open-eyed, clear seeing, tooth and nail. The call to consciousness rings throughout the scriptures and in the season of advent and Christmas the wake-up call is sounded loud and
the temple. The Parthenon (literally the virgin’s place) was the temple to Athena on the acropolis in Athens. In the New Testament virgin is used to depict the host of the redeemed in Revelation and to refer to the church as the bride of Christ. But by far the most frequent use of ...
When we are centred in God and have our priorities right, we'll be healed of this 'asthma'. Prayer will still be mingled with loud crying and tears, and there will still be travail and struggle, but it won't be a ritual any longer. It will be a delight and a joy. How Not to...
Striving to live the life that God intended for me, by praying, and seeking to use the inspiration handed down, by those who struggled and made their way to Heaven and the Lord...those declared saints of our Holy Mother Church.
No Jewish prayer books may be brought to the site and no one non-Muslim may pray out loud there. In a recent expansion of “religious freedom,” a judge ruled that a Jewish man had the religious freedom to pray quietly there, as long as there was no outward sign...
A Prayer Before Dating Posted onDecember 24, 2015 Today, a good friend posted a surprising quote from her Christmas Eve church service: “Lord, touch us where we need to be touched.” Amen to that!!! I mean, that’s almost exactly, word-for-word, the prayer I say before each date....
PRAYER FOCUS: The Persecuted Church Every so often we find a picture, or a video, that captures thousands of words. This is one of those times. The video is entitled, “A Letter from the People of the Cross to ISIS”. It’s a little over three minutes in length. ...
It’s been a gift. I’ve been at parties with my family in Ireland, we’ve had family chats, writer’s group, prayer meetings, church services, after church fellowship, and I’ve attended some wonderful conferences and workshops. Having said that, Zoom fatigue is a thing. There are days...
Everything to God in prayer! Have we trials and temptations? Is there trouble anywhere? We should never be discouraged— Take it to the Lord in prayer. Can we find a friend so faithful, Who will all our sorrows share? Jesus knows our every weakness; ...
I felt powerless, and even in prayer, I had to fall back on wordless groans. Surrender often looks like this: releasing our child into the arms of strangers — nurses, anesthesiologists, surgeons. If you’ve ever had a child go through a medical procedure, you know how hard it is to ...