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Author Archives: Shirlee Abbott
Whose Life Matters?
I was reading the comments attached to a news story on the March for Life. One said, “I won’t let [an unplanned] pregnancy ruin my life” (not an exact quote, I didn’t get the writer’s permission). I thought about my … Continue reading
All Lives Matter
Many people see abortion as the best choice in cases of rape and incest. I am disturbed by what seems to be a message of the easy fix: make the baby go away, and things go back to normal. Baby … Continue reading
Dreams Matter
Acts 2:17 (and Joel 2:28) In the last days, God says, I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your young men will see visions, your old mean will dream dreams. Proverbs … Continue reading
All Lives Matter
Yesterday was Sanctity of Life Sunday. Today is Martin Luther King Day. The first focuses on babies in the womb, the second on equality for people of color. What do the two have in common? The biblical concepts that all … Continue reading
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Whole Day of Discipline
Exodus 20:8 (NIV) Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy. Hmmm. Not just the one-hour worship service. The whole day, a holy day.
My Undisciplined Worship
Me during the worship service: Thank you, Lord, for my many blessings. Gee, my shoes need to be polished. Forgive my trespasses. I’m cold. Should have worn my sweater. We need to buy milk on the … Continue reading
God & Me – Worship & Discipline
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The Discipline of Worship
I can’t say it better than William Temple: “To worship is to quicken the conscience by the holiness of God, to feed the mind with the truth of God, to purge the imagination by the beauty … Continue reading
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The Discipline of Worship
Is there a place for discipline in worship? It’s all about staying awake That’s how legalism gets started It keeps the mind from wandering The undisciplined mind lacks focus. Thoughts flit about willy-nilly. Worship focuses God. It … Continue reading