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The people loved Thomas because he defended the power of the pastor to drive the people into the time-bending wormhole of salvation,
Andrew Root • The Pastor in a Secular Age (Ministry in a Secular Age Book #2): Ministry to People Who No Longer Need a God
The author of John’s first letter announces that “God is love” (1 John 4:8). The author is not saying that God is a Father who loves but that God is love.
Paul F. Knitter • Without Buddha I Could not be a Christian
St. John of the Cross wrote, “Silence is God’s first language.”
Christopher L. Heuertz • The Sacred Enneagram: Finding Your Unique Path to Spiritual Growth
For when the mind is brought to stillness, and all our strategies of acquisition have dropped, a deeper truth presents itself: we are and have always been one with God and we are all one in God (Jn 17:21).
Martin Laird • Into the Silent Land: A Guide to the Christian Practice of Contemplation
Third, it’s about drawing near.
Tara-Leigh Cobble • The Bible Recap: A One-Year Guide to Reading and Understanding the Entire Bible
It’s called a God Shot because it’s a snapshot of God’s character.
Tara-Leigh Cobble • The Bible Recap: A One-Year Guide to Reading and Understanding the Entire Bible
Sing to the LORD a new song, his praise from the end of the earth! Let the sea roar[120] and all that fills it, the coastlands and their inhabitants.
C. S. Lewis • The C. S. Lewis Bible: For Reading, Reflection, and Inspiration
Union with God is not something that needs to be acquired but realized.
Martin Laird • Into the Silent Land: A Guide to the Christian Practice of Contemplation
strings, and voice. Most versions of Pachelbel’s Canon fill this bill. So does the adagietto from Mahler’s Fifth Symphony or the Barber Adagio for Strings. Mike Rowland’s Fairy Ring is a lovely popular piece that works well. These are just suggestions. Don’t let them preclude your own preferences.