God and Nature, Part I

December 15, 2009

     All of us connect to God in different ways. It could be through the service of others or through music.  But for many of us it is through a connection with His creation.  I have known for some time now that I am drawn to God through creation, and that no matter what is [...]

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A Moment with Moltmann

December 14, 2009

     The Creator of God and free man
“The first promise which we hear from the Bible about man is his creation in the image of God.  What is meant by this, and what does it mean today? “God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him.” (Gen. 1:27).  This [...]

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Distorted Images

December 4, 2009

     I don’t know about you, but I many times think about who I am intended by God to be.  The scripture tells us of how we were made in the image of God and shows us how far from that likeness that we have gone.  It speaks about how we have been pulled and [...]

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Hiding Places

November 12, 2009

     Our Pastor recently spoke about the beatitudes and included the portion right afterwards where Jesus talks about not “hiding our light under a basket”. It got me to thinking about the many ways and places that we as people hide who we are, and in the process minimize God’s light that shows through us.
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From Within Her Cell: Thoughts and Prayers of Catherine of Siena

October 20, 2009

August 16, 1379 At Rome
     “Eternal Godhead, break my body so that I may be able to see the truth– for now my memory cannot encompass you, nor my understanding comprehend you, nor my affection love you as I ought.  Oh divine nature you raise the dead and you alone give life.  You choose to [...]

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A Moment With Moltmann

October 15, 2009

 Our Hope
     “If Christians think about the basis of their hope, about the “human reign of the Son of Man,” then these two ways, of the “great refusal” and the numerous forms of accommodation, become marginal phenomena.  The basis of Christian hope lies in faith in the crucified Son of Man.  It is in him [...]

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