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Continue reading →: Growing Anyway: Maturing In Christ Even When Church FaltersDiscipleship is, at its core, a lifelong journey of becoming more like Jesus—learning his ways, embodying his teachings, and participating in his ministry of reconciliation. It’s not something we can outsource to our church leaders, nor is it something that happens passively by osmosis. While the gathered church is an…
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Continue reading →: Last In LineJesus said, “The last will be first.”Hearing this a disciple ran to the back of the line.He waited there forever.
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Continue reading →: Christian Art: I Am The ResurrectionSister Mary Grace Thul (1935-2024) I AM the Resurrection, 2021
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Continue reading →: Christian Art: Prepared for the TombStation XIV: Prepared for the Tomb Gwyneth Leech 2005
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Continue reading →: Christian Art: The Last PrayerThis expressionist piece portrays Jesus Christ on the cross, accompanied by a bird—both figures engaged in prayer. The composition emphasizes spiritual introspection and unity between human and nature. About the Artist Adel Al-Abbasi, born in Manama, Bahrain in 1964, is a self-taught artist with a background in mechanical engineering and business…
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Continue reading →: Buddhism, Christianity, and the Common Struggle with DesireIt struck me recently, when reading Buddhist teaching about the five desires (of wealth, fame, food, sleep, and sex) just how much overlap there is with the seven deadly sins from Christian tradition. We’ve named them differently (greed, pride, gluttony, sloth, lust, and so on) but the heartbeat behind them…
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Continue reading →: Following a God Who Feels: Divine Tears, Anger, Joy, and LoveYou know, something that has long struck me about God, especially as revealed through Jesus, is just how deeply emotional he is. We don’t always talk about that. Sometimes we picture God as distant or stoic, always composed, kind of hovering above it all. But when you really sit with…
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Continue reading →: Inner Strength: A ReflectionWhen I was young I thought of strength as something outward, something that could be measured in terms of force, endurance, or sheer willpower. Strength, as the world often defines it, is loud. It is unyielding. It refuses to bend. But the more I walk this journey of faith, the…
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