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On Being A Peacemaker
Post Views = 2872 “Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God.” (Matthew 5:9) What does this mean? What does it mean to be a peacemaker in our world, in our country, in our community, in our family, in…
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Quotes on Love
Post Views = 3769 To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything and your heart will be wrung and possibly broken. If you want to make sure of keeping it intact you must give it to no one, not even an animal. Wrap it carefully round with hobbies and little luxuries; avoid all…
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Is Love Enough?
Post Views = 3470 What comes to mind when we think of love? Love-at-first-sight romance? Googly-eyes? An emotional high that makes the brain go out the window? Or perhaps we think of weakness. Being a doormat. Letting others walk all over us. Giving in instead of confronting. Accepting all and standing for nothing. Do we…
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Snow, and Love
Post Views = 3593 I’m sitting here enjoying a quiet house, a cup of coffee, a warm fireplace, and snow falling quickly outside my window. I love snow. There’s something about it that quiets my inner chatter, stops my built-in clock, and erases the to-do list I keep in my head. When it snows, peace…
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Touching God
Post Views = 4758 Where is God? How can I feel close to God? At the top of a mountain? In a rush of emotions? Caught up in music? Away from it all? Somewhere special? Every Sunday morning? When I enter a sanctuary? When I am good? When I am self-sacrificing? When I give up…
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A Prayer for 2016
Post Views = 2599 God of All, Change my heart. Take over the core of me. For the only way for powerful changes to happen in our world is for powerful changes to happen in me. May Your Truth and Love in me create change throughout the world, so that… …the hungry will have meals…