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Week 10: The Affections of Christ and the Power of Resurrection
One of the New Testament offerings for Easter Sunday was Colossians 3:1-4 . It sets my heart on meditation every time. This is a rich passage that cannot stop at v. 4 for me.
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Lord, save me from certainty
Three quick sayings that get in my mind from time to time: The opposite of love is not hate. It is silence. The opposite of faith is not doubt. It is certainty. The opposite of poverty isn’t wealth. It’s justice.
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Week 6: The Affections of Christ… and the distraction of the internet
Comment Magazine is quickly becoming a favorite of mine. They work in collaboration with a podcast called “Conversing with Mark Labberton” and Anne Snyder, editor of Comment, was on the podcast going over their manifesto for humanity. It is worth a listen. HERE
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Week Four: The affection of Christ and experience
Exodus 33-34 is a place of wonder for me. I am sounding old… and I realize it’s because I AM… but I begin sentences with: “Back in the day…” I catch myself and then realize, well, yes, they were “back in the day.”
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Week One: Learning the affections of Christ
My challenge from the Lord: lean in and listen. While I want to read yet another book on the affections of Christ that draws me in devotionally, the Spirit has challenged me to lean in myself and write out what I am learning. Be brave.
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The affections of Christ
We approach Lent and that is always a reflective time for me. Yet, as we draw in, I am struck by a hunger that keeps calling me… and I keep ignoring.
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To pray honest prayers
This was from a recent Renovare newsletter: Feeling overwhelmed, exasperated, enraged?
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The call to wait
If I was looking for a sign things couldn’t get more obvious. I was asked to preach on Christmas Day and when asked, I immediately knew I should set aside the gospel for the day and instead focus on Simeon and Anna (Luke 2:22-40).
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We don’t always get answers, but we get his presence
I get a weekly communication from Renovare and the letter this week from Brian Morykon was deeply moving. I couldn’t find an online version to link to, so I am just cutting and pasting, hoping I’m not violating any copyright laws in the process.
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All I have
There are some challenges I’ve given myself in the new year, one of which being more in the Word and less on social media. It’s all a work in progress. May 2025 find me leaning in to hear the Spirit speaking through the Word. I want to understand his whispering to me on a regular basis.
Tag: Spiritual Formation
