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Unlearning the ‘Faith’ of My Youth
So much of what I learned in church was wrong.
I remember attending a Pentecostal youth conference as an impressionable teenager. A preacher spoke of the blind man in the Gospel of Mark who sat by the side of the road and, upon hearing that Jesus had just passed by, began to shout at the top of his lungs, “Jesus! Son of David! Have mercy on me!” When the people around him tried to shut him up, he shouted all the more! “Jesus! Son of David! Have mercy on me!” Sure enough, Jesus returned to the blind man and restored his sight.
Learning to Pray: A Guide for Everyone By James Martin $27.99
When I was younger, a nun told me that if I only prayed when I was in trouble, then I was indeed in trouble. That maxim was filed away and revived when I began reading
Learning to Pray: A Guide for Everyone by Jesuit Fr. James Martin. For many people, prayer is a 911 call to God, used in moments of emergencies and tragedies. Without judgment, Martin offers a road map that shows how prayer is for everyone including those who are unsure if they believe in God at all at all sorts of times and manners.
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Year 2020 has been a challenging year for everyone. The year is about to end and everyone is excited about what the new year 2021 brings for the world. But before you welcome the new year, it would be wise to ready your home for what the future holds.
Cleaning the house and getting rid of what needs to be eliminated could help you start anew. Here are some easy ways on how to say goodbye to 2020 (and the clutter it had) to make sure that you have a brighter year ahead.
Bye old, tired pillows
We are being asked to imagine ourselves joining hands and becoming a circle around our planet and through space and time. (Unsplash/Jude Beck) A COVID Christmas, almost an oxymoron. It is hard getting your head around it. All the elements of what has become identified with Christmas, or Hannukah, or Kwanzaa shopping endlessly for gifts, gatherings of family and friends for meals, attending crowded religious services, visiting folks you haven t seen for a while we are being asked to forgo for the sake of the common good.
This moment, which demands we stop doing the usual celebrations, provides an opportunity to awaken to another invitation. If we don t stop what we always do, we may not see that which is also here waiting for us to respond.