Speaking to the Soul: Saints
June 17, 2015
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On Sunday evenings I like to stop outside the JingAn Kerry Center in Shanghai to watch the dogs and the people. Affluent Shanghainese from all over
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Speaking to the Soul: Jesus calms the storm
June 16, 2015
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No astronomer’s telescope or psychiatrist’s couch has ever found a storm that could not be calmed by the love of Christ. His peace awaits us, safe on the shore… only a prayer away.
Speaking to the Soul: Judging or Blessing
June 15, 2015
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Knowing that the things we hate in others are also the things we hate in ourselves can help us develop compassion both for them and for ourselves. If you have been judgmental like Eli, then do what he did and stop judging others. Instead of judgment, offer a blessing instead.
Speaking to the Soul: Heaven Under Our Feet
June 14, 2015
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As we walk by faith, not by sight, we may feel that we have been set down in desolate spots at times. Then the morning comes, and we behold the wonders of heaven, right beneath our feet.
Speaking to the Soul: By Whose Authority
June 13, 2015
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Jesus wasn’t running across the street or from next door, but he was challenging authority, or, at least, people who felt they had the authority to call him to heel when it came to teaching, preaching, and passing on the good news.
Speaking to the Soul: The Earth Produces of Itself
June 12, 2015
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No matter how much we arrange, we micro-manage, and we attempt to suit ourselves, the seed of the gospel still sprouts where it will, and the rich earth of faith we have been given will produce of itself.
Speaking to the Soul: Second Chances
June 11, 2015
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Barnabas, whose name means “Son of Encouragement”, takes up Paul’s cause. Recounting the story of Paul’s encounter with Jesus on the road to Damascus, he invites Christ’s disciples to see this person they have hated with different eyes. He asks them to take a risk and believe Paul has truly changed, has come to follow Jesus. Because Barnabas is so very convincing, they do.
Speaking to the Soul: The Number of the Gods
June 10, 2015
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Today’s first reading imagines a universe in which all of us can live alongside people of other faiths. Is “monotheism” more about loving fidelity than about acknowledging the existence of one and only one god?
Speaking to the Soul: The Mustard Seed
June 9, 2015
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If we live to return God’s love, he will surely bring the growth and the greatness… not the single season kind, but the eternal kind… blooming in God’s perennial garden, watered by the saving blood of Christ.
Speaking to the Soul: In Print v. In Person
June 8, 2015
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How different was Paul in person than on paper? What about us?
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