Category: Unity
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Give Us Us Free!
Let me begin this post by declaring that contrary to some beliefs, one person cannot speak for their entire race, group, or culture. As we all know there are innumerable diversities at work in every individual and my comments with regard to the subject of race, religion, culture, or any other category under which one…
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A View From the Mountain
I can honestly say that I don’t know if I would even be a Christian if it were not for Martin Luther King Jr. Even though I was raised with the Bible and church, MLK Jr. was the greatest example of Christianity that I have known in modern times. He lived out his calling and…
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And Then Comes Spring
In the winter season, it is easy to forget that in spite of gray skies and lifeless looking trees, there is something wonderful happening. Life is begetting life even when we cannot see it. The same is true for the winters of our souls. In each of our lives we experience seasons. Things grow, blossom,…
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You Can Only Go One Way At A Time
I would have to say that in my experience, the hardest vocation one can take upon himself or herself in this world is that of loving God completely. Of course, I tell myself that I love God and God’s ways. Daily, I crucify (figuratively) myself in my mind in an effort to see just where…
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S.A.D. – Sadness, Anger, and Desire
I spent the whole week of January 9, 2011 in Glastonbury Abbey, a Benedictine monastery in Hingham, MA. It was part of a class I was taking for my Masters of Divinity program at Andover Newton Theological School. Before entering, I had to do my best to empty myself of all expectations and desires for my time…
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The Foolishness and Weakness of God
On my knees in the prayer room at Andover Newton Theological School where I am attending seminary, I admitted to God how weak and poor in spirit I was. I am praying for the strength of mind, body, and soul so that I will be able to complete the six papers I have due in the…
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Know That You Are Loved
It takes nothing more than a little faith and a willingness to accept that the we are all a part of Love’s Mystery. We don’t need to understand it to receive it. God Loved us into Being. This means that we are not only objects of Love, our fundamental nature is a project of Love.…
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“I” Does Not Exist
Recently, I have had more than one person express to me that they were uncertain of their own existence. There is a 40 year age gap between the youngest and the oldest person, so I can only assume that this idea is something that more people are contemplating . Since being asked the question, I…
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Road Trip With God, DMX, and 23 Bottles of Water – Full Circle
There’s no way I can completely explain to someone who is “uninitiated”, the things that were ministered to me for the next 19 hours because as it says in 1 Corinthians 2, “ Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, nor have entered into the heart of man the things which God has prepared for those who love Him.” …
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Sometimes Words Aren’t Enough
Ever since we returned from Hawaii, I have been trying to put our experience into the perfect words for this blog. After struggling for weeks, I finally surrendered to the fact that I can’t and embraced that I’ll just have to do the best that I can. Words are funny things. They can be used…
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