Category: A Transformed Life

Today is the Autumnal Equinox… Happy first day of Fall! For those of us who live in Pennsylvania, today will be another day of heavy rain and the eventual flooding, which has been plaquing the neighborhood for a couple of days. My basement is sound, but my roof is another matter. You see, my roof…
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In currently working through a bible study with women in the Washington County Correctional Facility, I asked God to show us something special, and he did. The study is entitled “Breaking Free-The Stories, The Journey”,(updated version Beth Moore 2009). On Day four of Week 2, God gave me a word for us.  This week the…
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This week , the 4th week of Advent centers on Love. God’s Love for us through the advent of Jesus Christ, Y’eshua, Isa al Masih, is the act by which our lives and this world can be transformed to something new, lovely, joyous and whole.  December 7th this year, would have been my brothers’ 66th…
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Spiritual food can be found in many forms. According to Anglicans, which I proudly admit that I am now one, the Eucharist is the optime of spiritual food, which is true. Not the transubstantiation kind of Eucharist, but the mystery of the presence of Christ kind of cuisine. (What’s that you say, Theology right off the bat?)

Today in the Anglican liturgy, psalms 37 is highlighted. This is a great song. Moreover, it’s an even greater prayer. This is a mighty prayer for the saints of the Lord to pray, as we witness and experience, evil in the streets. Innocents and the vulnerable being targeted. In my own strength, it makes me…
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As with any oldster, I miss the past. I miss a different time, perhaps a different world. I miss it terribly! In retrospect, I think more than anything, I miss the blessed naïve ignorance of youth, when life seemed simple and good, without threat or risk or life-altering challenges. The world I remember was full…
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On Wednesday in an interview with Fox News, JD Vance (see link below) uses the parable of the good Samaritan to explain the MAGA isolationism policy. If you don’t know the story, this is it in a nutshell. Luk 10:30  Jesus replied, “A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and he fell among robbers, who…
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The Word Became Flesh…     Before anything was, God was. God then decided to fashion companions for Himself. He didn’t want puppets or slaves, so He created His people with a free will. Free will is the power to choose whatever, whenever for good or evil. He also knew that His creation having a fallible…
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Let us give thanks to God  for the wonder of new life,  for his gifts so generous given to us,  and for the blessings we each abundantly receive.  For the beauty of creation,  for all things seen and unseen.  We give you thanks, O God.           Psalm 75.1 For the gift of life that you breathe…
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There are seasons of time, seasons of circumstance, seasons of growth, seasons of change.