Belonging Years ago my wife and I would go to friends house every week. If memory serves me it was Thursday nights. The draw was to share an evening watching Cheers and eating popcorn. There was a sense of belonging, like the characters who went to a place where “everybody knows your name.” we got […]
Overcoming the fear of Change. It is as it always has been. Just as Adam said to Eve as they were leaving the Garden, “Don’t worry Dear, we are just going through a period of transition.” Seriously, life is all about change. To be alive is to change. The one thing you can count
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Why wear a cross? Christian’s typically wear a cross. Even non Christians will often wear one as well. I suppose the later like it as a piece of Jewelry. Perhaps some as a sort of Good Luck charm. Some. Ay go so far as to use it as a way of mocking Christians. Christians usually
Practicing Christianity When I was young I took piano lessons on and off for about three years. My parents finally gave up and stopped the lessons because I didn’t practice often enough to make it worthwhile. I wasn’t enjoying it. As I grew older I continued to play piano on occasion. Eventually I learned how
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? What is Hell like Near Death There a lots of personal testimonies of people who have had near death experiences. They travel down a tunnel of light and meet Jesus or a being of light at the other end. I’ve never heard anyone tell of having a near death trip to hell. If
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If God is so powerful, why does evil exist? Wounds hurt deeply When listening to a person who has been deeply wounded by life, it is difficult to give a satisfactory explanation for the existence of evil. Platitudes come easy but fall hard upon wounded hearts. This is especially true when the hearts and souls
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How to live pleasing to God Chariots of Fire The 1981 Movie, Chariots of Fire, tells the story of the 1924 Olympic runner and Christian Missionary Eric Liddell. There are two things in this true story that might guide the rest of us in our desire to live a life pleasing to God. One climatic
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Meditative Prayer can be a very good way to prayer. It is about centering and becoming aware of the presence of God. Here you will find a bit from my experience as well as an inspirational message from the miraculous recovery experience by Tammy Peterson. One of the expectations of clergy in the Catholic and
How does God Speak to us? There are those who hear the voice of God speaking audibly to them. Most of them are in mental hospitals. Perhaps God is actually speaking to some of them. However, this is not the way he “speaks” to most people. Personal Examples There are some of us who
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How does someone become a Christian? From the beginning The question is as old as the church. On the Day of Pentecost, the day Christians mark as the birthday of the Church, Peter gave the first Christian sermon. People in the gathered crowd asked, “What then shall we do?” Peter responded, “Repent and be baptized,
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