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Start All Over Again
A man of character finds a special attractiveness in difficulty, since it is only by coming to grips with difficulty that he can realize his potential. — Charles de Gaulle Nothing’s impossible I have found,For when my chin is on the ground,I pick myself up. Dust myself off. Start all over again.Don’t lose your confidence…
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Surprised by Hope (N.T. Wright)
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The God Who Works in You
All mankind is one volume. When one man dies, one chapter is torn out of the book and translated into a better language. And every chapter must be so translated. God employs several translators. Some pieces are translated by age, some by sickness, some by war, some by justice. But God’s hand shall bind up…
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Hold Fast
Let us hold fast the confession of our faith without wavering, for He who promised is faithful. And let us consider one another in order to stir up love and good works, not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some, but exhorting one another, and so much the more as you…
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Invest and Grow
Christ understood that being a “disciple” was in innermost and deepest harmony with what He said about himself. Christ claimed to be the way and the truth and the life. For this reason, he could never be satisfied with adherents who accepted his teaching. … His whole life on earth, from beginning to end, was…
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A Merry Heart
When a man sits with a pretty girl for an hour, it seems like a minute. But let him sit on a hot stove for a minute—and it’s longer than any hour. That’s relativity. — Alfred Einstein (explaining relativity) In the Baroque period (c. 1600 – 1750) the liturgy used to include what was called…
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Missing the Mark
Missing the Mark Throughout Scripture, we see “sin” identified in a variety of ways, including moral failure, law-breaking, poor spiritual hygiene, character flaws, a fatal disease, and a sinister slave-driver. Where sin is defined as “missing the mark,” Scripture implies the mark we’re aiming at may be morality, holiness, faith and faithfulness, love of God and each…
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Created for Unity
Every man possesses an inner chamber. Inside every human being there exists a bedchamber that only the Husband has access to. It’s a place created for love, an inner paradise. It’s the wine chamber spoken of in the Song of Solomon. — Ernesto Cardenal It must be understood that it is the duty of all…
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Still, We Preach
Each man will judge himself. Gathered there together will be those we met and helped. Also present will be those we scorned and denied. There will be no need to call for witnesses, because our own life will be there as evidence of what we did. No other charge–apart from a lack of Love—will be…
