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A Christians Guide to Politics

With the presidential election moving towards us at the speed of politics, I want to take this time to give you advice. You should vote for...just...
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Henry IV and Real Forgiveness

We’re still house-dog sitting; half-way through a 24 day stint. It has been like a vacation for me. While Lily takes care of her clients...
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The Lamp of the Lord

The NRSV version of the Bible says in Proverbs 20:27 that the human spirit is the lamp of the LORD, searching every inmost part.  ...
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The Oxygen Mask and a M-Div

I started doing spiritual direction in January 2009. Most of those I have met with are pastors or chaplains, equipped with their Masters in...
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The Cross, the Church and Constantine

I don’t get it. I don’t understand how people who call themselves Christians can look at the cross and be filled with such anger and...
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You, Me, We Are All People Of Faith

To confess you are a person of faith can cause some to shrink back as though confronted by a terrorist, but in reality, we are all people of faith....
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Christian Claim2bes

“To begin with, there were the Pharisees. They disliked Christ, and they said so. They resented the intrusion of this layperson—and an...
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Let It Go

Yesterday we drove through the parking lot of one of my former employer’s stores. It sounds silly now, but for several years I would not even...
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Waiting Splitting

Ibn Daud, in his Book of Tradition, writes:“Now should anyone infected with heresy attempt to mislead you, saying: “It is because the...
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This Moon

Sometimes I just stop and park here for a while, reading it again and again.Ever since the creation of the world his eternal power and divine...
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