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Wise as Serpents, Innocent as Doves
The medicine that heals the world will always look like poison to a world that's deluded into thinking its sickness is actually health.
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Fr. Barnabas Powell
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The Weapon of Peace
A weapon usually defeats enemies through force. The Cross defeats evil through the exact opposite: total, self-giving love.
Sep 14
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Stinking Thinking!
The mind deplores a vacuum. Left unwatched, it will fill empty space with fear, assumption, and the very thoughts that lead us backward into spiritual…
Sep 11
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Abraham’s Offspring
You don't need to become someone else's culture first to belong fully to Christ. The moment you put Him on, you're adopted as Abraham's offspring.
Sep 10
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Fr. Barnabas Powell
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Children of Promise
One son was born from human calculation. The other from simple trust in a promise. Only one of them shows us what it means to be family with God rather…
Sep 9
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The Stranger Among US
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The Mind of Christ
For years I assumed I was supposed to have the mind of Christ all by myself. Turns out that's not actually possible for just one person alone.
Sep 8
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God Saves by Grace, Not by Race
St. Peter's withdrawal to the kosher table wasn't really about food. It was fear, dressed up as caution, quietly saying something false to everyone…
Sep 7
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God Shows No Partiality
The Apostles of the Jerusalem Church added nothing to St. Paul's message. Because they recognized the same grace in him that they'd already received…
Sep 4
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Meant to Be Transformed
Knowing your Faith isn't the same as winning arguments about it. One is information. The other is transformation.
Sep 3
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Predestined to Be Like Him
This isn't a promise of protection from hardship. It's a promise that nothing, not even hardship, can stop God from making you like Christ.
Sep 2
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How Do You Know?
A Sunday Homily
Sep 1
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An Eternal Peace - Happy New Year
Real peace has almost nothing to do with the absence of conflict, and everything to do with a life so singularly focused that it will unsettle a world…
Sep 1
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From Temporary to Eternal
Once you've seen the fulfillment, going back to the shadow that pointed toward it isn't just unnecessary. It's impossible without losing something…
Aug 31
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Ears to Hear
The seed is never the problem. The only question that ever really matters is what kind of ground your heart currently is.
Aug 28
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