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Christianity
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Reflections on Christmas: From the Gospel of Luke
In my women’s bible study that I’m leading this year, we are going through the gospel of Luke. The Bible contains four accounts of the life of Jesus (called “gospels” – meaning “good news”): Matthew, Mark, Luke and John — and while there are a lot of similarities between them, each account was written with…
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Merry Christmas to my #Rheum-Mates
For some reason my favorite Christmas song has always been It Came Upon a Midnight Clear. I’m not really sure why I liked it. I think because it had a serious message and just a bit of a different sound than other Christmas songs. The scene where the angels appear to the shepherds is also…
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Quote Unquote
Prompt: Quote Unquote. Grab your favorite quote or a new quote from any of the many favorite quotation sites and get inspired! For lack of time, I’m going to let this quote stand on its own. You can leave your own comments 🙂 “Can a mortal ask questions which God finds unanswerable? Quite certainly, I…
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Inspiration from Others
Prompt: A comment as a blog post. Pick someone else’s post (from the past or from today) and write a comment to them. Write that comment as your blog post for today. Link back to them to let them know you were inspired. I want to dedicate this post to a new friend of mine,…
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Fruit of the Spirit: Gentleness
Our bible study group has decided to take some time to look at the so-called “fruit of the spirit” as listed in the book of Galatians – and to study each one of these fruits, evaluating the prevalence of each in our own lives. I hope to be able to share parts of my study…
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Why Does God Let Bad Things Happen to Good People?
**This is something I put together my first year of college. Although it is not a perfect or complete answer, I think this serves as a good starting point for a response to the so-called “problem of evil”. My intent was to give those questioning the goodness of God based on the pain and suffering…
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My Favorite Poem
The following poem is one that I learned my first year of college, in my Literature class, I assume. It immediately struck me and I have since deemed it my favorite poem–so, naturally I wanted to share it with you. I think it is a beautiful literary expression of God’s love for us and perhaps…
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Fruit of the Spirit: Faithfulness
Our bible study group has decided to take some time to look at the so-called “fruit of the spirit” as listed in the book of Galatians – and to study each one of these fruits, evaluating the prevalence of each in our own lives. I hope to be able to share parts of my study…
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Creationism – A Creative Writing Exercise
I recently found this poem in my old school archives, from my creative writing class in college. I still kind of liked it, so I thought I’d share! Creationism A summer sunset Across the horizon spread An artist’s palette Evidence of God’s design Swaying ocean tides, With the moon’s gravity rise, Back and forth at…
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Fruit of the Spirit: Kindness & Goodness
Our bible study group has decided to take some time to look at the so-called “fruit of the spirit” as listed in the book of Galatians – and to study each one of these fruits, evaluating the prevalence of each in our own lives. I hope to be able to share parts of my study…
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