Category: Tour Guides and Pilgrims
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"Dear Lord, grant me the grace of wonder. Surprise me, amaze me, awe me in every crevice of Your universe. Delight me to see how Your Christ plays in ten thousand places, lovely in limbs, and lovely in eyes not His, to the Father through the features of men’s faces. Each day enrapture me with…
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Brian McLaren included an insightful poem by Archbishop Oscar Romero of El Salvador in his latest book The Secret Message of Jesus. Romero was a martyr– assassinated in 1980 for speaking up for God’s kingdom and justice. Here is the poem: A Future Not Our Own It helps, now and then, to step backand take…
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"They wander on earth and live in heaven, and although they are weak, they protect the world; they taste of peace in the midst of turmoil; they are poor, and yet they have all they want. They stand in suffering and remain in joy, they appear dead to all outward sense of life and lead…
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"There’s always a story," she said. "It’s all stories, really. The sun coming up every day is a story. Everything’s got a story in it. Change the story, change the world." Terry PratchettA Hat Full of Sky Being sick has a tendency to make me even more introspective than normal (which is saying something.) I…
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I once heard that Tony Campolo made this statement: "Love the sinner, hate your own sin." I love the way he puts it. The other adage (love the sinner, hate the sin) has obvious pitfalls, i.e. being judgmental. I find that we humans are not nearly as good at hating sin in ourselves as we…
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I took this list below from Shane Claiborne’s book, The Irresistible Revolution. It is something I have been contemplating lately. It describes a "movement of radical rebirth grounded in God’s love and drawing on the rich tradition of Christian practices that have long formed disciples in the simple way of Christ." They are calling it…
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OK, so it’s not China’s anniversary, it’s OUR anniversary (the Johnson family’s) –our FIRST year living in China. On August 22nd of last year we arrived here in China (Xining). (I am pretty sure that’s when our plane touched down at least, but my records are a little fuzzy around that time.) The 22nd is…
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I don’t make book recommendations very often…(OK, I make them all the time) but this one is a definite must-read. I just finished Shane Claiborne’s Irresistible Revolution: Living as an Ordinary Radical and it really left a profound impression upon my soul. I don’t want to build it up too much, but this book made…
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Do you ever get the sense that God is trying to tell you something? Perhaps there is a common theme in the stories you are hearing or the books you are reading. Perhaps you can see your life moving in a certain direction and you suddenly take notice. Perhaps in quiet moments your thoughts revolve…
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“God loves you and has a difficult plan for your life.”Mark Galli – Jesus Mean and Wild I like this quote. It sums up a way of looking at the Christian life that I’ve believed in for some time now. God’s love for us is amazing, but if we submit to that love and delve…
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