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Scriptio: Navigating With Love
What do you do when you have been afraid of the same thing for forty years? What if that thing is a person? What if that person is someone you love? One of, if not my biggest, spiritual struggles, is discerning the answer to these very questions. I pray almost daily for God to…
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Oratio: Stand In Silence
Make your standin silenceallow the Lord’sgood worksto be your voicethough your enemiesmay assail youspewing hatredgossip and slanderstand strongin the Lorddo not be movedto either defenseor retaliation ~Robert Van Valkenburgh
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Lectio: The Furnace Of Transformation
“Solitude is the furnace in which the transformation from our false, compulsive self is transformed into the new self of Jesus Christ. It is from this transformed or converted self that real ministry flows.” ~Henri Nouwen
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Scriptio: He Means It
When I took my daughter and her cousins to the playground a few days ago, I let them play for about an hour and a half while I read my book on the bench. They were having a good time with each other, just being kids, and I was having a good time watching…
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Oratio: Out Of Darkness
By the grace of GodI will not live in darknessthrough his mercyI will bring my shameto lightI will bring my angerto lightI will bring my fearsto lightI will bring my temptationsto lightand in the light of the Lordin His truthand His lovethe evil one has no powerover who I am ~Robert Van Valkenburgh
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Lectio: Weeping And Mourning
Very truly I tell you, you will weep and mourn while the world rejoices. You will grieve, but your grief will turn to joy. ~John 16:20
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Scriptio: My Ego Is A Raging Storm
My ego is a raging storm that I cannot control. The harder I try, the more it overwhelms me. There are brief moments when it seems like I have tamed it, when it appears as if I have held the rains and winds at bay. But then the calm subsides, the storm overtake me,…
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Oratio: Inconvenient Love
We are not asked to loveit is not a mere suggestionwe are commanded to loveto love Godto love our neighborsto love our enemiesto pray for thosewho persecute usto forgive our fellowsseventy times seven timesthis is not convenient loveit is the hardest love to giveit comes with no worldly rewardnot even prideful satisfactionin fact –…
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Lectio: What The Lord Requires
“And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God.” ~Micah 6:8
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Scriptio: Letting Her Love Me
My wife and I have been married for over fifteen years and it has taken the entirety of those fifteen years just to begin to learn how to let someone love me. I thank God for the fact that she is not only faithful, but persistent. She has never given up on me and…