I talk about how Jesus' friends can assist us overcome our challenges. Music is from http://www.magnatune.com/ It is Cheryl Ann Fulton playing The Rising of the Lark. Running Time: 12:10
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Caitlin: Great Dog, Loyal Friend, Partner in MinistryCaitlin was my Seeing Eye dog. Today would have been her fourteenth birthday.
Running Time: 29:36 Size: 20.33mb
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Every MaladySome times are more difficult than others. We wonder why God does not rescue us and make life wonderful for us.
In this podcast, I reference the following items:
Ephesians 6:14-18
A WRINKLE IN TIME by Madeleine L'Engle
Just for Today:
http://www.personal.psu.edu/staff/m/h/mhb4/al-anon/12_steps.html
I found Ann Judson's quote in Bless God and Take Courage: The Judson History and Legacy by Rosalie Hall Hunt
Running Time: 13:28
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Awkward PicturesI talk about drawing as a way to explore our relationship with God. I reference Fingerpainting on the Moon: Writing and Creativity As a Path to Freedom by Peter Levitt
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Doing Other ThingsI share what other things I've been doing such as getting stuck and getting unstuck--well, at least a little unstuck.Running Time: 12:35Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Faith JourneyReminder: My feed has changed to http://feeds.feedburner.com/pmlpodcast. Please update your podcatcher. I don't want to loose you as a subscriber.
I ramble on about formulating your faith journey and share with you some of my experiences.
Text: 1 Peter 3:15-16
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The Spirituality of Risk TakingI recorded this for my resume page at http://www.YourRealLifeSpiritualGuide.com/
Charlotte's Web by E. B. White
Tapestry: http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/series/TNG/episode/68588.html
Babylon Five: http://www.chronology.org/noframes/b-five/monologues.html
Big Thunder Mountain Railroad: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Thunder_Mountain_Railroad
Running Time: 11:03
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Bring It All to GodI talk about using my hands to bring "it" all to God in prayer.
Here's the link for the xcerpt from Peter Levitt's book Fingerpainting on the Moon.
http://www.spiritualityandpractice.com/books/excerpts.php?id=14035
Running Time: 7:25
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FreedomI talk about the freedom of a Christian and my sacred honor. Running Time: 8:38Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
UnsettledTexts: Mark 16:19-20; Luke 24:50-53
I also reference Acts 1:9-11
I combine reflection on Ascension and Memorial Day.
Running Time:18:40 Size: 17MB
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Spirit EmbraceText: Acts 8:26-40
God shows no partiality.
Running Time: 20:38 Size: 20.4MB
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GatewayText: John 10:1-10I reference Luke 24:13-16Jesus is our stimulus for choosing new paths.Running Time: 17.42 Size: 16.1 MB Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
GateI reflect on using images in our conversations with God.Texts: John 10:9; Joel 2:28-2Running Time: 17:31 Size: 16.0MBListen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Low SundayText: Acts 4:32-35
For information on Roberta C. Bondi's On the Flint River, see
my web page at http://www.RealLifeSpirituality.com for a book review or to purchase it.The resurrection is a journey from death to life. Gratitude can be our response to this gift from God.Running Time: 18:33 Size: 16.9 MB
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Night on the Flint RiverNight on the Flint River: Accidental Journey in Knowing God
By Roberta C. Bondi
Copyright  1999 by Abingdon Press
ISBN 0-687-02455-2 (alk. paper)
Press
A good read.
Running Time: 8:47 Size:8.1 MB
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Going Ahead of YouBiblical Text: Mark 16:7
Jesus is:
going ahead of youto GalileeYou will see him thereJust as he told you
This provides a framework for thinking of our lives. There is both comfort and challenge here. Because of the Resurrection, there are new possibilities. We often find them wrapped in what we have already known.
Running Time: 12:07 Size:11 MB
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Alarmed and AmazedHappy Easter!Biblical Text: Mark 16:1-8I also reference Mark 15:47 and Mark 15:40-41.For Mark Strand's comment on reading a poem, go to the Writer's Almanac for April 11, 2006 at http://writersalmanac.publicradio.org/programs/2006/04/10/index.htmlFor the Gerard Manley Hopkins poem I am reading today, "That Nature Is a Heraclitean Fire and of the Comfort of the Resurrection" go to http://www.spiritualityandpractice.com/books/excerpts.php?id=15492The women at the empty tomb were ala ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
ShadowsHere's my message for the Tenebrae, Good Friday, worship. Tenebrae means shadows or darkness. The Passion story is read. As the story progresses, the worship space becomes darker and darker until the worshipers are in complete darkness for the reading concerning Jesus' death and burial.Biblical Texts: Psalm 22 and Mark 14-15The shadows are all around us. They were all around Jesus, too. Jesus persevered to carry out God's will for his life. With God's help, we, too, can carry out God's purp ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Good Friday LiturgyHere's a poem I wrote while working on my Good Friday worship plan.You can read the Passion story in Mark 14-15.Running time: 5:12 Size: 4.75 MBListen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
Body and BloodHere is my Maundy Thursday message.Biblical Text: Mark 14:10-25For more info about the Gospel of Judas see my web site http://www.RealLifeSpirituality.com/Jesus is both flesh-and-blood and dvine. By remembering that the story of Jesus' death retold in the story of the Last Supper, we call upon God to act afresh in our flesh-and-blood lives to free us from all kinds of enslavement: physical, emotional, spiritual.Running Time: 19:08 Size: 17.5 MB
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The Gospel of JudasSome off the cuff remarks on the unveiling of this document. Running Time: 12:03 Size: 11.0MB
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Gathering Around JesusText: Mark 6:30-46
1. Ministry is public.
2. In the story âJesus Feeds the Five Thousand,â we have the shape of our worship service with Communion.
3.1 Jesusâ feeding of the five thousand is like Israel in the desert when God provided their food.
3.2 Eating this meal gathered around Jesus reminds us of when God gathered the people at Mt. Sinai.
4. The Churchâs Meal is a dress rehearsal for the End Time Banquet.
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Spiritual HungerSpiritual guides are not exempt from spiritual hunger. I reflect on my own recent encounter, comparing and contrasting it with physical weight management.
For me, spiritual hunger has two sources: It comes from my own disconnect from God.God keeps me hungry enough to want to do God's will to satisfy my hunger.
I share what I have learned to do to satisfy my spiritual hunger.
For online Bibles, check out Bible Gateway.com
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Hungry for God?Texts: Mark 1:16-18; Psalm 102
I reference John 4:1 and Matthew 5:13
For my discussion on salt and contemplative prayer, see On Salt: Some Preliminary Thoughts on Prayer and Study which I posted on February 13, 2006. Use the calendar on and click first on February and then on 13.
To read the entire text of The Second Coming go to
A very personal message about my prayer life today. Jesus told Peter and Andrew he would teach them to fish for people. I compare this saying with a falconer tra ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone |
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