Jesus tells us in Matthew 22 that the first and greatest commandment is to love the Lord with all of our heart, soul, and mind. When Jesus was making this declaration, He was making reference to the Shema which all of His listeners in the day were completely familiar with. Hear, O Israel. The Lord […]
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The first weekend of March Madness is now over. This is a great time of year where millions of people fill out brackets to declare who they think will be the National Champion of College Basketball. It is a fun time of year, with buzzer beaters and upsets along the way. If you filled out
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When Jesus came to earth, he made the invisible realities of the kingdom of God fully visible. We acknowledge this in the Nicene Creed in this way: We believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ, the only Son of God, God from God, light from light, true God from true God, begotten, not made, of one
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Are you self aware? Sometimes I am but I know at times I am not and I can definitely develop blind spots. Self-awareness is a popular concept in mental health. Dictionary.com defines self-awareness in this way: conscious knowledge of one’s own character, feelings, motives, and desires. In the previous post, we began to explore the Prayer of Examen and we stopped at Step 3 of the
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Doesn’t the title of this post seem strange? Is it really necessary to categorize gratitude as a discipline? Shouldn’t gratitude be a natural, heartfelt response toward what we have been blessed with or experienced? In some respects, that is true. Webster defines gratitude as being in a “state of thanksgiving”. Often we are placed in
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