Tag: spirituality
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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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why I’m old fashioned (when it comes to churchy things)
One day after a lesson on church history, a youth from our community said: “Robert, you like really old stuff a lot, don’t you?” I replied, “The older, the better.” See, for me, when it comes to cultivating a spiritual life or a religious practice, I think that older is usually better. I believe the…
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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…
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learning to live and love intentionally
Simple church exists to cultivate calm, centered and compassionate lives by following a rule of life. As we enter into this fall and we re-launch our evening worship at 5pm on Sunday weekly (starting Sunday, September 11th), I thought it might be helpful to revisit what it means to live by a rule of life.…