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Advent 2012 – Week 2
So sure, hope is a great thing.
Sure, prophets speak and angels sing…
“Comfort… comfort my people.”
That’s all well and good. But brass-tacks reality insists we at least mention the high price exacted of those who bring hope into the earth. Look at how our carriers of hope have been dismissed, ridiculed, persecuted, and crucified.
What do we do about that? Continue reading
Don’t Waste Your Time Going to Church (part 2)
Today, we begin looking at the exercises that in aggregate, constitute the Sunday morning Christian experience. Looking at the word “liturgy,” we realize that what we’re doing is closer to going to a gym-for-the-soul, than it is to many of our understandings of “going to church.”
So have a listen. Today we talk about two exercises Christian people have been doing Sunday mornings for centuries; getting ready, and getting there (there’s more to it than you would think). Continue reading
The Ordered Life: Developing Self-Control (part 5)
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Tagged discernment, mortification, penance, sacrifice, self-control, soul-tending
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The Ancient Christian Practice of Spiritual Reading: "Lectio" (part 2)
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Tagged ancient spiritual paths, Christian Meditation, fasting, frugality, inner voice, lectio divina, peace, perseverance, prayer, quiet, sacrifice, solitude
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