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Sabbath Devotional :: And Above All Things, Charity
True confession: I don’t love reading the scriptures. Well, I don’t love reading them all the time. I don’t read them all the time. I know I should, but I don’t. I have struggled my entire life being a daily scripture reader. I have always had dreams of being a great scriptorian (and an Olympic gymnast), but I am not. I struggle to establish any good, daily habit (unless you count snacking on chocolate chips, because I do that every day). When it comes to the scriptures, I struggle to understand what I am reading, especially when it’s written in King James-era English. I struggle when I see what I…
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Awareness Wednesday :: Service With Intent
How can we serve with the intent to heal? When we serve, what is our focus? Is it to check off a holiday goal? Is it to feel the spirit of giving? Is it planned with the intent to heal? What does service with the intent to heal look like?
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Sabbath Devotional :: Charity: More Than Simply a Good Idea
Saturday — yesterday — was the funeral of a good friend. Her words go with the Sabbath devotion I prepared and I want to dedicate this devotional to her. I also want to thank the many women of MWEG for your remarkable examples of using love and peace to affect powerful change. From Berta: “Please remember those who are the unwashed, the Samaritan, the other. If you can please mourn with us, for we are mourning. Please remember us in your Sunday worship. Remember the leper who would worship beside you in the pews but is now consigned to a distant colony. Please do not cross the street or avert…
