spiritual disciplines
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Being church in a new world
It’s been said, people don’t resist change, people resist being changed. Change is fine when I initiate and control it, or it’s okay when I participate in its natural, slow evolution. Sudden change that’s beyond my control is a different matter. That lesson was reinforced last week when Sheryl and I learned a favorite restaurant Continue reading
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The top eight ways to hear God
I’ve often wanted to have a conversation with my twenty-something-year-old self, to share some wisdom from this end of my lifespan and to offer guidance to make his life not necessarily easier but more fulfilling. Some things I’d share, my younger self could never imagine. So I wonder about the wisdom I cannot imagine today Continue reading
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The Sauntering Pilgrim 