The Veritas Daily weekly recap: May 24
Everything published on The Veritas Daily this week, with links and summaries. Plus other articles I found interesting.
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Monday
Cheesecake secrets.
It’s my daughter’s 10th birthday today. She is such a delightful girl. Seriously. She is sweet, kind, empathetic, obedient, fun, funny, you name it. But we found something out last night in the most unexpected way: She’d been keeping a secret. And the admission of it ended in tears. Let me explain.
Wednesday
Episode 2: Relapse, Trauma, and the Power of Community (Caroline Beidler)
Caroline Beidler still vividly remembers cracking open her first beer under a big oak tree. She was 11. That one small decision, though, led to so much more, until she found herself completely trapped by drugs and alcohol.
Friday
Sometimes the dragon wins.
If you can just pretend hard times don’t exist and claim whatever you want to be true “in the name of Jesus,” the truth is you don’t need him much. He becomes a means to an end, not the end itself.
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