Category: Speaking to the Soul

The Trinity is the Heresy

“The doctrine of The Trinity arose out of a need to say what was true and what was not true about Jesus, who he was, what kind of being he was.”

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A Fire at a Royal Wedding

“What they got was like an electric shock going through the congregation, or maybe it was a jolt from the Holy Spirit, showing up early for Pentecost and deciding to make this wedding day something completely different and unforgettable.”

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The Venerable Bede

“I have devoted my energies to the study of the scriptures, observing monastic discipline, and singing the daily services in church; study, teaching, and writing have always been my delight.”

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Becoming an Infant

“I set aside my wisdom and my intellect to rest in the newness of a fresh beginning, a brand new moment with God.”

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The Pull of Love

“We are captured in the pull of love, and it holds us with the force that cannot be broken, knit together by the fingers of God.”

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The Feast of Weeks, Pentecost

“We believe the Holy Spirit teaches us, counsels us when we stray, comforts us when we are in sorrow, and revealing the Holy One to us when we are overcome with faith or beauty.”

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Bible Idioms

“So, go! Go! You are sent the same as any other disciple to forgive and to join all humanity into the freedom economy of God which leaves no one behind.”

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The Girl, the Woman, and the Sandwich

“…both were the recipients of gifts from God through Jesus even though they were two separate individuals who probably never met, and the only thing they had in common was that they both were in dire straits.”

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Endurance

“When Jesus calls for mercy rather than sacrifice he calls us into a state of being. Instead of giving a thing that moth and rust can destroy, he asks us to give our attention and focus; to use our energy to show mercy rather than to judge.”

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