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Comment on Monday Margarita by Chris

Chris — Tue, 21 May 2013 20:13:26 +0000

I will. Thank you.

Comment on Monday Margarita by msmonet63

msmonet63 — Tue, 21 May 2013 03:13:16 +0000

Good for you! You have ministered to your folks and ministering to yourself. Blessings to you. Pray for those in Oklahoma!

Comment on Nancy Is My Pastor by Everyday Superstars | As the Deer

Everyday Superstars | As the Deer — Fri, 17 May 2013 22:54:06 +0000

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Comment on Among the Trees by Chris

Chris — Fri, 17 May 2013 20:40:26 +0000

True :^)

Comment on Among the Trees by David

David — Fri, 17 May 2013 13:29:28 +0000

Technically, that would be autodefenestration, I think. And Lord knows it’s tempting….

Comment on Bible Break by Chris

Chris — Fri, 17 May 2013 12:17:15 +0000

What was that guy’s name in the Matrix? Mr Smith, I think.

In Bible study guides it depends on how questions are written. The writers for IVP studies are good at open, inductive questions. And you are always free to ask your own questions too.

Comment on Bible Break by mike

mike — Fri, 17 May 2013 10:01:00 +0000

It just seems to me that following a study guide is akin to ‘leading the witness’ in a court of Law. It would be a self serving/self promoting circular loop of thinking for those asking the questions, never allowing one to ‘break out of the box’,so to speak, and be a free thinker and seeker.

Thats a sad but true commentary on parish clergy.
You might be a non-entity to those wearing suits and ties in the Matrix, but your a Freedom fighter to us out here in cyberland,Chris.

Comment on Bible Break by Chris

Chris — Thu, 16 May 2013 14:00:26 +0000

A benefit in using a Bible study guide with questions to answer is that the questions compel you to slow down and listen to the text, or rather, listen to what the living Voice is saying through the text.

In my observation, parish clergy are so consumed with keeping the operations of church going that they do not have time or space to be still before God. A benefit to my being a nobody, a non-entity, in the Presbyterian and Methodist systems is that I have space to be still before God and wait for God.

Comment on Bible Break by mike

mike — Thu, 16 May 2013 10:55:49 +0000

This reminds me of a story something I recently read about a pastor who went on a silent retreat. The ‘guest master’ (a nun) repeatedly asked him to contemplate while there on “what do you need from God?”. He wrote that at first he thought this was only a waste of time since he could’nt think of anything inparticular that he needed,never-the-less he followed the instructions. I cant remember the specific details but He says that before he left he had something of an awakening revelation due to the sister’s insistence on the specific query.

Comment on Among the Trees by mike

mike — Wed, 15 May 2013 04:21:09 +0000

Wow…thats a great shot,Chris. I can just imagine being crouched down low way back in amongst those trees as the sound of falling rain hits the leaves…Talk about Oneness!