The Most Important Person My Bishop likes to say “ the person in front of you is the most important person Jesus wants to talk to you today.” I find when I take this seriously it changes my whole day. It erases all other means valuation. It doesn’t matter if I know them as a […]
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Rediscovering Faith: The Phenomenon of Christian Revival In the ebbs and flows of religious fervor throughout history, Christian revival has stood out as a powerful force of spiritual renewal and societal transformation. From the Great Awakening in colonial America to the charismatic movements of the 20th century, periods of revival have reinvigorated
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Parables of Salt and Light Introduction Jesus was constantly attempting to get people to think outside the box. He did it by telling stories. These stories, the parables, tell us the nature of God’s Kingdom and how we ought to behave towards one another. In other words, what Jesus expects of us. It seems
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Spiritual Direction Introduction Spiritual Direction is has a long and interesting history reaching back to some of the earliest Biblical times. Persons of known spiritual depth have been sought after by young and old alike to assist them on their spiritual journeys. A good over view of this history can be found in an article
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The Beatitudes: Blessed are the poor in spirit Among the teachings of Jesus there are a few that stand out above the rest: The great commandment, The great commission, Love one another, and the parables. Another well-known yet misunderstood is The Beatitudes. they are Jesus’s step program for following The Way to the Kingdom
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How can the presence of God be described? There is a ministry for teens called Happening. It is a very effective program of spiritual renewal supervised by adults but lead by teens, for teens. At the beginning of the weekend experience the leader asks the participants to with hold their judgment until the end.
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Quiet It can be so very difficult to just be alone and quiet. It is especially true, I think, for extroverts like me. Sometimes I believe that thinking leads directly to speaking. Secondarily, writing like this is quietly extroverting. Perhaps using a meditative word or phrase is about as close as I can get. I
Paul’s Prayer Before I begin read his prayer for believers. It is one of my favorite passages and favorite prayers! For this reason I kneel before the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth derives its name. I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through
In this day and age, why go to Church? These days there is a lot of debate about the Ten Commandments. One the one side are secularist who believe the Constitution says freedom “from” religion, when it really says freedom “of” religion. On the other side are conservative Christians who think that our country was
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Church is not for Saints it’s for Sinners If you hang around preachers long enough you hear a lot of pithy sayings. This is one of my favorites. The church is not a museum for Saints. It’s a hospital for sinners. Jesus said, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick.”
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