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25Jul/20

Practicality

July 25, 2020Memory Lane, Random Thoughts, Things I Read SomewhereGod, Love, Relationships, Seeking, Seeking God, Self-Care, Self-ExaminationMichael

The trouble with this viewpoint is that it seeks to benefit from faith without putting any work into it. It looks for safety, it looks for rescue and the salvation from eternal damnation, rather than a relationship with God. It is purely practical.

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24Jul/20

Civil Rights Era in the SW Remembered by a Child

July 24, 2020Guest WritersCathleen Carlisle

I was born during the Civil Rights era. Too young to live it, old enough to read about it and know I was a piece of it. Living in the southwest inRead More…

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19Jul/20

Eating Our Weedies

July 19, 2020SermonsForgiveness, Justification, Salvation, Sanctification, Self-Examination, Self-Justification, SinMichael

Lectionary Readings – 7th Sunday after Pentecost Since I grew up in northern Alaska, I have never spent much time farming, nor have I seen much in the way of wheat whenRead More…

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15Jul/20

Not an Empty Platitude, from a Crunchy Granola

July 15, 2020Guest WritersDeepa

[Mike’s Note: In case you’re wondering, Deepa reads through most of my entries before I publish them. So if you happen to think some of them are any good, it’s because ofRead More…

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13Jul/20

Dismissive

July 13, 2020Daily Office ReflectionsJudging, Others, Self-ExaminationMichael

Daily Office Readings – Old Testament ( Joshua 2:1-14 ) Today the Old Testament passage was about the two spies that Joshua sent into Jericho and their interaction with the prostitute Rahab.Read More…

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11Jul/20

Pinch Me

July 11, 2020Things I Read SomewhereJudging, Judgment, Rest, Self-Care, Self-ExaminationMichael

Some old men came to see Abba Poemen, and said to him: Tell us, when we see brothers dozing during the sacred office, should we pinch them so they will stay awake?Read More…

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06Jul/20

Do As I Say

July 6, 2020Daily Office ReflectionsChristianity, Father, Religion, Religious Titles, Self-Examination, Self-JustificationMichael

Daily Office Readings – Gospel ( Matthew 23:1-12 ) [Today’s entry is less of a full-fledged thought and more of a compilation of separate thoughts on different portions of the scripture, moreRead More…

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