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One of the continual struggles for us men is the sense that we don’t measure up spiritually. We get down on ourselves and impatient in our desire to change for the better. It is difficult to accept that we are deeply flawed. We simply will not change as fast as we would like. God has…
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Devotions from Henri Nouwen’s book, The Inner Voice of Love Henri talks about setting boundaries to our love. When people show us their boundaries by saying they can’t do something for us, we may feel rejected. We would rather they showed us love, care, and giving without limit. But we also can’t keep giving to…
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Devotions from Henri Nouwen’s book, The Inner Voice of Love There are many times we don’t “feel” God’s love and may instead feel very empty as Henri did. We may try to find our fulfillment in the world with pleasures, distractions, fantasies etc. but this only causes us to leave the true ROCK of our…
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Devotions from Henri Nouwen’s book, The Inner Voice of Love We need to be attentive to the inner voice so we can experience new life in freedom and joy. We must stop seeing ourselves through the eyes of others whom we try desperately to please. They can not give us our identity and we must…
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Devotions from Henri Nouwen’s book The Voice of Love Devotions these next days will be taken from Henri’s book written in the darkest time of his life when he lost his self-esteem, his energy to live and work, his sense of being loved, and even his hope in God. He came face to face with…
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Devotions taken from Ruth Haley Barton In our lives we all need to take time for what is most important. As I read an e-mail from Ruth Barton it was a good reminder. “It you attempt to act and do for others or for the world without deepening your own self-understanding, freedom, integrity and capacity…
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Devotions from Margaret Silf’s book, At Sea With God We are all on a journey that we might envision as a circular journey, like a voyage around the world of our own unique circumstances. This voyage seems to keep on returning us to its beginnings. Our choices help determine whether our personal spiral is leading…
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A couple of weeks ago, Judy and I were with our three adult children, their spouses and children in Kansas City for three days. It was the first time our children’s families have been together for at least three years. Of course, for Judy and I it was a wonderful experience. For many families this can…
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Devotions from Margaret Silf’s book, At Sea With God Do you ever feel like you’re stuck and not going any where, like being adrift on the sea? It could be that we are stopped in our tracks by illness or injury or we’ve lost our vision and sense of direction. Or maybe we feel like…
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Devotions from Margaret Silf’s book, At Sea With God As we voyage on the sea of life, we may be hit by storm-force winds that surprise us and challenge us. We can never really be prepared for them. They can be an unexpected turn of events that demands a radical rearrangement of our lives, or…