Category: Life
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Compassion asks us to go where it hurts
Compassion asks us to go where it hurts, to enter into the places of pain, to share in brokenness, fear, confusion, and anguish. Compassion challenges us to cry out with those in misery, to mourn with those who are lonely, to weep with those in tears. Compassion requires us to be weak with the weak,…
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The Commission
“Sit, walk, or run. Just don’t wobble” (Zen saying) If there is a true definition of commission, it is summed up in the name of Jesus! What ELSE can a person do, than fulfill what John 3:16 says? Can any person give more than the physical life of him? The answer may seem obvious, but…
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Visio Divina
Visio divina invites the viewer into “divine seeing.” Visio divina shares roots with the ancient practice of lectio divina. (Lectio divina calls for a slow, careful interaction with scripture through meditation and prayer, allowing a word or phrase to rise in one’s consciousness, a holy word to be savored and examined.) Similarly, visio divina invites…