Dear friends, isn’t this a promise worth clinging to? What we build with our hands may fall. What we save may be lost. What we know may slip away. But the Word we hide in our hearts — the faith we nurture — the relationship we deepen with God — will never be taken away … [To read more, click on title]
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Epiphany
In Celtic Christianity, Epiphany stories are stories of “thin places”, places where the boundary between the mundane and the eternal is very porous. God parts the curtain, and we catch glimpses of his love, majesty, and power. Epiphany calls us to look beneath and beyond the ordinary surfaces of our lives and discover the extraordinary … [To read more, click on title]
Pollyanna Part Two
If pessimism can and should be challenged, is optimism the antidote? Yes … and no. Stating the obvious, it’s a high bar to expect someone of pessimistic disposition just to change up. … And, perversely, a pessimist is likely to feel pretty pessimistic about his/her chances of attaining optimism!
Naïve optimism, pollyannarism, can be damaging too.
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