Open Spaces: Blog
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Compassion: the touchstone of Christian life
Read More: Compassion: the touchstone of Christian lifeJesus’ compassion for the sick and suffering was beyond human words and our ability to comprehend. He was so deeply moved with mercy and compassion when he saw the hungry multitudes…
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Listening to Your Life
Read More: Listening to Your Life“Thou hast created us for thyself, and our heart is not quiet until it rests in Thee.” ~ Augustine We live in a world of ubiquitous information—the information age and now…
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Undiscovered Truths
Read More: Undiscovered TruthsYou can be told what is true by others or you can discover truth for yourself. Although we need both when you discover a truth for yourself something clicks inside you…
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Sculpting the Soul: The Gradual Path to Resemble Jesus
Read More: Sculpting the Soul: The Gradual Path to Resemble JesusPastor Dona Shares an important Article, from Christianity Today. On the topic of Spiritual Formation. Spiritual Formation Is Becoming Like Jesus This article delves into spiritual formation, portraying it as a…
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Blessing the Space Between us
Read More: Blessing the Space Between usViktor E. Frankl a psychologist who survived the Holocaust is famous for this profound statement: “Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose…
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Listening for Sunday’s Promise
Read More: Listening for Sunday’s PromiseBy Another Road After Jesus was born, King Herod conferred with the scribes and chief priests and asked them where the Anointed One of God was to be born (Matt. 2:1-12).…
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The Darker The Night, The Brighter The Stars
Read More: The Darker The Night, The Brighter The StarsAs we step into a new year, a year that has yet to unfold with all its twists and turns, we hear the words of the Prophet John, “In him was…
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Christmas A Cosmic Event
Read More: Christmas A Cosmic EventThe incarnation, the birth of Jesus is truly a cosmic event (Luke 2). It is cosmic in the sense that the bonding of heaven and humanity takes place when God chooses…