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Who has Time to Change?

August 10th, 2010 | 5 Comments

Who has Time to Change?

April 8th of 2007, I wrote my very first blog post.  It began with these words, “When I survey people about what is the hardest thing about prayer two core issues repeatedly come up: Finding the time, staying focused.” Now over 3 years and 250 posts later, my sense is that people are struggling more than ever to find time and focus.  May be it’s the constant interruptabilty that cell phones and texting have brought into our … Read entire article »

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Self discipline exercises

April 15th, 2010 | 3 Comments

For God has not given us a spirit of timidity, but of power and love and discipline. (2 Timothy 1:7)   Last night I was watching a video with my son Matthew that was part of an online course we are taking together. It is a course in developing online products. The instructor actually gives away a number of products to participants in the course. They are completely free to reproduce them and put them online. In the video the instructor was addressing the concern that if he gives the products away won’t the market then be flooded to the point that his students can’t realistically compete. The short answer was no. Mainly because he explained that the sad reality is that 99% of the people who … Read entire article »

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Making Just a Little More Room for God by Eliminating Déjà Vu

January 28th, 2010 | Add a Comment

Making Just a Little More Room for God by Eliminating Déjà Vu

I am striving this year to experience more contentment with less.  I want less stress, hurry, scurry, and stuff.  I want to make more space for stillness and being present to God.  That is taking some reordering of my priorities of time and space.  Freezer cooking was one of my first adventures into this.  It was quite successful.  For the past 12 days or so, I have eaten home cooked left overs and meals for … Read entire article »

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A Word to You of Limited Freezer Space

January 23rd, 2010 | Add a Comment

Yesterday, I posted an article on saving time and money through freezer cooking.  That may seem like a strange post for The Practical Disciple.  It’s not like cooking ranks up there with prayer and scripture reading, but good stewardship of time and money does.  I am also posting these freezer posts because I find that there is a distinct need to help people with the raw chaotic order of their lives in order to attend to spiritual necessities like spiritual disciplines.  All that said, here is a word to those of you yesterday who may have felt a bit left out because 1) you don’t have freezer or 2) You are single or have a small household and casserole cooking just isn’t very realistic. TO THOSE WITH SMALL FREEZERS 1)  Bulk shop … Read entire article »

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Prayer problems

April 8th, 2007 | Add a Comment

When I survey people about what is the hardest thing about prayer two core issues repeatedly come up: Finding the time, staying focused. There are a couple of ways to tackle finding the time. First off, let’s own the reality that we find time for what’s important to us. If you aren’t finding time recognize to some degree it is a priority problem. Face it if you are to busy to pray…you are probably to busy. So, hey you may have to get rid of something. But before doing that try linking prayer to something that is already a routine for you. Link it to a meal, a commute, or something as simple as walking to and from your car whenever you … Read entire article »

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