Posts Tagged ‘devotional’

New Habits for High-Tech Hearts (Ruth Barton)

Sunday, February 7th, 2010

I really enjoyed this article. It describes ways Christians can focus and control their use of technology so that it doesn’t overwhelm their spiritual lives:

New Habits for High-Tech Hearts – Online Magazine Archives – NavPress.

Freedom of Simplicity

Friday, November 27th, 2009

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Freedom of Simplicity, by Richard Foster

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What Would Jesus Do? He Would Do Your Job

Friday, November 13th, 2009

I’ve been reading The Divine Conspiracy by Dallas Willard. This evening I read this:

If he [Jesus] were to come today as he did then [working as a carpenter in Nazareth], he could carry out his mission through most any decent and useful occupation. He could be a clerk or accountant in a hardware store, a computer technician, or construction worker. He could run a housecleaning service or repair automobiles.

In other words, if he were to come today he could very well do what you do.

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Poem: The Gate of the Year

Saturday, July 11th, 2009

by Minnie Louise Haskins

I said to the man who stood at the gate of the year,
“Give me a light that I may tread safely into the unknown.”

And he replied, “Go into the darkness and put your hand into the hand of God.
That shall be to you better than light and safer than a known way!”

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Are You Snow or Hail?

Friday, November 7th, 2008

High in the atmosphere, in a turbulent mixing of moist air with frigid winds, little crystals begin to grow around small particles of dust. As they grow outward like spokes, they form symmetrical shapes that we call snowflakes. These snowflakes gently tumble to the ground, covering it with a white blanket that insulates and protects plants and even certain animals from the icy winds of winter.

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