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Inheritance
There is a hat that I wear sometimes when it’s sunny. Its green cloth is faded from many days in the sun. It’s not much to look at really, but it holds a certain sentimental value for me. It belonged to my grandfather. It’s a small piece of Him that I inherited when he passed.…
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Overflowing Hearts
Today I went to pray in the ruins of a church building perched on a mountain side with a sweeping view of the Mediterranean. Fallen into disuse its now empty and where windows and doors once were only gaping holes with eroding concrete edges remain. Its walls once reverberating with the sounds of worship are…
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Sweating Blood
Christ in the garden of gethsemane prayed under such duress that the Bible records he began to sweat and it was “as drops of blood”. Many scholars take this literally because in cases of severe duress people can literally sweat blood. Prayer is meant to be a place where we meet with God, but sometimes…
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Where to begin ?
When one begins to pray where does one start ? Children might say something like “Dear God…” as if they were sending a letter to God. I often say something like “lord” and then begin by bringing my requests to God. Jesus however taugh his deciples to refer to God in their prayers as “Father”…
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