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Because You Say So
Simon answered, “Master, we worked hard all night and caught nothing! But at your word I will lower the nets.” Luke 5:5
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Competition and Calling
“I tell you the solemn truth, when you were young, you tied your clothes around you and went wherever you wanted, but when you are old, you will stretch out your hands, and others will tie you up and bring you where you do not want to go.” (Now Jesus said this to indicate clearly by what kind of death Peter was going to glorify God.) After he said this, Jesus told Peter, “Follow me.” Peter tur
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Shape-Shifting
“Mystique” is a shape-shifting character in the X-men comics and movies. She can transform into anyone by assuming all their physical characteristics. She is quite powerful but in the 2011 movie X-Men: First Class, there is a scene that depicts her struggles with her true identity.
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Is Google Your God?
We love Google. Enter a question and we are likely to find a host of answers. We have instant knowledge at our fingertips.
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Good and Great
I doubt. I don’t know about you, but I doubt God’s goodness and I doubt His ability. Typically it’s one or the other, but I doubt.
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Get in the Slow Lane
“If you can’t take the time to do nothing, you’re a slave to doing. Doing nothing is a radical, revolutionary act. It frees you from the universal slavery of our age; slavery to the clock. The clock measures doing but not being.” – Peter Kreeft
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Maundy Thursday and Necessary Endings
Today is Maundy Thursday, the Thursday before Easter, the evening that some churches celebrate the Last Supper Jesus had with his disciples. During the Last Supper (Luke 22, Matthew 26, Mark 14) Jesus celebrated the Passover (Exodus 12) and alluded to his betrayal and death. During the Last Supper Jesus also gave thanks for the bread, telling his disciples it is his body, broken for them, to eat in remembrance of him. He also takes the cup and tells them it is the new covenant of his blood, poured out for them. He speaks of death and remembrance. He tells them to remember him before he has even died, like…
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God in the Darkness
“The people kept their distance, but Moses drew near the thick darkness where God was.” Exodus 20:21 Distance. Darkness. God. But…
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Attentiveness (Last Thoughts)
French philosopher Blaise Pascal thought that inattention is the greatest enemy of the spiritual life. If inattention is a great enemy of the spiritual life then how do we learn to be more attentive?
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Attentiveness (Second Thoughts)
Continuous Partial Attention. The dominant attention paradigm. Did you even know that there were attention paradigms? I did not until I ran across this. Keep on reading and see if this sounds familiar.