Northumbria

The Northumbria Community is a Christian community which has its beginnings in the Northumbria district of the United Kingdom and the Holy Island of Lindisfarne. Yet, it is more than a localized community and is a world-wide monastic community with its own order and communal prayers. Their website describes the community in this way: Inspired…

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Doubt and Faith

I have often encouraged people to consider their doubts and not allow those doubts to prevent them from having faith. I have had conversations with people who could not yet make a decision to follow Jesus because they still had doubts about some aspect of Christian doctrine or their experience of God. I have been…

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Next Five Minutes

It is common to worry about the future; we often lament our past; the universal truth is that we must live in the present. The only moment I have is right now. What will I do with it? Emily Dickinson once said, “Forever is composed of nows.” Adam Anders wrote a song that conveys this…

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A Man After God’s Own Heart

There was a Benjamite, a man of standing, whose name was Kish son of Abiel, the son of Zeror, the son of Bekorath, the son of Aphiah of Benjamin. Kish had a son named Saul, as handsome a young man as could be found anywhere in Israel, and he was a head taller than anyone…

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Scientist’s Psalm

This “Scientist’s Psalm” written by Walt Hearn appealed to my scientific mind, my poetic heart, and my theological spirit. I think Dr. Hearn is the kind of guy I would enjoy sitting down with for an afternoon of discussion about science, faith, and theology. Scientist’s Psalm by Walt Hearn Praise the Lord, created thing! Let…

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Commonplace

“There is no event so commonplace but that God is present within it, always hiddenly, always leaving you room to recognize him or not to recognize him, but all the more fascinatingly because of that, all the more compellingly and hauntingly…” In Listening to Your Life: Daily Meditations with Frederick Buechner.

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Tribute

John Robert Wilson (June 10, 1953 to February 4, 2011).The words I spoke at the funeral of my friend, John Wilson. 2 Timothy 2:11 and 12 says, “If we die with Jesus, we will also live with Jesus. If we endure hardship, we will reign with Jesus.” For the last couple of weeks, all of…

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Till We Have Faces

I just finished re-reading Till We Have Faces by C.S. Lewis. What an amazing book! It is hard to descibe what an effect this book has on a person but let me leave you with three quotes. The sweetest thing in all my life has been the longing — to reach the Mountain, to find…

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Taking the Easy Way

I wish there was an easy way to live out this life of faith. I wish there was some way to just say a few words and “presto” life would be simple, righteous, just, easy, and uncomplicated. Jesus, the night before He was crucified, asked for an easier way. He went on a little farther…

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Prayer of St. Patrick

Prayer for the FaithfulMay the Strength of God guide us.May the Power of God preserve us.May the Wisdom of God instruct us.May the Hand of God protect us.May the Way of God direct us.May the Shield of God defend us.May the Angels of God guard us.– Against the snares of the evil one. May Christ…

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