Category Archives: Spiritual Formation

Five Axioms: #2 and 3

  #2 – It is easier to ask forgiveness than permission This axiom gets me into trouble more often than not. My problem is that I tire of going through the moves because that’s the routine or whatever. I will … Continue reading

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Five Axioms

I recently completed a graduate class in leadership and mentoring. It was a great class, but because of time constraints and cost, I opted to audit the class. One of the tasks that I did not participate in was an … Continue reading

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Facing Temptation – A Sermon

This is a sermon I preached on the Facing UP series at St-Marc’s. We usually do a study series during Lent that the entire church is invited to participate in. To do this, we have had a light “lenten lunch … Continue reading

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Some thoughts on the Trinity

We were having a discussion at a study last week on the topic of the trinity. This is an area that I’ve wrestled with a few times, trying to make some sense of it. I thought I’d put some of … Continue reading

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Oh, you can’t do that in France…

  A friend shared an interesting thing that happened to her. She took her daughter to preschool (Maternelle) the other day, and stayed with her for a while. Her daughter asked her to draw a picture for her, and said … Continue reading

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Where is God when it hurts?

Here is a sermon that I preached at two of the churches I’m working with. There is a lot more here than what I actually preached, but I think it says most of what I wanted to say about the … Continue reading

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$3 Worth, Please

Submitted for your consideration… Dona found this a while back, but I think it serves a “retweet,” as it were. "I would like to buy $3 worth of God, please – not enough to explode my soul or disturb my … Continue reading

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The Faces of Jesus

If the world is sane, then Jesus is mad as a hatter and the Last Supper is the Mad Tea Party. The world says, “Mind your own business,” and Jesus says, “There is no such thing as your own business.” … Continue reading

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A Thought for Advent Season

When the Word was made flesh, genuine identification occurred, not the empty posturing of a salesman or a politician out to make a quick sale or get a vote. The Word was made flesh in the scandalous guise of an … Continue reading

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Our November Newsletter

Here is the online addition of our November newsletter. News_11_09 Technorati Tags: France,Kingdom,Spiritual Formation

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