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Quitting Could be the Best Choice – Guest Blogger, Leslie Herbig
For the next few months, this blog will occasionally look at the concept of choice. It is true that “Life is a sum of all your choices.” But do we even realize that every response involves a choice, that we always have … Continue reading
2016 – Crossing the Threshold, “Count Your Blessings”
We have crossed the threshold from 2015 to 2016. We are on the brink, at the dawn, on the verge of a new year. As singer-songwriter Carrie Newcomer says, “At a threshold there’s often a moment where what is old … Continue reading
Who am I When My Body Fails Me – From Dis-ease to Ease
Who Am I When my Body Fails Me? is a question we all need to ask ourselves when injury or illness takes its toll on our lives. How are we different? How are we the same? How do we respond … Continue reading
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Tagged dis-ease, Gospel of Matthew, Jesus as healer
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Going Deeper with God – Living within Limits
Eugene Peterson’s book Eat this Book teaches us to chew on a passage of scripture, digest it, and then put it to use in practical ways. Our Christian fathers and mothers called this process Lectio Divina. This story about Moses from Exodus … Continue reading
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Tagged creating margins, delegating, Moses, the exodus from Egypt
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From my Reading
“The life of faith is one of continued wrestling, where our faith butts up against the troubles of our experience and the sovereign God who controls all things. But the work of Christ, True Israel, assures us that we never … Continue reading
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Tagged Christianity Today, Ignatius of Loyola, Manresa Retreat House, pilgrimage, Wendell Berry
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2016, Crossing the Threshold – “Become the Light”
We have crossed the threshold from 2015 to 2016. We are on the brink, at the dawn, on the verge of a new year. As singer-songwriter Carrie Newcomer says, “At a threshold there’s often a moment where what is old … Continue reading
2016 – Crossing the Threshold: Following God’s Signposts
We have crossed the threshold from 2015 to 2016! We are on the brink, at the dawn, on the verge of a new year. As singer-songwriter Carrie Newcomer says, “At a threshold there’s often a moment where what is old … Continue reading
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Tagged a new year, Holy Spirit, Psalm 19, Story Corps
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Choices – Life is the Sum of all your Choices
Flipping the calendar from December to January seems to put most Americans in an unusually reflective mood. If we are ever going to “go deep” into our own psyches or souls this is the time. For the next few months, this … Continue reading
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Tagged choices, Emily Dickinson, Hope College, Renovare, San Antonio, W. H. Auden
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Living as Apprentices 