There is a very real sense in which our relationship with our Trinitarian God is connected to the choices we make in life. That is true for all relationships. The quality of the relationship is connected to the choices we make. For example, we grow a closer relationship with God when we choose to followContinue reading “We can choose to have a vibrant relationship with God – Relationships: God, Part 6”
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How to hear from God (aka Practicing Watchful Prayer) – Colossians 4:2-6, Part 2
I once had a friend who talked a lot. I don’t know if it was because the person looked at me as a pastor, and thus assumed, wrongly, that it was my job to just listen to them express their struggles all the time. We would meet, sometimes for an hour or an hour andContinue reading “How to hear from God (aka Practicing Watchful Prayer) – Colossians 4:2-6, Part 2”
How TO wait during hard times [First Sunday of Advent, part 5]
In this series of posts on the Scripture readings for the First Sunday of Advent 2019, we’ve been learning how to wait during hard times. In the previous post about the fourth reading, Luke 21:25-36, we heard from Jesus how NOT to wait. Now we continue in that passage, and Jesus teaches the proper wayContinue reading “How TO wait during hard times [First Sunday of Advent, part 5]”
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