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International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church
Today is a day set aside to pray for the persecuted church. In the United States, we often take our religious freedom for granted, but around the world Christians are risking their lives just for being believers. Learn more about persecution and what...
Prayers for Fort Hood
For Those Who Died: REMEMBER thy servants—the victims who were murdered today at Fort Hood, O Lord, according to the favour which thou bearest unto thy people, and grant that, increasing in knowledge and love of thee, they may go from strength to s...
Christians and Domestic Violence
When Bluestocking interviewed me on her podcast during my blog book tour, she raised an interesting question. She asked how I would respond to someone who blames domestic violence on Christianity. She explained this issue came up in a law school clas...
Clergy Appreciation Day: Appreciating My Clergy
On Clergy Appreciation Day, I want to express my personal appreciation for the clergy at my church, All Saints Anglican: Father Chip Harper and Father Ed Morgan. In a post on a previous Clergy Appreciation Day, I told more about these two men of God....
That’s My King
The late Baptist preacher S. M. Lockridge gave this powerful message when asked to deliver the opening prayer at a Baptist convention. Related Posts:Isaiah 53: The Suffering ServantMaundy ThursdayIn Honor of Our Military Troops on Independence DayWa...
Global Day of Prayer 2009
If My people, who are called by My name, will humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land. ~ 2 Chron.7: 14 Prayer for the Nations from t...
Global Day of Prayer 2009: 10 Days
In the post on the National Day of Prayer, I mentioned the upcoming Global Day of Prayer on May 31st. Today is the beginning of the 10 Days leading up to the Global Day of Prayer. The Global Day of Prayer is a call to united prayer. The 10 Days prece...
National Day of Prayer 2009
The National Day of Prayer has been observed on the first Thursday in May since 1952, when it was designated by Congress and signed into law by President Truman. The day is for citizens of all religious and spiritual traditions to come together in pr...
He Is Risen! He Is Risen Indeed!
When the Sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices so that they might go to anoint Jesus’ body. Very early on the first day of the week, just after sunrise, they were on their way to the tomb and they ...
Way of the Cross
Yesterday, I attended the Way of the Cross service, then I spent an hour in the Vigil at the Altar of Repose. Good Friday is always a day of meditation of prayer. Related posts:Good Friday Holy Week, which started last Sunday on Palm Sunday, is......
Isaiah 53: The Suffering Servant
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The True Passion of Christ
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Maundy Thursday
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In Him All Things Hold Together
“For by him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things were created by him and for him. 17He is before all things, and in him all things hold tog...
Healing Miracles: Part 3—Thanks Be to God
About three years ago, I was late to church and had to sit a few rows from the back. I always sat in the back pew to be prepared to make a hasty exit if I start jumping as well as to avoid distracting other people as I sit wrapped up in blankets tryi...
Healing Miracles: Part 2—Remembering and Longing
Six years ago this past June, Jack and I drove to Blanco, a small town about an hour’s drive from San Antonio, for dinner with friends to celebrate my birthday. We had a lovely dinner and visit with our friends and were enjoying the trip home ...
Healing Miracles: Part 1—Why Am I Surprised?
I’ve had osteoarthritis for years, especially in my left knee. A few days before Christmas, I tripped and fell, landing on my right knee on the concrete floor. I was able to get up and move around with only mild pain and a little bruising. However,...
Ash Wednesday and Penitence
I grew up in a non-liturgical church, and I always wondered why Roman Catholics (the only liturgical church in my hometown) got ashes on their forehead on Ash Wednesday. Even after I joined a liturgical church, it took several years for me to really ...
A Thirty-Six Year Tragedy
Today is the 36th anniversary of Roe v Wade, the 1973 Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion in the US. In those 36 years, nearly 50 MILLION babies have been denied the right to life. How many of them would have been scientists or researcher...
Merry Christmas
photo credit: Pamela Heywood (Secret Tenerife) And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be taxed. (And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria.) And all went...
Upside Down
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Advent
[1]Today is the first Sunday in Advent [2], the beginning of the season of penitence and preparation for the arrival of Christ. As Father Chip Harper [3] of All Saints Anglican Church [4] explains in his liturgy lesson [5], we are really observing th...
Thanksgiving
[1] TO our prayers, O Lord, we join our unfeigned thanks for all thy mercies; for our being, our reason, and all other endowments and faculties of soul and body; for our health, friends, food, and raiment, and all the other comforts and conveniences ...
National Bible Week
[1] Today is Bible Sunday, the first day of National Bible Week [2], November 23-30. The goal of National Bible Week is to encourage people to read and study the Bible, God's Word. A well-worn Bible like the one in the photo indicates a well-ve...
International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church
Here in the United States, we have freedom of religion, but we need to be alert to protect this precious right. We won't have our freedom forever if we don't defend it. However, in many parts of the world, Christians are persecuted for their faith e...
