Tag: God
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Seeking a Relationship with God, the Source of Living Water
“Everyone needs thirty minutes of prayer a day, except when they are busy. Then they need an hour.” -St. Francis de Sales I felt the Holy Spirit stirring me to write about a devotion I listened to earlier this week. For the Lenten season, I’m participating in the Hallow’s Lent Pray40 Community Prayer Challenge for…
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Practicing the Fruits of the Spirit: A Book Reflection
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law. Galatians 5:22-23, NIV I came across the book, Neuroscience and the Fruit of the Spirit, and the title intrigued me. Bryan Spoon edifies how our brain is literally wired towards God.…
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Be Careful Not to Quell the Creativity
“Truly I tell you, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.” Matthew 18:3 I don’t want to take the context away from this Gospel story by pulling just this verse out, but the phrase “become like little children” resonated with me. In the passage, Jesus uses…
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A Guide to Finding a Spiritual Director
Spiritual Direction 101 First, what is a Spiritual Director? It is someone who helps you in your spiritual life. They will help you get closer in your relationship with the Divine, or help you increase in your spirituality. Each person is born unique in the image of God, but there are times when society and…
