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Continue reading →: ★ The Value of Silence
From today’s CDP: “If we are the witness to Christ in today’s market places, where there are constant demands on our whole person, we need silence. If we are to be always available, not only physically, but by empathy, sympathy, friendship, understanding … we need silence. To be able to…
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Continue reading →: The Value of Silence
From today’s CDP: “If we are the witness to Christ in today’s market places, where there are constant demands on our whole person, we need silence. If we are to be always available, not only physically, but by empathy, sympathy, friendship, understanding … we need silence. To be able to…
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★ “When prayer and piety are used..”
Continue reading →: ★ “When prayer and piety are used..”“When prayer and piety are used as a dodge from responsible action, we must expose this twisted and deformed spirituality as an imposter. White-hot love for God is necessarily tied to a concern for the broken and bleeding of humanity. A genuine prayer life powerfully connects us with the suffering…
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“When prayer and piety are used..”
Continue reading →: “When prayer and piety are used..”“When prayer and piety are used as a dodge from responsible action, we must expose this twisted and deformed spirituality as an imposter. White-hot love for God is necessarily tied to a concern for the broken and bleeding of humanity. A genuine prayer life powerfully connects us with the suffering…
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Continue reading →: ★ Praying my favorite psalm
Psalm 139 For the director of music. Of David. A psalm. 1 O LORD , you have searched me and you know me. 2 You know when I sit and when I rise; you perceive my thoughts from afar. 3 You discern my going out and my lying down; you…
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Continue reading →: Praying my favorite psalm
Psalm 139 For the director of music. Of David. A psalm. 1 O LORD , you have searched me and you know me. 2 You know when I sit and when I rise; you perceive my thoughts from afar. 3 You discern my going out and my lying down; you…
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Continue reading →: ★ Walking the Labyrinth
Yesterday I was finally able to go walk my first labyrinth. Entitled “Holy Ground”, it’s an outdoor labyrinth and garden in Monroe, Washington at the Monroe United Methodist Church. It’s located in the back parking lot, and is nestled in the middle of a few older homes in the neighborhood.…
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Continue reading →: Walking the Labyrinth
Yesterday I was finally able to go walk my first labyrinth. Entitled “Holy Ground”, it’s an outdoor labyrinth and garden in Monroe, Washington at the Monroe United Methodist Church. It’s located in the back parking lot, and is nestled in the middle of a few older homes in the neighborhood.…
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Continue reading →: ★ Church Branding
Via Church Marketing Sucks there’s a good article today on building a brand identity for your church. Often the average church allows its building to dictate brand positioning, whether it is a traditional building or a modern structure. But what do we do with thousands of congregations in buildings that…
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Continue reading →: Church Branding
Via Church Marketing Sucks there’s a good article today on building a brand identity for your church. Often the average church allows its building to dictate brand positioning, whether it is a traditional building or a modern structure. But what do we do with thousands of congregations in buildings that…
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