Category Archives: Holy Spirit
The Return
It’s funny: I’ve had this blog title floating around in my head for months now. I thought the title was going to be referring to my return to Meeting for Worship after my hip surgery. It’s not, though: it’s about … Continue reading
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Pondering Tattoos and Jesus
I’ve been meaning to write a blog post about a weighty topic, such as Integrity or Solitude, but what’s been going through my mind recently is, on the surface, more superficial: I’ve been pondering getting two tattoos when I turn … Continue reading
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Jesus as the Way
I wrote this in my real journal last night and feel inclined to share it: I’ve been almost plagued with confusion over whether I’m a Christian or not. It just seems like one of those questions one should know the … Continue reading
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Unity
I sometimes think God gets a really big kick out of proving me wrong. I’m starting to get a kick out of being proven wrong, too: because being wrong is a great reminder that I don’t know everything and still … Continue reading
Filed under Holy Spirit, meeting for business, quakerism, third haven
“Faith Journey”
Let us do our God-given duties. Let us wage our God-sanctioned wars. Let us scorn those God calls scornful. Let us never ask what for. But in the silence, there is a glimmer. And in the glimmer, there lies a … Continue reading
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Living Faith
“Come, Lord Jesus, be our guest, and let thy gifts to us be blessed.” Every Sunday at family dinner with my in-laws, I’ve been saying this prayer along with everyone else before we eat. A couple of days ago, it … Continue reading
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Immersion
The image of the morning sun in a dewdrop is not less than the sun. The reflection of life in your soul is not less than life. The dewdrop mirrors the light because it is one with the light, and … Continue reading
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Light
As I went to raise the shades this morning, my eyes burned from the light that seeped through. Knowing that the light would not burn when the shade was raised, I raised it. This seems to me an apt metaphor … Continue reading
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That of God
I received a phone call this morning from my stepsister, who was calling to respond to an IM I sent her about a week ago asking if she’d gotten my email. It turns out she hadn’t. Temptation rose high in … Continue reading
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Filed under compassion, convergence, different faiths, discernment, faith, family, God, Holy Spirit, in-laws, inspirations, leadings, love, obedience, quakerism, speak and listen with love, submission
Leadings, Part 2
The first time I used the term leading to describe something I felt God had called me to do during Meeting for Worship was back in November. I had just convinced Rob to let me spend $20 to buy some … Continue reading
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