Category: spiritual formation
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April Musings: The Cost of Misunderstanding in Faith
“Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.” – Luke 23:34 “Does that make sense?”…is surely one of the sayings those around me hear quite often. As much as I love words and on certain topics, I can speak a lot, I select my words very intentionally and carefully. Not because…
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March Musings – On Colossians and Gratitude
“Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful.” – Colossians 4:2 We hear the concept of thankfulness a lot in the Church. Gratitude is no unfamiliar term for the Christian who has experienced nearly any worship service recently. But as I have been studying Colossians, I have some new insights on this practice. As someone…
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Quit the Molding
For a while now, I have been working towards the development of a “morning routine” that first and foremost devoted time to God. I am by no means a “morning person”, and frankly, I find it hard to believe many people naturally are. Nonetheless, studying the practices of others, I decided I would force myself…
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The God Who Can & Did
“When he saw Jesus, he fell with his face to the ground and begged him, ‘Lord, if you are willing, you can make me clean.’” – Luke 5:12 There is a lot of disunity in our world because of the power people have allowed mistakes, disabilities, and differences to have over someone’s identity. When someone…
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December Musings: On What Works
“Every one of us needs to find our own unique way of reaching the universe of increased awareness. I have come to be quite certain that no one way is any better than another. Whatever leads each of us to our destination of relationship with the Divine Lover, with the central core of meaning in…
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