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Quotations, Links about Prayer, Judging People, Etc.

I am just going to continue to add quotations I like about prayer, judging people and other things on this post instead of adding mulitple posts. PRAYER From: http://www.americancatholic.org/news/newsreport.aspx?id=789 "Prayer, in fact, reaches its culmination and, therefore, becomes a source of interior light when the human spirit adheres to God's spirit and their wills fuse, becoming almost one,"… Continue

Added by Joanie D. on July 20, 2009 at 10:30am — No Comments

Blogging about another Blog by Michael Spencer

A Spirituality of Frustrated "Certainty" You have to read this. It's wonderful. That's all I'll say. Wait, no, I lied. Here is one quotation from his blog entry, "One of the primary differences between a spirituality of desperation and a spirituality of Kingdom living is that life in the Kingdom is a matter of experiencing the Holy Spirit in normal life, and there is not a constant need to c… Continue

Added by Joanie D. on July 10, 2008 at 10:00pm — 2 Comments

Let Catholic Priests Marry

It’s kind of sad that we Christians spend so much time “dissing” other Christians. The world surely does not need to hear or see that. They need to see Jesus: “Sir, we would see Jesus.” Nevertheless, I can understand that people are free to point out the problems they saw when they were within one Christian tradition or another. I have learned much from within Catholicism, Eastern Orthodoxy (reading about it and practicing some of its forms of prayer), charismatic churches, evangelical teachings… Continue

Added by Joanie D. on June 9, 2008 at 5:31am — 5 Comments

Living Water

I love this painting and found that the artist is Dewey Simon and you can purchase prints at: http://christcenteredmall.com/stores/art/dewey/living_water.htm The story of Jesus at the well wit… Continue

Added by Joanie D. on June 2, 2008 at 5:53am — No Comments

“A Spirituality of Waiting”

Ben Witherington III gives a link on his blog at Ben's Blog to an article by priest/author Henri Nouwen called "A Spirituality of Waiting." You can read it at: "A Spirituality of Waiting." I like how he talks about some of the people in the Bible actively waiting. Some of my favorite things from it are: “So waiting is never a movement from nothing to something. It is always a moveme… Continue

Added by Joanie D. on June 2, 2008 at 5:11am — No Comments

God Touches Your Emotions & Senses

I posted most of this over on the Parchment and Pen blog as a comment on Ruth Tucker's post about her atheist/agnostic friend. But since I hadn't started a new post on this theologica site, I thought I would post my response here too. Besides, I would like some suggestions as I request at the end of my post. I won't be able to get back here until tonight though. And thanks, Michael, for starting this new site. It looks like it will be interesting. Here's my post, finally... Ruth wrote that Mad… Continue

Added by Joanie D. on May 31, 2008 at 5:29am — 4 Comments