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The Doxology Project

2019-05-03T17:31:22-05:00

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What Feels Like Praying?

Last updated on: May 3, 2019 at 5:31 pm   By Brad Roth

What feels like praying to you?  Is it quilting or serving in the soup kitchen or teaching children or doing your work well and thoroughly?  Is it playing music or creating art?  Where are you pouring out your life for God? Read more

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Gilead

Marilynne Robinson

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2019-04-16T10:11:50-05:00

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Three Ways to Take the Cross to Heart During Holy Week

Last updated on: April 16, 2019 at 10:11 am   By Brad Roth

We cannot know him, follow him, or love him unless we embrace Jesus’ cruciform heart. Read more

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Christ's cross

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Holy Week

2019-04-04T15:59:59-05:00

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Who’s Your Spiritual Father or Mother?

Last updated on: April 4, 2019 at 3:59 pm   By Brad Roth

The ancient church was called “the Way” because it’s meant to be walked--and it’s impossible to walk it alone (Acts 9:2).  We need spiritual fathers and mothers. Read more

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discipleship

mentorship

spiritual fatherhood

spiritual motherhood

2019-04-05T11:46:44-05:00

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You Really Aren’t an Impostor

Last updated on: April 5, 2019 at 11:46 am   By Brad Roth

Being called to ministry will involve a sensible, loving unfolding of our whole lives in a deliberate direction, some of which we choose for ourselves, some of which we don’t. Read more

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impostor syndrome

ministerial calling

2019-03-28T09:56:51-05:00

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Spring and Gift

Last updated on: March 28, 2019 at 9:56 am   By Brad Roth

It's so easily forget that to be alive is to be the beneficiary of a whole line of giftedness slacking back into history’s dark waters. Read more

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gratitude

spring

2019-03-06T10:25:56-05:00

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A Spirituality of Dust and Ashes

Last updated on: March 6, 2019 at 10:25 am   By Brad Roth

The words and ash of Ash Wednesday are a prick to our consciences to turn and truly live. Read more

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Ash Wednesday

mortality

2019-03-01T10:48:17-05:00

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How to Make Ash for Ash Wednesday

Last updated on: March 1, 2019 at 10:48 am   By Brad Roth

Ash Wednesday makes the beginning of a season of repentance during which we seek to put our spiritual houses in order. Read more

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Ash Wednesday

making ash

2019-02-01T15:21:53-05:00

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Is Your Job Your Vocation?

Last updated on: February 1, 2019 at 3:21 pm   By Brad Roth

All too often, we confuse our paying work with our unchanging vocation--and that leads to no small amount of frustration. Read more

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meaning of work

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2019-01-04T17:08:54-05:00

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Coffee Cup Spirituality

Last updated on: January 4, 2019 at 5:08 pm   By Brad Roth

 Coffee grants me the escape velocity to transcend the dull ordinariness of time and self. This is not good. Read more

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caffeine and spirituality

coffee

2019-01-08T15:55:52-05:00

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The Holy Art of Sleeping

Last updated on: January 8, 2019 at 3:55 pm   By Brad Roth

When we sleep, we are releasing life and history to the God who never sleeps, who is always at work in ways beyond our knowing. Read more

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