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why I often miss the point of Christmas
Growing up I used to watch a lot of Hallmark Channel Christmas movies with my family. Nothing wrong with these movies per se, but if left unchecked you can start to miss the whole point of the Christmas. No, I don’t mean that the Hallmark Christmas Channel movies don’t contain enough Jesus. What I mean…
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learning a measured response in a reactive world (or on learning how to not be pissed off at the world)
If you are like me, then you tend to be a bit hyperbolic in your reaction to normal, run of the mill, everyday kind of inconveniences. These flubs in my day to day can elicit a reaction which is not particularly helpful or warranted. More often than not it is not what I would call…
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a mustard seed faith, why smaller is actually better
Luke 17:5-10 The disciples said to the Lord, “Increase our faith!” 6The Lord replied, “If you had faith the size of a mustard seed, you could say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be uprooted and planted in the sea,’ and it would obey you. 7“Who among you would say to your slave who has just come in from…
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on the value of being lost
from the reflection Sunday at simple church. cultivating calm, centered, compassionate lives. it’s helpful if you read Luke 15:1-10 The setting for these stories that Jesus tells, of a lost sheep and a lost coin, is a confrontational moment where Jesus is responding to some Pharisees about his preference for dinner companions. The text says…