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by Brian Shilhavy, Health Impact News: Everyone living in the U.S. right now who is not suffering from TSS (Trump Stockholm Syndrome) is looking at the current circus happening in Washington D.C. in horror, wondering what could possibly come next. As each day brings forward more details from the Epstein files, the Trump Administration continues to […]

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True humility isn’t about thinking less of yourself; it’s about living for something greater. This devotional calls us to reflect Christ’s humble heart in all we do.

Historically, circles (small groups) and rows (Sunday School) have battled over discipleship in the church. Each has similar goals with different applications, yet the estranged relationship continues in conversation even today.

I vividly remember walking into my first Cru gathering as a secular and skeptical 23-year-old. In the years leading up to that moment, I had spent countless nights wondering if life was even worth waking up for. It often felt like the world didn’t want me. So as I stepped through those doors, I asked and hoped that God would be different. The longing I felt that night isn’t unique to me. In the years since, both as an intern with Cru and as a volunteer on my church’s youth staff, I’ve ministered to students who are where I once was. In Gen Z, I commonly see fear of rejection. As Gen Zers continue to live online and find relationships there, one of the most prominent forms of rejection they face emerges in the digital realm: ghosting. And I’ve learned to meet that fear with the doctrine of God’s unshakeable love. Experience of Rejection “Ghosting” is a popular term with Gen Z that means suddenly cutting off all contact without explanation. While its most common usage occurs in online dating spaces, it can also happen in friendships. One study revealed that 50 percent of Gen Z and younger millennials report being ghosted by a close friend. In an era when Gen Z mostly lives online, this kind of rejection is almost inescapable. The same study showed that 84 percent of respondents report being scarred by ghosting. Ghosting, through its many apparitions, has left Gen Z socially isolated and lonely. Online communities become like exclusive country clubs where users can remove others, leaving them confused, hurt, and with a lingering pang of rejection from their peers. Online communities become like exclusive country clubs where users can remove others. However, for a generation highly motivated to continue learning about Jesus (52 percent) and eager for in-person relationships, what some Gen Zers find as they step into the church is sadly no different from what they experience among their peers. Another study found that the second-largest reason young adults stopped attending church was that they perceived church members as judgmental or hypocritical. ‘What Makes God Different?’ Ultimately, Gen Z isn’t searching for something new or unique to their generation but for what all generations desire: to be fully known and fully loved. As they explore Christianity, they’re asking, “What makes God any different from those who have rejected me?” This question leads us to examine God’s character, where we see how he truly stands apart. He knows everything about us, the good and the bad. Yet, strangely, this guarantees a comfort no one else can offer. No matter our story, God doesn’t reject us; he draws near and restores us. While others might reject us if they truly knew us, it isn’t so with God. Instead of turning away when he sees our ugly, broken, and sinful side, he draws near. It’s an act of agape love, a selfless, sacrificial act of goodwill, and an unconditional commitment to the one who is loved. This kind of love is distinctly Christian. It isn’t merely kindness, or excusing sin, or doing whatever the person wants; it’s cross-shaped. He loves us because he loves his Son, who conquered sin and death in our place. There’s no “he loves me, he loves me not” dynamic with God; those in Christ never have to worry about God changing his mind or ghosting them. He chose rebels before the creation of the universe, knowing fully who he’d get involved with (Eph. 1:4), and he doesn’t make mistakes (Matt. 5:48; Ps. 18:30). Revealing an Invisible God Since God is invisible, it may feel like he’s ghosting us. This ushers in an opportunity for the body of Christ to reach Gen Z with God’s unshakable and eternal love. The apostle John tells us that no one has ever seen God in his fullness, and yet his love is manifested in and through us when we abide in him (1 John 4:12). For Gen Zers questioning how God can be different, we can manifest God’s love through sacrificially meeting others’ needs. We see a beautiful example of this in the gospel community in Acts. The early church created spaces for the living God to be made manifest, and Jerusalem became a place where they could display the reality of a loving God through their love for one another (Acts 2:42–47). No matter our story, God doesn’t reject us; he draws near and restores us. Are our Christian communities also devoted to the apostles’ teaching? To fellowship, communion, and prayer? Are we the aroma of Christ to members of Gen Z (2 Cor. 2:14–16)? There’s no secret formula for getting Gen Z through our doors, but they need to see a gathering of people who recognize their brokenness and realize that Christ Jesus is the only source of restoration. Jesus said it isn’t the healthy who need a physician but the sick (Matt. 9:12). Scripture reveals we’re all sick (Rom. 3:23); everyone needs the Great Physician, including Gen Z. The sick don’t need a courthouse or a country club but a hospital where people come in need of healing and walk out experiencing that healing.

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An intact mosaic from Late Antiquity discovered during restoration of a historic municipal building in Istanbul is now a floor again, covered in plexiglass and welcoming visitors to the new Zeytinburnu Mosaic Museum. Visitors of Turkey’s newest museum move across elevated glass walkways, suspended right above the original floors themselves. The mosaics are not relocated fragments mounted on walls, but surfaces that remain exactly where they were first laid, preserving their context for all to see. Beyond the floors, the museum presents terracotta vessels, coins from various centuries and the marble sarcophagus discovered on site. With its library and exhibition spaces too, the institution is more than one archaeological stop, it forms part of a broader cultural revitalisation in Zeytinburnu. The 190-square-meter (2,045 square feet) mosaic floor was discovered in 2015 when the Ottoman-era military hospital building from 1893 was being converted into an art center. The decorative patterns of stars, geometric knots, polygonal shapes, and florals date the mosaic to fourth or fifth centuries. It was likely installed in a suburban Roman villa, as the location was outside the ancient walls of Constantinople. All construction was suspended and a systematic archaeological excavation ensued. In addition to the full mosaic, a subsequent excavation in 2019 uncovered a marble sarcophagus containing the skeletal remains of two people, a brick tomb, terracotta vases and coins. These finds date to different periods, attesting to use of the site over centuries long after the floor was made. Turkey has an enormous patrimony of Roman and Byzantine mosaics, and there are currently eight museums in the country dedicated to displaying these masterpieces of ancient art. What distinguishes the Zeytinburnu Mosaic Museum from ones like the Hatay Archaeological Museum, famous for a collection of ancient mosaics of unparalleled variety and quality, is that its mosaic has been left in situ instead of being removed, conserved and reinstalled in an exhibition space. The only comparable treatment is in a hotel that has become an accidental museum now by virtue of the fact that the world’s largest mosaic, a dazzling tour-de-force of geometric patterns and psychedelic floor undulations, was discovered there during construction.

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