Category Archives: Religion

Our Shared Experiences: The Need for Divine Support

“Open up, O heavens, and pour out your righteousness. Let the earth open wide so salvation and righteousness can sprout up together. I, the Lord, created them. Isaiah 45:8 More and more I understand the system in which I work, … Continue reading

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Love Unconditionally

Love is patient and kind. Love is not jealous or boastful or proud 5 or rude. It does not demand its own way. It is not irritable, and it keeps no record of being wronged. 6 It does not rejoice … Continue reading

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Being Called to a Life of Sacredness

For this is the will of God, your sanctification: that you abstain from sexual immorality; 4 that each one of you know how to control your own body in holiness and honor, 5 not with lustful passion, like the gentiles … Continue reading

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Contrasts of Advent: John, Jesus, and the Mothers

“John “will be great”, but his relative Jesus is going to be greater. John’s mother had been unable to conceive a child, but Jesus’ mother will be a virgin. John “will be filled with the Holy Spirit … before he … Continue reading

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Giving Hope For the Hopeless: God’s call to Dignity

Who can be compared with the Lord our God,     who is enthroned on high? 6 He stoops to look down     on heaven and on earth. 7 He lifts the poor from the dust and the needy from the garbage dump. … Continue reading

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For God’s Sake: following the example of Paul

Because our message of the gospel came to you not in word only but also in power and in the Holy Spirit and with full conviction; just as you know what kind of persons we proved to be among you … Continue reading

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Quiet Strengths: Humility and Stillness

O Lord, I am not proud; * I have no haughty looks. 2 I do not occupy myself with great matters, * or with things that are too hard for me.3 But I still my soul and make it quiet, … Continue reading

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The Authenticity of Worship

For God alone my soul in silence waits; *from him comes my salvation. He alone is my rock and my salvation, *my stronghold, so that I shall not be shaken.In God is my safety and my honor; psalm 62:1, 7 … Continue reading

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The Third lesson from Bartimaeus: Take Heart – the Power of Recognition and Compassion

Jesus stood still and said, “Call him here.” And they called the blind man, saying to him, “Take heart; get up, he is calling you.” Mark 10:49 In our story on Bartimaeus, when Jesus acknowledges and calls him out, the … Continue reading

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Lesson from Bartimaeus: Bold Faith, Throw off your Cloak

So throwing off his cloak, he sprang up and came to Jesus. Then Jesus said to him, “What do you want me to do for you?” The blind man said to him, “My teacher, let me see again.” Mark 10:50 … Continue reading

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