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Unicorns and Puppy Dogs
16 The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God’s children. 17 Now if we are children, then we are heirs—heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we share in his sufferings in order that we may also share in his glory. 18 I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be…
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Thomas Merton and the way of salvation
I am glad I picked up a fresh copy of Merton’s Seven Storey Mountain for my reading this time around. I am able to concentrate more on the full text and not let my eyes skim because I’ve marked up the other book so much I only read my markings. Every time I come to the conversion of Merton I…
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Recording the journey
An exercise I began a little over a year ago has been an experiment I didn’t know I could stay with in a digital world. I keep a digital calendar so I can make edits, look far ahead for planning, and coordinate with family on schedules. A few years ago I tried to keep a small paper calendar on the…
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Righteousness and Justice must come together
A couple of significant thoughts from significant voices: The American Church, in all its failings, still has work to which it is called. We must rise up.
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If there was one book…
Given the opportunity to get away to refresh yourself in prayer and you can take your Bible, a notebook, and one more book that would help refresh you in this spiritual exercise for a few days, what book would be going with you?
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As white Christians we have a deep work still to be done in us
“The relationship between holding racist views and white Christian identity is actually stronger among more frequent church attenders than among less frequent church attenders.”
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The steep cost of following Jesus
From this time many of his disciples turned back and no longer followed him. (John 6:66) There has to be a willingness to enter in. There has to be a willingness to follow NOT for my own convenience, or because I understand everything fully. I need to follow BECAUSE HE IS LIFE. I trust him, even if I don’t understand…
