Faith

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Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see. (Hebrews 11:1 NIV) There is much we must take on faith. We have only this moment and must have faith that there will be another after it. Such is the way of life and death. But too so, … Read more

Cultivating Silence

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We seem so frightened today of being alone that we never let it happen…We choke the space with continuous music, chatter, and companionship to which we do not even listen. It is simply there to fill the vacuum. When the noise stops there is no inner music to take its place. – Ann Morrow Lindbergh … Read more

Love Your Neighbor

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For the entire law is fulfilled in keeping this one command: “Love your neighbor as yourself. (Galatians 5:14 NIV) This is not always an easy task. To love others as we do ourselves. Especially when many of us don’t love ourselves to begin with. Yet, picture a world where we all practice this simple scripture. … Read more

Fallow Ground

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Sow righteousness for yourselves, reap the fruit of unfailing love, and break up your fallow ground; for it is time to seek the Lord, until he comes and showers his righteousness on you. (Hosea 10:12 NIV) There are times when we need to break up our fallow, or unplowed, ground. Times when we have let … Read more

Still Small Voice

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11 The Lord said, “Go out and stand on the mountain in the presence of the Lord, for the Lord is about to pass by.” Then a great and powerful wind tore the mountains apart and shattered the rocks before the Lord, but the Lord was not in the wind. After the wind there was … Read more