Living with Depression: Love is Impatient?

August 8, 2011

A wife living with a depressed husband is a woman living with depression.  It may not be hers, but she is living with it all the same.  Similarly, children living with a depressed mom are living with depression.  It’s true that a person contemplating suicide greatly minimizes the wreckage that will be created in the [...]

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Old Fashioned Hymn: Simple, But Profound

June 1, 2011

He Leadeth Me by Joseph Gilmore (music by William B. Bradbury)   He leadeth me! O blessed thought! O words with heav’nly comfort fraught! Whate’er I do, where’er I be, Still ’tis God’s hand that leadeth me! He leadeth me, He leadeth me! By His own hand he leadeth me: His faithful foll’wer I would [...]

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How to Pray a Blessing Upon Your Children

March 10, 2011

Here is a prayer to read out loud from your heart when you don’t know how to pray for your kids. It was written by Jeremy Taylor: Bless my children with healthy bodies, with good minds, with the graces and gifts of your Spirit, with sweet dispositions and holy habits, and sanctify them throughout their [...]

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Biblical Quotes for Lent: Reflections on Ash Wednesday

March 10, 2011

Yesterday was Ash Wednesday and the first day of Lent.  Up until recent years I never paid any attention to the Christian tradition of Lent.  Lent is the 40 days leading up to Easter when Christians around the world celebrate the resurrection of Jesus from the dead.  Lent begins with Ash Wednesday in order to [...]

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Augustine’s Prayer of Thoughtful Wonder: “To Praise You is Our Souls’ Delight”

February 24, 2011

Augustine shows us how to pray when we feel God’s presence and when we don’t: O Lord in whom all things live, who commanded us to seek you, who are always ready to be found: to know you is life, to serve you is freedom, to praise you is our souls’ delight We bless you [...]

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A Prayer Asking God to Live in Us

February 22, 2011

This is a prayer from the Book of Hours in the 16th century: God be in my head, and in my  understanding; God be in my eyes, and in my looking; God be in my mouth, and in my speaking; God be in my heart, and in my thinking; God be in my end, and [...]

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Pre Marriage Counseling and How to Pray for Fewer Symptoms of Stress

February 15, 2011

Why Pre Marital Counseling? Couples will work for years to save for a house before they get married.  Couples will spend thousands of dollars and even more hours to have the “special” wedding of their dreams.  Knowing that couples in love are willing to put in the time and energy needed to build a life [...]

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How to Pray: That We May Cleave to Thee Without Parting

February 8, 2011

Anselm teaches us how to pray with the prayer that has been on the lips of Christians for many centuries: Grant, Lord God, that we may cleave to thee without parting, worship Thee without wearying, serve Thee without failing, faithfully seek Thee, happily find Thee, and forever possess Thee, the one only God, blessed for [...]

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Poem: A Confusing Promise

January 28, 2011

Inspired by Psalm 57:1-2 while reflecting on the sudden death of a man in his thirties, a brother to a friend of mine. I turned and saw the sweetness of living Bright faces gathered around the table, Summoning me to dinner Summoning me to life. I turned again and saw the pain, A man swept [...]

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Christian Dream Interpretations: What is the Meaning of a Dream?

December 6, 2010

Dream Interpretations Christian and General:  What Do Dreams Mean? Many people are fascinated and curious about the meaning of their dreams.  But what to Christian dream interpretations look like. When it comes to dream interpretations, christian insight and wisdom about one’s inner life are keys that unlock some fascinating doors. As far back as ancient [...]

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