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December 21, 2018 Christmas Agony and Joy How thankful I am that we have a high priest acquainted with sorrow, one who began human life in the grit and grime of a feeding trough. The Son of Man’s origin story isn’t whitewashed. Good tidings…

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November 30, 2018 Deadly Sins and Their Remedies We want Christ, the eternal Flame of Love, to burn out of us any pattern of thinking or acting that keeps us from the abundant life he promised. It can be painful at times to move toward that Flame,…

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November 9, 2018 The Antidote for Rejection Through the cross of Christ we experience, as Richard Foster writes, "both forgiveness and healing for the sins and sorrows of the past." Should our conscience not be quieted in private confession,…

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October 26, 2018 A Long Farewell In a piece Chris Hall wrote after the 2016 passing of his dear friend Tom Oden, he recalls the words of Thomas Lynch: "Grief is the tax we pay for loving." We don't grieve as those who don't have…

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October 20, 2018 Self-righteous Service Versus True Service One of the things that we need to learn to do better is to bring others alongside as we serve, so they can learn with us, and then experience the freedom of letting them run with it while we step…

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October 13, 2018 At Your Service It's good and right to schedule intentional times of service, especially hidden ones. But let's pair those pre-planned acts with the daily prayer, "Lord, bring me someone I can serve, and grant me a…

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July 20, 2018 Singleness of Mind Christian Simplicity, our focus this month, isn’t renouncing wealth or technology. It is singleness of mind on Jesus Christ. “It means,” says Richard Foster in Freedom of Simplicity, “being cognizant…

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July 13, 2018 Abundant Simplicity True simplicity is about seeking first the Kingdom of God and rightly ordered desires, not just minimalism or hoarding, as Richard Foster reminds us to avoid soul-killing legalisms.

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June 15, 2018 Seeing the Bible Afresh The Spiritual Disciplines, remember, are meant to bring us into that rhythm, not burden us with more to do. There are ways to practice disciplines—like study—that are destructive and ways that are…

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April 20, 2018 Pray Without Ceasing Prayer without ceasing involves recognizing God's constant presence and turning our thoughts into prayers, as demonstrated by Brother Lawrence's practice of continual conversation with God.