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Pray like Frank
I pray several different ways. Some days I use no format others I feel lost and lean into the structure of “The Lords Prayer” to keep myself on point with what I want to cover in my life. Though some times I need to have a reminder of how I want to live my life…
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10 ways the Bible Sneaks in!
Have you ever said “The blind leading the blind” or “the writing is on the wall”? Did you know that they originated from the Bible? Yes, there are numerous idioms and phrases that come from the Bible. Here are 10 examples, along with the Bible verses they are derived from: So next time you utter…
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Good Friday
Think of a time when you disappointed yourself. I’m talking that dark place you hide away from the world. It’s made of the stuff that you don’t want to admit exists in others let alone in yourself. It’s dark and tar like and sticks to you no mater what you do. It can cause that…
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Thursday and bread
Bread, Bread, bread. 250 times over it is mentioned in the Bible! It is nourishment, sacrifice, generosity, and spiritual connection. It has even more themes too. From ancient times to now we still use the reference to break bread meaning to have a meal together. The ancient Greeks used the breaking of bread as a…
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Going to church is not manly! It’s submissive
Could you spend a night in the company of hungry lions? Could you suffer for others? Willingly have nails driven though you hands to do so? Be flogged and whipped and forgive the person having it done at the same moment? Stand up to a man that everyone knows will likely end your life. Walk…
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Doors, the closing, the opening and the infinite
When I was younger, I really enjoyed the band, “The Doors”. What I really enjoyed was thinking along the lines of consciousness explored in their songs. It was really an introduction to understanding of perception and consciousness as their name comes from and Aldous Huxley quote about the doors of perception which he took from…
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Irony smacking me in the face! Thanks for the reminder Lord!
So yesterday’s post was a post about the 1st and 2nd commandments. Which depends on your denomination but here’s what I’m referring too: I won’t go into the different numbering schemes, or the whole debate over what should or should not be combined. Suffice it to say that there are denominations that believe the first…
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Hurry! The bus is coming!
Yesterday we walked out of the house to take the kids to the bus and to our surprise the bus drove by our driveway. Although the bus always drives by and turns around and comes and gets the kids on our side of the road, we were surprised to see that it came so early.…