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Thoughts from the Road: Created in Violence
We are created in violenceBirthed in painOur only constantsConflict and struggleWhat can we possibly Ever know of nonviolenceWhen even our peace is achievedWithin storms turbulentEnough to alterThe landscape of our lives
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Thoughts from the Road: Purifying Change
Since mid-March, I’ve been traveling across the country. I hit the road after selling my home in Southern Arizona. There were no immediate thoughts on where to pitch my tent next, so I decided to roam a bit and see where the Spirit led. Before Covid-19, I thought I’d travel abroad for a few months to a year. But even…
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Real Estate: Self-Representation
I had to stop and ask myself, “Who does their advice benefit?” Then more specifically, “How does this advice benefit me?”
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Kingdom of Heaven (ACAD: Matthew 20)
“You do not know what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I am about to drink?” They said to him, “We are able.” He said to them, “You will indeed drink my cup, but to sit at my right hand and at my left, this is not mine to grant, but it is for those…
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Kingdom of Heaven (ACAD: Matthew 25)
“Then the kingdom of heaven will be like this. Ten bridesmaids took their lamps and went to meet the bridegroom. Five of them were foolish, and five were wise. When the foolish took their lamps, they took no oil with them; but the wise took flasks of oil with their lamps. As the bridegroom was delayed, all of them became…
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Kingdom of Heaven (ACAD: Matthew 23)
Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you cross sea and land to make a single convert, and you make the new convert twice as much a child of hell as yourselves.
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Kingdom of Heaven (ACAD: Matthew 22)
When Jesus had finished saying these things, he left Galilee and went to the region of Judea beyond the Jordan. Large crowds followed him, and he cured them there. Some Pharisees came to him, and to test him they asked, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his for any cause?” He answered, “Have you not read that the…
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Kingdom of Heaven (ACAD: Matthew 19)
“There is only one who is good. If you wish to enter into life, keep the commandments.”
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Kingdom of Heaven (ACAD: Matthew 18)
“If another member of the church sins against you, go and point out the fault when the two of you are alone. If the member listens to you, you have regained that one. But if you are not listened to, take one or two others along with you, so that every word may be confirmed by the evidence of two…
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Kingdom of Heaven (ACAD: Matthew 16)
“You of little faith, why are you talking about having no bread? Do you still not perceive? Do you not remember the five loaves for the five thousand, and how many baskets you gathered? Or the seven loaves for the four thousand, and how many baskets you gathered? How could you fail to perceive that I was not speaking about…
