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Thursday, June 15, 2006. Dazzlement and Shadow :. To talk about interior light is to talk about interior darkness. Just as the shadow defines the object illuminated, so the emerging light of Christ demarcates the unknown regions that lie within. The temptation of dazzlement is to believe that the light and darkness are outside of us rather than within. Extrinsic illumination is powerless to bring about change; real change occurs from the inside out. In the story, Jesus asks Peter to put his boat "out i...
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Monday, December 05, 2005. Midlife, Work and the Call of the Wild :. More often than not, a crisis of livelihood confronts us at midlife. In light of the passing of time, we begin to question the meaning of our work. Does it fit us well? Are we stressed out over it, and why? We will hear a call in midlife surrounding vocation. Will it be the distracting call of God urging us to health and faith or the destructive call of social myth? Posted by MSJ at 8:02 AM. Selections from Dazzling and Divine.
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Monday, December 05, 2005. Other "Faithnet" Sites :. I get a steady trickle of inquiries regarding the resources available on Faithnet.org. Occasionally, someone stumbles across our site while attempting to access other sites that they merely remember as "Faithnet something.". Partnered with ABC News, Beliefnet. Where is the Belief-O-Matic? Compared to Faithnet.org, Beliefnet has much deeper pockets (like the Mariana Trench. I like to think of Beliefnet as the religion section at the public library with ...
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Sunday, September 25, 2005. Making a Place in the World :. Five years later, I discerned that God was calling me to leave. Not only did I leave this place, but I gave up having a place of my own while I finished an internship in counseling. The crisis of adjustment for my family was stressful. I now have a deeper appreciation for the difficulty the invited guest had in leaving a field to go to God's party. Our life’s story is the account of our finding our place in the world. Jesus told the story of...
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Friday, July 28, 2006. Dazzlement and Awe :. Only that which is greater than us can awe us. Peter was frightened by what Jesus knew. Perhaps he thought, "If Jesus knows what is in the sea, then he knows what is in me! It was a fear of the unknown depths and of the God who knows what is down there that engulfed Peter with awe. The same Peter who was astonished at what Jesus could surface from the depths of the sea is also the Peter who saw the transfiguration of Jesus on the mountain top. Dazzlement ...
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Thursday, February 16, 2006. Christ is Calling :. The journey of Christ waits for us. Those who keep journals of their reflections often observe a thread that runs through various entries. Christ continually leads the way if we are open to follow. How can we keep from being distracted from Christ? Jesus said, "Take my yoke upon you and learn from me." The yoke is designed for two. Christ invites us to be yokefellows, to journey with God. The journey is not about the destination, it is about t...Right in ...
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Tuesday, March 28, 2006. Prayer of Distraction :. My prayer for today is that no thing will have such brilliance as Christ,. That no interruption will seem as a discontinuity, but rather a leading of the Spirit,. That no memory will seem as a wound, but as a reminder of God’s healing,. That no fear will seem as a fortress against hope, but as an occasion for God’s deliverance,. That no attraction will seem as an allurement from righteousness, but as a celebration of the beauty of God’s creation,.
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Sunday, September 25, 2005. Making a Place in the World :. Five years later, I discerned that God was calling me to leave. Not only did I leave this place, but I gave up having a place of my own while I finished an internship in counseling. The crisis of adjustment for my family was stressful. I now have a deeper appreciation for the difficulty the invited guest had in leaving a field to go to God's party. Our life’s story is the account of our finding our place in the world. Jesus told the story of...
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Wednesday, December 07, 2005. Advent, Sex and Transformation :. Innocent faces gathered on the stairs of the sanctuary podium, spellbound as he carried the figurines of a woman and man making their way to a little village in the night. This woman was pregnant, he told them. Their eyes darted and bodies shifted uneasily. I wonder if this influences the way we Christians are so conflicted about sexuality? Could our anxiety about sex be about this divine wild card? Dare you, this Advent, to invite God to en...