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The Practice of God's Presence Within
Our own understanding of who we are in relationship to God can be have a significant impact on our faith life.
Here and Now
In the present, we just have to “be.” The present is where God is. Well, how scary, daunting, fun, exciting, nerve racking, did I mention scary is that!
An Introduction to Lectio Divina (Sacred Reading)
Rev. Deborah Hart discusses how to practice Sacred Reading, or Lectio Divina, as Christian meditation practice.
Let me tell you what Jesus has taught me along my journey into yoga
Everything in heaven and on earth was created by God and has been reconciled unto Christ and through Christ!All things… certainly my body.. and yes, even movement through postures we commonly refer to as yoga.
Yoga, Greek Poets, and the Apostle Paul
One of the Bible verses most often quoted in regards to why Christians practice yoga is Acts 17:28: “For in Him we live and move and have our being.” What we don't usually talk about is that this verse did not originally refer to the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Paul is quoting the Greek poet Epimenides, who is actually talking about Zeus.
Breathing and the Valley of the Dry Bones
It's like a passage from The Return of the King, when Aragorn commands the army of the dead to fight for him. Except that instead of a green and ghastly army, this army is vibrantly alive, resurrected with the breath of God.