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Speaking to the Soul: We can be heroes

August 12, 2016 1 Comment

by Leslie Scoopmire Hebrews 11:29-12:2 In the epistle passage for this Sunday, the author of the Letter to the Hebrews lists numerous heroes in

Speaking to the Soul: Seeing What’s Not There

July 31, 2016 No Comments

By focusing on the poor and the marginalized — as well we should — have we become blind to the needs of the rich and isolated?

Speaking to the Soul: Who do you love?

July 26, 2016 1 Comment

by Leslie Scoopmire Luke 12:13-21 In one of my favorite movies, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, there’s a pivotal scene involving Ferris’s friend Cameron finally venting

Speaking to the Soul: Carry On and Keep Praying

July 24, 2016 No Comments

Jesus’s message about prayer is less about the words, “Our father… hallowed be… thy kingdom… give us… forgive us…” It is much more about this: You already know how to do it.

Speaking to the Soul: To Do or Not To Do

July 17, 2016 No Comments

To do something or Not to do something… That is the question

Speaking to the Soul: Go and do likewise

July 5, 2016 3 Comments

We have all been each of the four people in the story—including the man who had been beaten, robbed, and left for dead by robbers and by the passersby.

Speaking to the Soul: The Elijah Method of Spiritual Renewal

June 19, 2016 No Comments

God never fails to help and govern those whom he has set upon the sure foundation of his lovingkindness

Speaking to the Soul: Carrying On

June 12, 2016 3 Comments

But sometimes He is just the God of carrying on. It’s the work of the saints, and of sinners like us. It is the heroic work of following Jesus to bear our scars and to carry on.