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Different Cloth · 2W ago

Referendum One and Transformation

It was ere - - - election day yesterday in NC. But it was just another Tuesday to me.The <ehem> big issue on the ballot was a referendum defining marriage. 10 years ago I would have set a destination of my local voting precinct and exercised my right to have my opinion on issues and candidates talli
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Different Cloth · 4M ago

What is "Compromise?"

Dictionary dot com defines the word first as "a settlement of differences by mutual concessions; an agreement reached by adjustment of conflicting or opposing claims, principles, etc., by reciprocal modification of demands." It is not until the 4th definition that there is a negative connotation.I’m
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Different Cloth · 4M ago

In Such a Way....

Matthew 6 contains Jesus' teaching about righteousness and how to personify it. He provides yet another mystic turn-about.Verse 1 sets the tone: "Be careful not to practice your righteousness in front of others to be seen by them. If you do, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven."I ha
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Different Cloth · 6M ago

Rain and Rust

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Different Cloth · 8M ago

The General Confession

This is from the 1928 Book of Common Prayer (Episcopal Church) in the "Order for The Administration of the Lord's Supper or Holy Communion" section.I grew up hearing and saying this (most) every week. Although the language use is older, I still resonate with it today. ALMIGHTY God, Father of our
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Different Cloth · 9M ago

The Gift of Tongues

Rereading 1 Cor 14, I now think Paul was using sarcasm and irony to uplift the resourcefulness of "prophecy" (both foretelling and "forth-telling") above tongues. I believe he is actually belittling the use of tongues - or at least the dependency on it to be used to personally edify. Read it and tr
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Different Cloth · 9M ago

Like the Old Man on Top of the Mountain

God is very hard to hear. This creates a dilemma in my faith - or does it? Wait. It is faith. I don't hear often what I sense is the Creator's voice and appropriate directive(s). I often sense the directive and proceed. Sometimes I look back and realize that it was not what I thought it was going t
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Different Cloth · 10M ago

Your Basic Jesus

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Different Cloth · 10M ago

Civic Disobedience

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Different Cloth · 1Y ago

This Eternity Thing is Never Ending

"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover."~Mark TwainIs there something more ahead. Lord?
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