“Let me start by saying that the best thing you can do when you start to pray, however long or short your time of prayer is to be, is to tell yourself, and mean it, that you are going to die at the end of your prayer. I am not joking when I tell you this: … this special feeling of how short a time you have left… will concentrate your mind wonderfully…”
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Peace be with all of us!
The United States election season is heating up, especially with the presidential debates, nonstop news coverage (often trying to be as addictive to us as possible), and political advertising. Methodists are reminded of a well-loved journal entry from John Wesley, which he jotted down on October 4, 1774…
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At that time the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?” Then he called a little child over to sit among the disciples, and said, “I assure you that if you don’t turn your lives around and become like this little child, you will definitely not enter the kingdom of heaven. Those who humble themselves like this little child will be the greatest in the kingdom of heaven. Whoever welcomes one such child in my name welcomes me. (Matthew 18:1-5)…
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After preaching a sermon of parables, Matthew’s Jesus (at the end of chapter 13) asks his listeners: “Have you understood all these things?”…
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We are all monks now, but most of us didn’t choose this vocation. The coronavirus pandemic has severely limited our usual lives, whether we left our homes multiple times a day, in a hustle and bustle of activity, or whether we left our homes only a couple of times a week, for haircuts, groceries, and church. We weren’t planning on these restrictions. Most of us weren’t prepared. Many are struggling as a result. ..
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