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It would be just like him

The God of the Bible looks like Jesus, the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of his being. It would be just like him to go to the cross.

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Practicing Our Scales

Imagine if our walk with Christ, representing his kingdom in the world, were as practiced and pure as Hania Rani’s fingers on the piano keys.

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Rescue

I practice the spiritual discipline of rescuing earthworms on paved surfaces. It's a reminder to me that I can pause what I'm doing, get a little dirty, and help. Also, that I've been given the responsibility to care.

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Your Roots Are Showing

The life that I bring to the world can only be found in my attachment to Christ. His presence with me is essential.

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Connection

I live in a U.S. county with traffic problems. It's a peninsula, and what's not swamp land has been developed. Building new roads is difficult and expensive. Making things worse, roads that could connect don't.

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More than a producer

Humans are more than machines.

Machines employed for maximum productivity don't need to discover themselves, try to understand others, or enjoy their creator.

Humans do.

#LifeWithGodTogether

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Discipline

First, prepare your heart.

“The unprepared heart cannot see the outstretched hand of Grace.”
— adapted from Alexander Fleming
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A Liturgy of Love

During a pandemic, washing your hands is a spiritual act of love.

As the world tries to deal with the COVID-19 coronavirus, I’m reminded of this liturgy of love. Love (agape) is a willful love. It’s charitable love—caritas. This is the love Jesus calls us to practice when we’re commanded to:

  • Love ourselves

  • Love one another

  • Love our neighbor

  • Love our enemies.

Agape love is the way of God’s kingdom.

What is this liturgy I am reminded of?

It’s the spiritual practice of washing our hands.

Whenever we wash our hands to rid them of bacteria and viruses, we are participating in an act of love that resists the spread of illness, even death. It can have a multiplying effect that saves family, friend, and foe alike.

So, when you wash your hands, see this time as a liturgy of love. And pray an extended prayer as you wash for an extended time. In this sacred act, you will be giving a gift of love to the whole world.

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