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No Tape Measure Needed
“For all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ.” Galatians 3:27 (NIV)
There is nothing quite like clothing to bring a grown woman to her knees. A simple closet-moving project had left me on the ground, clutching a cold metal tape measure to my chest.
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What Pushes Your Buttons? A look at Luke 4:16-30
More aligned now than ever to what we believe is true, it doesn’t take much to be set off by issues near and dear to our hearts. After years of inhabiting pandemic-pressured lives, lines have been drawn that dare not be crossed. These boundaries, firmer than ever, leave us quite intolerant, insensitive, and reactive—a perfect environment for everyone’s buttons to get pushed. I don’t think any of us can say we are exempt from this shift of allegiance, especially in our closest relationships.
Pet Rock or Living Stone, What’s in Your Pocket?
Living out of the false self creates a compulsive desire to present a perfect image to the public so that everyone will admire us and nobody …
Forging Connections through Holy Curiosity
Are you curious, or are you certain, and which would you rather be?
In a culture that craves dogmatism, curious questioners quickly wear out their welcome. To bravely peek beneath the veneer of certitude, especially our own, takes courage, practice, and a sprinkle of child-like wonder. American spiritual teacher, author, and philosopher Vernon Howard said, “Always walk through life as if you have something new to learn.”
A Blessing for holy empathy
A Blessing for Holy Empathy for when you are feeling less than human and disconnected from your compassionate God. “When apathy’s slow poison seeks to turn your heart to stone, may the waves of Mercy’s ocean remove hardness where holy empathy belongs.”
