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Experiencing the Divine
Our faith is based on our individual and other’s experiences with the Divine. Admittedly, there are those who claim our faith is also based on sacred writings and traditions (rituals), and some even include reasoning as an important element; but don’t the sacred texts and traditions of any faith come from the experiences others had with
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Experience the Joy of an Ordinary Life
Most people expect more out of life than God ever intended to put into it. That statement is based on one Willa Cather wrote about a character and her expectation of love. But it applies just as well to the way people think about life. We all seem to want more than we have, but is that the
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Are You and God BFF’s?
So, how well do you really know God? And, more importantly, how well does God know you? I mean really know you. In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus says there will be those “religious” people at the end of time who will talk about the many things they did in His name, but he will say to
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We Were Created to Enjoy Life and to Have Fun
by James Allen Nelson My favorite depiction of Jesus is the painting “Jesus Laughing.” He has his head tilted back, eyes partial closed, and his mouth open in what is obviously uproarious laughter. The painting reminds us that Jesus was human and that he enjoyed life to the fullest. If you can get past reading everything in