Archive for July 2009

Worship – help me out….

July 27, 2009

I am producing some pages for our website that will explain who we are. One of the pages will be about our worship. After preaching a short series on the Liturgy, I have been thinking about it a lot. I hope you have to. Here is what I have written so far:
 
 
At the heart of [...]

Fireworks Update!!!

July 18, 2009

The Annual Madness is over for another year. The material is put away in storage, left over fireworks have been returned, and the money has been deposited. Fireworks chairman, Rick Wulbern, did a great job this year in coordinating it all. Thanks to all you loyal members who once again endured the heat and helped [...]

Is this true?

July 11, 2009

N. Graham Standish writes in Discovering the Narrow Path: A Guide to Spiritual Balance,
         “Whether you sense it or not, God is continually calling you to deepen your faith. Through the Holy Spirit, God continually nudges you to open your heart to God’s Wisdom, love, and grace. In addition, God is constantly talking to you [...]

Thoughts on prayer

July 7, 2009

I am reading the book, Addiction & Grace by author, Gerald May. He is a psychiatrist and a spiritual counselor/teacher who has written many fine books about the spiritual life. In this book, Dr. May writes:
            “From a psychoanalytic perspective, one could say we displace our longing for God upon other things; we cathect them instead [...]

ANNOUNCEMENT-LEARNING SUPPERS

July 3, 2009

First of all, I confess that I stole this idea off of another blog. The English priest who blogs at www.elizaphanian.blogspot.com does something he calls learning suppers. I do not know for sure what he does at a Learning Supper, but I have taken the idea and have decided to use it.
Starting on August 2, [...]

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