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2012-05-19T01:00:06-06:00

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A Cloud of Witnesses

Last updated on: May 19, 2012 at 1:00 am By Ragan Sutterfield

Pray a prayer, sing a song, read a biography of a Christian outside of the New Testament, but before the year 1000. Read more

Study

2012-05-18T07:20:45-06:00

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Friday Fast

Last updated on: May 18, 2012 at 7:20 am By Ragan Sutterfield

With the Feast of the Ascension behind us, we now return to fasting on Friday following the tradition of the church. Eat and drink nothing with calories in it until 5 PM. Focus your attention on the other forms of sustenance you find in the day–conversations with friends, a quick prayer, a reading. What sustains you beyond food? What are the specific ways you live on more than bread alone? Read more

Fast

2012-05-17T09:07:01-06:00

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Feast!

Last updated on: May 17, 2012 at 9:07 am By Ragan Sutterfield

Today is the Feast of the Ascension, so truly feast! Celebration and feasting are as much spiritual disciplines as fasting. Invite others to join you in the joy of Christ’s ascension to kingship at the right hand of God. “When you fast, fast with rigor—bare-knuckled, as if you meant it. Ah! and when you feast, eat such foods, drink such wines, sing such songs, relish such companions so as to make the angels envious!” –Robert Farrar Capon Read more

Feast/Celebration

2012-05-16T01:00:50-06:00

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The Present Moment

Last updated on: May 16, 2012 at 1:00 am By Ragan Sutterfield

Our lives tend to revolve around our own stories and we tend to make those we encounter characters in that story. Make a conscious effort to meet each person not in your story, but in the present moment. See each person for who they are in that moment and then work from that to see them in their own story, not yours. Read more

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2012-05-15T03:00:28-06:00

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Conscious Eating

Last updated on: May 15, 2012 at 3:00 am By Ragan Sutterfield

Instead of simply giving thanks for your food at the beginning of the meal, give thanks with each bite. Try to eat everything with complete consciousness of what you are eating and the processes through which the food went to arrive at your plate. For each mouthful of food, chew slowly. Read more

Meditation

Simplicity

2012-05-14T06:20:15-06:00

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Game with Minutes

Last updated on: May 14, 2012 at 6:20 am By Ragan Sutterfield

During your day to day life, try to be conscious of God’s presence for one second of every minute. How well did you do? ______________________________________________________________________ “The Game with Minutes” by Frank Laubach Read more

Recollection

2012-05-13T06:45:37-06:00

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Water is Stronger Than Blood

Last updated on: May 13, 2012 at 6:45 am By Ragan Sutterfield

Mother’s day is a good time to give thanks to our mothers for giving us life and raising us, but we all have a history of spiritual nurture as well as physical. Sometimes our biological mothers are also in many ways our spiritual mothers, but for many this is far from the case. On this mother’s day, honor all of your mothers. Baptism, fully embracing life as Christians in the church, reconfigures what family means to us. Our new family of baptism... Read more

Meditation

2012-05-12T09:16:26-06:00

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Lectio

Last updated on: May 12, 2012 at 9:16 am By Ragan Sutterfield

Read John 15:9-17 three times aloud (with others if possible). What do you hear? What stands out in the passage? Why? Read more

Lectio

2012-05-11T08:21:11-06:00

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Repent

Last updated on: May 11, 2012 at 8:21 am By Ragan Sutterfield

Repenting is turning around, turning away from the way we shouldn’t go and toward the one that will lead us to happiness. Take a piece of paper and write along the top everything you want to repent of. Turn the paper upside down and write words that represent the virtues you’d like to have. Then pray and ask that God will help you repent and go in the right direction. As you pray draw arrows away from your sins and... Read more

Meditation

2012-05-10T02:00:08-06:00

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Story

Last updated on: May 10, 2012 at 2:00 am By Ragan Sutterfield

We are all a part of many stories. Our task as Christians is to have our story narrated by God rather than corporations, sinful desire, governments, etc. Others around us are also a part of many stories. Look for the story of those you encounter and see if you can’t help them have God tell their story as well as yours. Read more

Meditation

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