Category: Growing
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Courtroom
Today is the second day of lent, not advent, as I mistakenly wrote yesterday! Thank all of you who took the time to point it out, and I hope you take the time to read it. I am growing in grace. “And Pilate asked him, “Are you the King of the Jews?” And he answered…
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Sowing in the Spirit
Living Under the Shadow of the Gospel “ Do not be deceived: God is not mocked, for whatever one sows, that will he also reap. For the one who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption, but the one who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life.…
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Fruit of the Spirit
Living under the shadow of the Gospel “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law. And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.If we live by the Spirit, let us also keep…
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Recovery
It is a sunny and warm morning in Bushmills, and I just had my fill, with pancakes, smoky bacon and maple syrup! The place is perfect, and I can see that already it is becoming busy and being honest I don’t think I can eat anymore. I am not a breakfast person, but this was…
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Being anxious
I must confess that I have never been that concern with following Lent as preparation for Easter. Still, this year is different, so I got a couple of books on Lent, and one of them, written by Walter Brueggemann, Way Other Than Our Own, has encouraged me. Taking a familiar passage from Matthew 6, “And which of…