Sep 19, 2007

Yesterday morning I was really lost in prayer – I was just caught up in that discussion with Bill, the Mother Teresa book, a Bible passage I had been reading, upcoming date on the calendar and just trying to sort it all out. In the course of being lost to myself I was lost to where [...]

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Sep 17, 2007

Since that providential meeting with the homeless man in San Francisco (Doug) my life has become even more radically different and I honestly don’t know what to make of it.
I have begun reading the book Mother Teresa: Come Be My Light that contains her personal letters and notes that reveal a side of Mother Teresa that [...]

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The Song of God

As I was reading The Magician’s Nephew I was contemplating Aslan singing. I remember lamenting to myself how I wish I could hear the song of God like the cast of characters did in the book. Surely it must be more beautiful than what my imagination provided. As Aslan sung creation sprung up about the Golden Lion and life took [...]

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Seeing the Crucified Christ

Last night in our prayer meeting, the prophetic word stirred in my heart. In short version: I shared with the brothers that were there that the partaking of the Lord’s Supper was not having effect in the church today. The holiest of the sacraments is profaned as people are treating that which is holy and sanctified as [...]

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I Spat in His Face

I suppose I will just flat confess, I am in a depth of confusion that I have not experienced before. May be confusion isn’t the right word since I know the battle is spiritual, but perhaps vexed or confounded might be more appropriate.
I began in a recovery support group over the weekend and have heard [...]

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Hippie-Christiantity

The Lord has been doing something fantastic in my heart. It is very real and has come upon me on its own as I have literally taken God up on His Word “Seek and you will Find” In my open use of the terms contemplative and mystic I feel I need to define these terms [...]

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Pursuit of Joy

For those who missed the Time article it is online at
 http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1655415,00.html 
I was thinking about the Time article on Mother Theresa and I was greatly encouraged by it after first being disturbed by it. It can be said that in this life the spirit can experience the joys of Heaven, while the soul lives in the [...]

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The Great Divide of the Heart

Scripture: 1 Samuel 22
Reading: Abandonment to Divine Providence Book I Chapter II Section XI
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Here is one of my life lessons:
When I quit giving and started expecting, my joy was lost and I started giving out of pride and ambition in that I sowed to the wind and in turn reaped the whirl-wind. [...]

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The Treacherous Climb

Scripture: 1 Samuel 21
Reading: Abandonment to Divine Providence Book I Chapter II Section IX
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In the valley of fear and despair are the feet of the mountains that must be climbed to achieve the sumitt of the deeper life. It is in the valley and foot hills where one must learn the skill [...]

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Dying to Live

Scripture: 1 Samuel 19-20
Reading: Abandonment to Divine Providence Book I Chapter II Section IX
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I have often time thought to myself in worship, O that I could write songs like David or preach like Paul. The thought has occured to me, “would you live the life of David to be able to write [...]

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