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Yesterday, PD reader Jacob F., left a comment that lectio divina, a prayerful practice of reading scriptures is another meaningful method of encountering God’s Word. I wrote a post on lectio divina last August and if you are not familiar with this time-honored practice, I highly recommend you explore it. You can read my prior post by clicking here. For your convenience today I added a downloadable handout about lectio divina on The Practical Disciple … Read entire article »
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New Lenten disciplines I have encountered
I have two noteworthy Lenten disciplines that I have encountered in the last week. First, a young man in our church has chosen to do a speed read of the New Testament during Lent. He is busting his way through the entire New Testament in 40 days, a rather admirable pursuit. One person asked him what he was getting out of this. He said, he was realizing that some people are just wrong. People quote are defend things as being from the New Testament that are often times quite erroneous. As I heard him says this, it reminded me of what I once told a group of lay people in a preaching class I was leading. Always do your own work first. Read the scriptures for yourself and make as … Read entire article »
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Olympic faith and an olympic father
Every Olympics has its moment. A moment of triumph or tragedy that will stand out and mark that Olympics forever. Beyond a shadow of a doubt, the defining moment in the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona was the tragic race of british runner Derek Redmond. Redmond was almost sure to win the 400m semifinal race. Redmond was in the best condition of his life despite multiple surgeries on his achilles tendon … Read entire article »
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How do I take a mundane chore and dedicate it to Christ?
Last night I received the following email from PD reader Angie in Missouri and wanted to share my reply with all my readers because she has a great question. Yay – Lent starts tomorrow! I am full of anticipation for Lent! It is an incredible feeling. :) There’s this guy I know who’s been talking it up for practically all of 2010! It’s got me all excited. :) Anyway, I need a little help with what I want to do for Lent. I want to do something along the lines of your 40 days of 40 bags of clutter. I want to spend 40 days working on getting the basement organized. That space just upsets me b/c it is so chaotic and things are in boxes and just no organization what-so-ever. I can’t … Read entire article »
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27 Days Until the Start of a New You!
What if you could be saying this time next year, “I just finished the New Testament.” Today, I had a man come in my office and declare to me that he has finished the New Testament all but the Book of Revelation. His Bible reading began last Lent when he adopted scripture reading as a lentenndiscipline. Multiple times he has come to me with stories of how a passage has spoken to him or how he understood something differently because of the scripture reading he is now doing. That could be you. You could be a physically fitter you who saved money for 40 days. Last year I wanted to work on what I call body holiness and simplicity. I realized that I hadn’t been the best steward of my … Read entire article »
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Some lessons I have learned about reading the Bible after 25 years of daily reading
A recent reader, Kristy, shared the following comment, I have never found the right Bible reading plan, so have tried to read at my own pace and feel that even though I am not following a plan, that I am behind simply because I still have a lot to read by the end of this year and I have this thing in my head that I have to finish the Bible by December 31, 2009. It never seems like what I read is enough; sometimes I read a lot, but it doesn’t seem like it is enough. I feel like I am not doing it right. So, how much should you read? I don’t believe there is a great pat answer to this question, but I do have some distinct … Read entire article »
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