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  • The Day I Short-changed God

    Slowly, I have been reading through the book "Disciplines for the Inner Life" by Bob and Michael Benson. It has been a great book to work through as it guides me each day into scripture and reflection on how to grow clos…

  • Arrogance

    If "arrogance compels us to treat our limits not as unique openings through which God can reveal his goodness but as diseases to be cured," then you may refer to me as arrogant as the rest. * quote by Susan Annette Mutt…

  • the startled poor

    How startling would it have been to be poor and hear Jesus say, "Blessed are you"? What if you were mourning? Something that brings such hardship and is seen as a curse in some (most) cultures is now being told to you is…

  • Jealous

    I can still remember the first time I saw a Nooma video by Rob Bell. It was in a church service, and the video was "Trees". I cannot even tell you what the video was about because all I could think was something along th…

  • how to pray...

    When you remember that nobody addressed God as Father in that time, Jesus' instruction to us to begin prayer by saying, "Our Father..." takes on a new light. We remember that there is a great connection to God that was o…

  • The Artist

    Within myself is another person; a much younger person with an imagination and an anxiety to express that imagination in endless ways. It has no name. Perhaps I should give him a name, but it really doesn't need one. It…

  • Scarecrow

    Worry is like a scarecrow in that it is an empty threat designed to scare you away from something valuable. Just behind the scarecrow lies rows and rows of fresh delicious corn. But crows are frightened by something …

  • How we doin...

    I am in Zechariah right now, and today I have read chapters 7 and 8. There are some instructions regarding the MOTIVE behind fasting (and all other ritual) but asking the people, "was it really for me that you were fasti…

  • My Arrogance

    How arrogant am I! Turns out; quite a bit! I am facing this realization the last few days as I take a look at an all-powerful God and how I have continually chosen to 'serve' and relate to him. God is absolutely all-po…

  • love for God??

    "To just read the Bible, attend church, and avoid 'big' sins--is this passionate, wholehearted love for God?" - Francois Fenelon, The Seeking Heart

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