Thoughts on John Wesley, UMC, life, faith, and anything else!
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Different Strokes
I keep forgetting that in a church there are various types of individuals. There are some, who seeing the church as they would any other organization, will take part in its programs, its committees and other activities even though, they don’t understand the deeper issues of being sent or that Jesus calls them. There are…
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Contemplative Reading
I’m not sure who this woman is, but she has done a wonderful job describing the process of spiritual or contemplative reading. Her blog post is here. Here is an excerpt: Many have referred to Lectio Divina as an ancient art. It begins with listening deeply with “the ear of our hearts” as St. Benedict…
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Snow Daze
Well, I’m sitting here and we are getting like a foot of snow. They have blizzard warnings out and my kids have been home from school and they have already canceled school for tomorrow. The bad thing is, I tend not to get a lot done when this happens. I was able to get my…
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IMified
Right now I’m posting from a tool called IMified. It allows me to post to my blog by using a chat client. I know this will change the way I do things | | hopefully, this is a new line (but I don’t know for sure). The formatting probably leaves something to be desired and…
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Paper Time
I really enjoyed my last class….and now it is time to do the paper. I’m not sure why, but I always question myself as I write it. I’m never sure what the professor wants. Then I catch myself and decide, it doesn’t matter what the professor wants, the important thing is what I’ve learned and…
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GTD and Me
It’s been a while since I’ve posted here. I’ve been so busy trying to get stuff up at UMSource that I haven’t posted here. At first, I just thought I had too much to do, but now I think there is another reason. Basically I keep getting confused on the purpose of the two sites.…