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February 19, 2011

Thoughts on Physical and Spiritual Discipline

It is a beautiful sunny day here in Oregon, which is a nice change from the cold and rain we have been experiencing since what seems like forever. Earlier in the day I sat down to write my post for today, but I couldn’t think...

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February 16, 2011

Liberating Restrictions

This past Sunday was our last sermon in a 4-sermon series by Chris Nye. It was another great sermon. Again, nothing new that I didn’t know, but he said it in a different way that I thought was worth sharing. I want to be clear...

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February 15, 2011

Meaningless – A Poem

This is a short poem that I wrote in my journal in 2004. It expresses how I still feel today about my life and my God. Meaningless Without God EVERYTHING is meaningless, meaningless, without meaning Without God my comings and goings my work and toil,...

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February 14, 2011

Take My Life – I Am in Awe

Last week, I was listening to Jeremy Camp’s CD “Stay” in my car all week. It is his debut CD from 2002, and it’s one of my favorites. When I listen to my iPod in the house, I usually put it on shuffle and so...

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February 13, 2011

Psalm 37 – Wait Patiently for the Lord

Today is our last Sunday of Chris Nye’s 4-week series on finding Jesus in the Psalms. The Psalm reading for today is from Psalm 37. I’ve actually written on this Psalm once before in a post called Don’t Fret, but I decided to post the...

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February 12, 2011

Humbly Rejoicing in God-Given Talents

A couple of weeks ago I wrote a post about The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis and what I had learned from that book about prayer habits. At that time I wrote that I had discovered a number of things in this book that would...

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February 10, 2011

Benediction – A Poem

At the end of every service, our pastor gives the benediction. I never thought about what this word meant before, but when I used an online translator and tried to translate the word “blessing” into French, the resulting translation was “bènèdiction.” So I decided that...

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February 9, 2011

Pride Is the Chief Cause of Our Woes

I heard an awesome sermon in church last Sunday. There was nothing in the sermon that I didn’t know already. It was a presentation of the Gospel. But somehow it seemed so wonderous and new, like I was hearing it for the first time. Part...

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February 8, 2011

Outside Square One – A Poem

I wrote the first part of this poem in July 1996 in my journal. I was looking back at some of my old poetry, most of which is quite depressing. Not surprising since I was quite depressed at the time I wrote it. But as...

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February 7, 2011

A New Experience – Taizé

Last Friday night, I attended a Taizé prayer service at a local college chapel. I had never been to one before. It was a wonderfully meditative experience, spending an entire one hour service devoted to simply praying and listening to God. So you may wonder why...

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