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The Kingdom of God is God’s Kingdom…Not My Own
This morning the following poem came from my daily MinEmergent Email and it so captures my view on my work as a Pastor and Servant of God. This piece really has both lifted me up today, given my new perspective, … Continue reading
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What will ya have? Success or Fruitfulness?
There is a great difference between successfulness and fruitfulness. Success comes from strength, control, and respectability… Fruits, however, come from weakness and vulnerability. And fruits are unique… what brings us true joy is not successfulness but fruitfulness. Henri Nouwen
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The Strategic Importance of Forgiveness
Once the willingness to forgive is abandoned, the raison-d-etre[reason to be/for being] of the Christian fellowship is lost. The society of the forgiven has no meaning if those who are forgiven are themselves unforgiving. (Block segment mine) RVG Tasker Commentary … Continue reading
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Quotable Quote/Tweetable Tweet for June 20, 2011
It is ironic that the business world is so far ahead of religious organizations when it comes to teams. From a theological perspective, team approaches should be a natural for religious groups… What was the first thing Jesus did in … Continue reading
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Quoteable Quote/Tweetable Tweet, June 14, 2011
I wonder what we Christians are known for in the world outside our churches. Are we known as critics, consumers, copiers, condemners of culture? I’m afraid so. Why aren’t we known as cultivators-people who tend and nourish what is best … Continue reading
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Quotable Quote/Tweetable Tweet for May 31, 2011
“Conscious, careful, selection of those activities, situations, or people to whom we’ll devote attention is all that separates centered, serene people from harried men and women.” Karen Casey and Martha Vanceburg
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Real Freedom
“Your true identity is as a child of God.” Henri J.M. Nouwen The Inner Voice of Love
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Henri Nouwen “Two Loves”
Quotable Quote/Tweetable Tweet for March 14, 2011 All our struggles in relationships are connected with what I like to call the relationship between the ‘first love’ and the ‘second love’. The first love is from God, who loved us before … Continue reading
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Joan Chittister “Lent is not a ritual.”
Quotable quote/Tweetable Tweet for March 10, 2011 “Lent requires me, as a Christian, to stop for a while, to reflect again on what is going on in me. I am challenged again to decide whether I, myself, do truly believe … Continue reading
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Blake Coffee “Trust as the Means of Healing”
A quotable quote/tweetable tweet for March 8, 2011 “…when you must speak the truth in love to me, you must first remove all doubts in my mind about your motives. You must convince me that you have my best interests at heart. You must … Continue reading
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