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Devotions from Stephen Smith’s book, Soul Custody Are we doing more but living less? Making a living but not having a life? Annie Dillard said, “How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives” Everyone who feels more dead than alive, more tired than energized, more burned out than motivated is…
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Devotions from Brennan Mannings book, The Rabbi’s Heartbeat The words of Beatrice Beuteau, “God’s love is not conditional. We cannot do anything to deserve God’s love-for which reason it is called grace; and we need not do anything to provoke it. It is already there. Any love that is going to be salvific must be…
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Devotions by Brennan Manning’s book, The Rabbi’s Heartbeat “Keep your own death before your eyes each day”, said Saint Benedict. In our society today there is a refusal to view life in light of eternity. There is a denial of death and a fantasy of invincibility. Some find it too painful to consider separation from…
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John Cole in an article published in the “Journal of Spiritual Formation and Soul Care” warns Christians about falling into “moral tempation.” He defines moral temptation as “the attempt to deal with our spiritual failure, guilt and shame by means of spiritual efforts, by attempting to perfect one’s self in the power of the self.” …
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Devotions from Brennan Manning’s book The Rabbi’s Heartbeat The author said, “Genuine faith leads to knowing the love of God, to confessing Jesus as Lord, and to being transformed by what we know.” If we want to know what a person really believes, we don’t just listen to what he says, we watch what he…
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Devotions based on Brennan Manning’s book, The Rabbi’s Heaertbeat The author said when we lack a lively awareness of our core identity as His child, it is easy to become enslaved to the approval and disapproval of others. Much of our day can be spent placating and pleasing people, and their opinions can hold a…
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Devotions based on Brennan Manning’s book, The Rabbi’s Heartbeat It is one thing to discover a treasure but another to claim it as our own through determination and effort. So often in our lives get so fascinated with the trophies of this world that is passing away…pursuit of money, pleasure, power etc. Whatever it is,…
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Devotions from Brennan Manning’s book, The Rabbi’s Heartbeat How often do we shut the Lord out of our lives? Maybe we enjoy some things alone to exclude Him or to hug certain experiences and relationships to ourselves. It may not consist of the denial of a personal God, but rather we grow inattentive to His…
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Devotions based on Brennan Manning’s book, The Rabbi’s Heartbeat As Christians we have the resurrection power at work in us. This power enables us to accept pain and to discover that we are not alone. It helps us to stand fast in our present circumstances and grow as a result. Even when tragedy alters our…
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Yesterday I went for a walk to the Point for a time of reflectionby the Lake. On the way home I noticed a road sign that showed the winding road and curves ahead. I thought how great it would be if our journey was like that and we could know what is ahead. But of…