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We are shoved around by fear
Fear raises money. Fear drives hasty decisions. Fear brings deep divide. Fear is the currency of American politics. And American politics is our new national religion.
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What has formed you?
I am breezing my way back through a great memoir, The Pastor, by Eugene Peterson. What a gentle book to remind me of life and calling! Peterson grew up in a setting familiar to me when it came to church. His story resonates deeply in my life, at least until he went to college.
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Spiritual amnesia
A marvelous little book that has had a tremendous impact on me in this stage of life is Falling Upward by Richard Rohr. The book is a call to recognize the fullness of the reality of God that is truly in us.
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Living in the abundance of God
Psalm 23 unfolds for us the radiant abundance of the Shepherd who provides for us life without lack. “We are blessed to live in a world where there is a fully self-sufficient, generous God who wants to provide what is best for us and loves us more than we could ever imagine.” — Dallas Willard, Life Without Lack
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Words of abundance
“A life without lack is a life in which one is completely satisfied and sustained, no matter what happens.” — Dallas Willard, Life Without Lack
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A new world, a new way
16 So from now on we regard no one from a worldly point of view. Though we once regarded Christ in this way, we do so no longer. 17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here! The New International Version (2 Co 5:16–17). (2011). Zondervan. When a new world is…
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To LIVE in this chaotic world, let DEATH be at work…
We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body. (2 Corinthians 4:10, NIV) Some thoughts from NT Wright:
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God isn’t bothered by “small”
I am reading through 1 Samuel now and Samuel as a character always draws me in. His “calling” is what his mother says it is. He grew up with a fixed duty. It’s offensive to our Western sense of the individual. That was just the world in which Samuel lived.
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The truth of the Kingdom of God
I was on a personal retreat this past week. The Lord had me take a hymn with me along with passages of Scripture. The words of this hymn drilled deep into my soul. All my struggles are nothing. His kingdom is FOREVER. Focus on the PROMISE not the PROBLEM.
Tag: Spiritual Formation
