Thoughts on John Wesley, UMC, life, faith, and anything else!
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The Point is Love
Jesus’ command to love hasn’t escaped my notice. When asked what the greatest commandment was, Jesus agreed that it was to love God with all our heart, mind, soul and strength and to love our neighbor as ourselves. It seems so clear, yet, I find it difficult. As I spend time with the spiritual masters…
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Well, There’s Only One Way to Find Out…
Found this link about a particle accelerator project that is being sued on the grounds that it could destroy the planet. I have no idea if it will or not, but I would think these are pretty good grounds. Although, how does one prove it will not destroy the planet????
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You Can Help
As some of you know, I’m in the midst of a Doctoral program through Asbury Theological Seminary. If for some reason you would like to help me out, one way would be to use my Amazon Store whenever you want to order from Amazon. It really does help! If you go to the "UMSource" section,…
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Paper Finished!
Over the past month I’ve been researching and writing a paper for one of my D.Min classes. I’m happy to report I sent it in today! Wow. Finally. I’ve discovered that I like the research much more than that writing. I guess I also need to find someone to read through my papers and help…
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Sleep Experiment update: Advice from Wesley
It was about 30 days ago that I decided to begin getting up early. For 30 days now my alarm has gone off and I have gotten up without getting back into bed. I find I enjoy my times in the morning, although I am finding this time change thing a bit difficult. As I…
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Revisiting Holiness part 3
This is the third in a series of posts about holiness. First post||Second Post For a long time, holiness was a negative term for me because I always saw it as restrictive, difficult, and ineffective to the goals I had for my spiritual life. I wanted joy and I wanted love. Actually, I didn’t really…