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Fire from Heaven
“I would not attack the faith of a heathen without being sure I had a better one to put in its place.” —Harriet Beecher Stowe, 19th Century American writer and the author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin. PRAYER: (from the Lectionary) … Continue reading
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Finishing the Race
“Help! I’ve fallen and I can’t get up.” —the fictional “Mrs. Fletcher” in a 1990s advertisement for a remote home medical alarm system. “In the dust of defeat, as well as the laurels of victory, there is glory to be … Continue reading
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Tagged Building Character, Chariots of Fire, Endurance, Eric Liddell, hope, prayer, Running, the monday prayer, Trials, Tribulation
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The Ultimate Power: Pride or Love?
For pride is spiritual cancer: it eats up the very possibility of love, or contentment, or even common sense. ― C.S. Lewis It was pride that changed angels into devils; it is humility that makes men as angels. —St. Augustine … Continue reading
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Unlimited Once More
See, the Conqueror mounts in triumph, See the King in royal state, Riding on the clouds His chariot To His heavenly palace-gate; Hark, the choirs of angel voices Joyful halleluiahs sing, And the portals high are lifted, To receive their … Continue reading
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When We Stumble, When We Fall
We stumble and fall constantly, even when we are most enlightened. But when we are in true spiritual darkness, we do not even know that we have fallen. —Thomas Merton PRAYER: (from the Lectionary) “Almighty God, whom truly to know … Continue reading
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From Boston to Baghdad
When peace, like a river, attendeth my way, When sorrows like sea billows roll; Whatever my lot, Thou has taught me to say, It is well, it is well, with my soul. PRAYER: (by Rev. Frederick William Schmidt, Professor of … Continue reading
The Valley of the Shadow of Death
Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me. Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of … Continue reading
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The Valley of the Shadow of Death
Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me. Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of … Continue reading
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Maxie Dunnam on Adam Hamilton’s “Seeing Gray”
Originally posted on Juicy Ecumenism – The Institute on Religion & Democracy's Blog:
Former Asbury Seminary President Maxie Dunnam is one of the great elder statesmen of United Methodism, widely respected even by many who don’t share his evangelical…
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When It Gets Crazy
“Never forget that only dead fish swim with the stream” —Malcolm Muggeridge (1903-1990), English Journalist, Author, Satirist, Christian and WWII spy. PRAYER: “O God, early in the morning I cry to you. Help me to pray and gather my thoughts … Continue reading
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