‘”Honor everyone, and never do to another what you would not want done to yourself,” we read in the Rule. “Love your neighbor as yourself,” we read in the Gospel.’ This quote from page 84 of A Good Neighbor is a summery of what it is to live in community. To be a neighbor, toContinue reading “A Good Neighbor: Benedict’s Guide to Community by Robert Benson”
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Lead me in your path…
To you, O Lord, I lift up my soul. O my God, in you I trust; let me not be put to shame; let not my enemies exult over me. Indeed, none who wait for you shall be put to shame; they shall be ashamed who are wantonly treacherous. Make me to know your ways, O Lord; teach me your paths. Lead meContinue reading “Lead me in your path…”
Creating a team covenant
Originally posted on Surface To Soul:
Vibrant Faith Ministries has a ritual of regularly recites our mission statement and the following covenant at our weekly meetings. This 60 second agenda item reminds team members how we intend to treat one another as we fulfill our mission. It provides a foundation for describing what is appropriate…
Can faith save you?
What good is it, my brothers and sisters, if you say you have faith but do not have works? Can faith save you? If a brother or sister is naked and lacks daily food, and one of you says to them, “Go in peace; keep warm and eat your fill,” and yet you do notContinue reading “Can faith save you?”
God in the Alley by Greg Paul
“However, these stories of my friends reveal a peculiar paradox: I am more likely to find Jesus revealed to me and through me in weakness than in strength, sinfulness than in purity, or doubt than in perfect faithfulness.” Greg Paul takes you on a ride through the streets of Toronto to meet and see Jesus.Continue reading “God in the Alley by Greg Paul”
Hold Fast
A long time afterward, when the Lord had given rest to Israel from all their surrounding enemies, and Joshua was old and well advanced in years, Joshua summoned all Israel, its elders and heads, its judges and officers, and said to them, “I am now old and well advanced in years.And you have seen all that the Lord your God has done toContinue reading “Hold Fast”
Fairy tales…
“Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten.” – C. K. Chesterton
faithful is He…
You shall say to them, Thus says the Lord: When people fall, do they not get up again? If they go astray, do they not turn back? Why then has this people turned away in perpetual backsliding? They have held fast to deceit, they have refused to return. I have given heed and listened, but they do not speak honestly; no one repents ofContinue reading “faithful is He…”
wonderfully made…
Your hands have made and fashioned me; give me understanding that I may learn your commandments. Those who fear you shall see me and rejoice, because I have hoped in your word. I know, O Lord, that your rules are righteous, and that in faithfulness you have afflicted me. Let your steadfast love comfort me according to your promise to your servant. Let your mercy come to me, thatContinue reading “wonderfully made…”
Piece of the puzzle…
After this the Lord appointed seventy others and sent them on ahead of him in pairs to every town and place where he himself intended to go. He said to them, ‘The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; therefore ask the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest. GoContinue reading “Piece of the puzzle…”
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