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Monthly Archives: August 2014
Getting Even
If you seek revenge, dig two graves. —Old Chinese proverb. PRAYER: (from the Lectionary) “Lord of all power and might, the author and giver of all good things: Graft in our hearts the love of your Name; increase in us … Continue reading
“You Look Like…”
If we consider the unblushing promises of reward and the staggering nature of the rewards promised in the Gospels, it would seem that Our Lord finds our desires not too strong, but too weak. We are half-hearted creatures, fooling about … Continue reading
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Tagged Christianity, faith, God's promises, Isaiah 51:1-6, prayer, the monday prayer
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House of Prayer
“It is thus an inherently Christian task to actively work at un-thinking the inevitability of the way things are and to labor accordingly at changing them.” —Jill Carattini, of Ravi Zacharias International Ministries PRAYER: (from the Lectionary) “Almighty God, you … Continue reading
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Tagged Africa, Canon Andrew White, Civil War, ebola, Gaza, genocide, Iraq, Israel, Libya, Patriarch Louis Sako, Syria
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Water Walking
Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point. —C.S. Lewis PRAYER: (from the Lectionary) Grant to us, Lord, we pray, the spirit to think and do always those things that … Continue reading
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Tagged Christ, Courage, Jesus, Matthew 14:22-33, prayer, Simon Peter, Virtue, walking on water
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