individuals.

If God is for us, who can be against us. Writers Brian Simmons and Gretech Rodriguez pour out how God wants His children to realize that we are made powerful in Him, to be the best version of ourselves.

The journey of a thousand miles begins with a promise from the Lord.