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Devotions based on Finding Our Way Home by Mark McMinn Jesus offers us a better way that ultimately leads to greater peace and joy than any life plan we could devise on our own. The path to the abundant life He came to bring calls us to give up trying to engineer our own happiness…
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Devotions from Mark McMinn on Finding Our Way Home Forgiving and remembering often bring unanticipated blessings. One blessing is gratitude. A grateful life is one in which God is found everywhere. We embrace all of life: the good the bad, the joyful and the painful, the holy and not-so-holy. We become aware of God’s life,…
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One of the joys I have in this stage of my journey is to be working with the Benedictine Sisters at St. Scholatica in Duluth. The sisters found me through a fellow pilgrim. The longer I work in their spiritual direction program the more comfortable I am being on the team. I have been learning…
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Devotions from Mark McMinn’s book, Finding Our Way Home All of us have been wounded by others and we have done our share of wounding also. Some would tell us to forget about it, to put the past behind us. But the path to peace and forgiveness is not found through forgetting, but through remembering.…
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Devotions from Mark McMinn’s book, Finding Our Way Home Each of us is individually valued by God. God views us collectively but also individually as He knows and understands each of us. He knows every doubt, every longing, and every fear we have. He is not shocked by our behavior. Because He knows and understands…
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Devotions from Mark McMinn’s book, Finding Our Way Home God remembers us first, even before we can utter our first words or cry for help. He knows and cares about our struggles, celebrates our victories and grieves our sorrows and holds us in his arms of love. God knows us by name and chooses…
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Devotions from Mark McMinn’s book, Finding Our Way Home Spiritual remembering often gets lost with the routine of daily life. As we go to bed at night, we may find we forgot to remember God in the midst of our life’s daily demands. We can get caught up in schedules, expectations of others, without stopping…
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I am sure that most of the men who read this blog have had some quality time with family during this holiday season. I wonder how it has gone for each of you? We always joke about our family relationships during our wildman gatherings. This joking is really a reflection on the stress and even the pain…
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Today rather than thoughts from a book for a devotional , I just want to share a thought that came to me. On cold winter nights we gradually let the fire die before we go to bed so we don’t get too hot during the night. It use to be when I got up in…
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A blessed Christmas! It may not see that this devotional is appropriate for Christmas but perhaps it is since most of us will be with relatives and reviewing past experiences. Devotions from Mark McMinn’s book Finding Our Way Home Today’s devotional is on looking back. As we do that we begin to see patterns. Yesterday’s roles get…