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The Jesus Creed 4 – The Jesus Creed as a Table

By Scott | Published: August 16, 2010
Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one. Love the Lord you God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength. The second is this: Love your neighbor as yourself. There is no commandment greater than these. This is a series of reflections [...]
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The Jesus Creed 3 – The Abba of the Jesus Creed

By Scott | Published: August 13, 2010
Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one. Love the Lord you God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength. The second is this: Love your neighbor as yourself. There is no commandment greater than these. This is a series of reflections [...]
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Praying with the Church 11 – Following Jesus Daily, Hourly, Today

By Scott | Published: August 6, 2010
These are reflections on Scot McKnight‘s book, Praying with the Church, that I wrote and shared with a small circles of friends in 2006. I’ve decided to publish them here only lightly edited. Since they are four years old, they don’t necessarily reflect exactly what I would say today, but they do accurately capture my [...]
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Praying with the Church 10 – How the Divine Hours Prays with the Church

By Scott | Published: August 4, 2010
These are reflections on Scot McKnight‘s book, Praying with the Church, that I wrote and shared with a small circles of friends in 2006. I’ve decided to publish them here only lightly edited. Since they are four years old, they don’t necessarily reflect exactly what I would say today, but they do accurately capture my [...]
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Four Hundred Texts on Love (Second Century) 21

By Scott | Published: August 3, 2010
57.  There are virtues of the body and virtues of the soul. Those of the body include fasting, vigils, sleeping on the ground, ministering to people’s needs, working with one’s hands so as not to be a burden or in order to give to others (cf. 1 Thess. 2:9, Ephes. 4:28). Those of the soul [...]
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Praying with the Church 9 – How the Anglicans Pray with the Church

By Scott | Published: August 2, 2010
These are reflections on Scot McKnight‘s book, Praying with the Church, that I wrote and shared with a small circles of friends in 2006. I’ve decided to publish them here only lightly edited. Since they are four years old, they don’t necessarily reflect exactly what I would say today, but they do accurately capture my [...]
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Praying with the Church 8 – How the Roman Catholics Pray with the Church

By Scott | Published: July 30, 2010
These are reflections on Scot McKnight‘s book, Praying with the Church, that I wrote and shared with a small circles of friends in 2006. I’ve decided to publish them here only lightly edited. Since they are four years old, they don’t necessarily reflect exactly what I would say today, but they do accurately capture my [...]
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Four Hundred Texts on Love (Second Century) 20

By Scott | Published: July 29, 2010
52. The intellect joined to God for long periods through prayer and love becomes wise, good, powerful, compassionate, merciful and long-suffering; in short, it includes within itself almost all the divine qualities. But when the intellect withdraws from God and attaches itself to material things, either it becomes self-indulgent like some domestic animal, or like [...]
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Praying with the Church 7 – How the Eastern Orthodox Pray with the Church

By Scott | Published: July 28, 2010
These are reflections on Scot McKnight‘s book, Praying with the Church, that I wrote and shared with a small circles of friends in 2006. I’ve decided to publish them here only lightly edited. Since they are four years old, they don’t necessarily reflect exactly what I would say today, but they do accurately capture my [...]
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Praying with the Church 5 – Praying with Jesus: Sacred Tradition

By Scott | Published: July 23, 2010
These are reflections on Scot McKnight‘s book, Praying with the Church, that I wrote and shared with a small circles of friends in 2006. I’ve decided to publish them here only lightly edited. Since they are four years old, they don’t necessarily reflect exactly what I would say today, but they do accurately capture my [...]
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