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title: "Blog, page 4 | Bible Nudge"
description: "Longer pieces on the passages people reach for when life is hard, and what they say in context."
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# Reading the Bible when life is hard

Longer pieces on the passages people reach for when they are worn out, grieving, anxious or afraid, and on what those passages actually say in context.

- [Read: What Is Speaking in Tongues? What the Bible Records, What Churches Teach, What Researchers Have Measured, and James 1:5](https://biblenudge.com/blog/what-is-speaking-in-tongues): Heard a room praying in sounds you could not follow? What speaking in tongues is, what the Bible records, how churches describe it, and a verse to start with.
- [Read: After You Stopped to Help at a Crash: Why It Keeps Replaying, What Helps in the First Weeks, and Psalm 56:3-4](https://biblenudge.com/blog/after-you-stopped-to-help-at-a-crash): You stopped and went toward a crash, and now it replays at night. What helps in the first weeks, who to call, and Psalm 56:3-4 for the hours after.
- [Read: A Joint Supplement and Early Memory Loss: What the New Study Found, What to Ask the Doctor, and Isaiah 40:11](https://biblenudge.com/blog/a-joint-supplement-and-early-memory-loss): A study on glucosamine and dementia is in the news. What it reports in its authors' own terms, what to bring to the doctor or pharmacist, and Isaiah 40:11 for a carer.
- [Read: When Your Teenager Was at a Shooting: What to Do in the First Days, What to Say, and Psalm 34:18 for a Broken Heart](https://biblenudge.com/blog/when-your-teenager-was-at-a-shooting): A teenager who was at the birthday party in a Macon, Georgia park, or who knows someone who was? What to do in the first days, where to call, and Psalm 34:18 to read.
- [Read: What Does Communion Mean? The Last Supper, What Each Church Teaches, Who May Receive, and Romans 15:13](https://biblenudge.com/blog/what-does-communion-mean): Invited to a service or a First Communion and unsure what the bread and cup mean? The Last Supper, what each church teaches, who may receive, and Romans 15:13.
- [Read: Still Rebuilding Two Years After Hurricane Helene: Where Recovery Stands, Help That Is Still Open, and Psalm 13 for the Long Wait](https://biblenudge.com/blog/still-rebuilding-after-a-hurricane): Two years after Hurricane Helene: dated recovery figures, help still open, and Psalm 13.
- [Read: One Year After an Attack on Your Church: Keeping the Day Together, and Romans 15:13 as the Building Goes Back Up](https://biblenudge.com/blog/one-year-after-an-attack-on-your-church): A year-on day is coming for your congregation. Help routes, permission for how to keep it, Romans 15:13 to pray together, and lines for a neighbor.
- [Read: When You Are Told to Evacuate for a Wildfire: What to Do in the First Hour, What the Levels Mean, and Psalm 56 for the Fear](https://biblenudge.com/blog/when-you-are-told-to-evacuate-for-a-wildfire): Told to leave because of a wildfire? What to do first, what Level 1, 2 and 3 mean, where to get alerts, and Psalm 56:3-4 for the drive out and the night after.
- [Read: Should You Tithe on Gross or Net? What a Tithe Was, What Churches Teach, Free Money Help, and Matthew 11:28-30](https://biblenudge.com/blog/should-you-tithe-on-gross-or-net): Pay stub and calculator out, or a giving card in your hand? What a tithe was, what churches teach about gross and net, free money help, and Matthew 11:28-30.