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The greatest discipleship lessons, pt. 4
I am at post 4,999 on this blog. As I reflect on why I began this blog, I am also walking through John 13-17 in my reading and it gives me a wonderful opportunity to reflect on those great lessons of discipleship. This is why I started this blog: to learn more about spiritual formation and discipleship. It is walking…
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The greatest discipleship lesson, pt. 3
As I approach 5,000 posts on this blog, I reflect on why I got started. Some thoughts begin HERE and then continue HERE. This being post 4998, I find myself in John 15:1-17 with the greatest thoughts on “abiding” and “pruning.”
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The greatest discipleship lessons
I am coming up on 5000 posts on this blog. 5000.
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John 6 and holy ground
My daily reading from the Daily Office takes me through John 6 regularly and every time I walk through it is the sense I am on holy ground. This is a moving text for me because it drives so deeply into our human motives and the desire of Jesus to strip us of all other desires except to have a…
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The baptism of Jesus and the winnowing power of the Kingdom of God
This is the Sunday commemorating the baptism of Jesus. The reading for our church is from Luke 3:
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Using the Book of Common Prayer
A habit I still develop is the use of the Book of Common Prayer. The daily guide for Scripture reading is a solid help in my study and prayer life. But there is so much more. This video is a HUGE help!
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The essence of the Kingdom of Heaven
As I have reflected on the demythologizing of my evangelical life, I have not stopped on the “deconstruction” side. I have asked for a reconstruction of the essentials of the Kingdom. THIS comes up so often I find it essential to the Kingdom of God:
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The Daily Rhythms of My Life
For a good portion of this year, my daily spiritual routine had me in an older practice. I sensed a leading from the Spirit to return to a practice of walking a little more deeply in Scripture like I did for years when I was first in ministry.
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Remembering the Lord in times of well-being
Deuteronomy 6:10-12 When the LORD your God brings you into the land he swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, to give you—a land with large, flourishing cities you did not build, houses filled with all kinds of good things you did not provide, wells you did not dig, and vineyards and olive groves you did not plant—then…
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Hacking our way to clarity
The second half of this Holy Post Podcast has an interview with Philip Yancey. They feature his latest book, which is his memoir. Yancey has been a challenging voice for me for decades. (His interview comes around 49 minutes in.) With our current struggle with terminology like “deconstruction”, Yancey represents the understanding that some form of deconstruction happens in every…
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