Jesus overcame temptations to use divine grace for himself, so Christians must continue to seek God’s purpose in every gift they receive.
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Seeing as God sees: transfiguration in a 12-step recovery program
The transfiguration requires us to let go of our masks and let others catch a glimpse of God in us.
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Want to become a saint? Pretend to be someone you admire for a day.
You might ask, “Shouldn’t we all pretend to be Jesus?” We should, but that does not seem to have gotten most of us all that far. Perhaps a humbler role is a better beginning.
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There is a reason the Beatitudes are hard to believe
The Beatitudes do not describe the world in which we live. They tell us how to live in this world so as to seed one yet to come. Belief in another world gives us the courage to resist and to renew this one.
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Brandi Carlile’s Biblical imagination in ‘By the Way, I Forgive You’
What is there to gain from probing life’s wounds? Brandi Carlile has an answer in her new album.
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What does it mean to be a child of God?
Living the Gospel makes us like the Father; this is what it means to be a child of God.
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Does your behavior reflect God’s love?
It is not enough for disciples to believe; their behavior must reveal God as the model for every deed.
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If you have felt regret, you know what it means to sin—and to grow
We feel regret when we recognize that are past behaviors were too small, too defensive, too rooted in our own selves.
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Does suffering always lead to greatness?
By itself, suffering is no gateway to greatness. Yet it’s hard to find titans of history who didn’t know great sorrow.
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The Beatitudes remind us of our own false righteousness
Poverty, hunger, grief and exclusion are not signs of the absence of God’s love.