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Lent

Feb 17, 2009 by Howard Baker | 1 Comments

In many cultures there is an ancient custom of giving a tenth of each year's income to some holy use. For Christians, to observe the 40 days of Lent is to do the same thing with roughly a tenth of each year's days. After being baptized by John in the river Jordan, Jesus went off alone into the ... [More]

Divine Hours

Feb 12, 2009 by Howard Baker | 0 Comments

"Two things have from the beginning been the necessary form and mystery of Christian spirituality. Two things, even before the closing events of resurrection, ascension, and commission, wove disparate and often renegade believers into an inspirited body of the whole, connected to God and each ... [More]

A Reflection for Black History Month

Feb 10, 2009 by Howard Baker | 0 Comments

A reflection appropriate for our remembrance of Black History Month: In a column for Christianity Today, Philip Yancey writes:As I read accounts of the New Testament church, no characteristic stands out more sharply than [diversity]. Beginning with Pentecost, the Christian church dismantled ... [More]

Prayer and the mysteries of Christ

Feb 05, 2009 by Howard Baker | 0 Comments

[The mysteries of Christ] can be realized only when prayer becomes our supreme concern, our main preoccupation, which outweighs all other cares; our duty, which challenges all other duties; our pleasure, which surpasses every other pleasure. We would then pray at all times, in all ... [More]

The Feast of the Presentation of our Lord in the Temple

Feb 02, 2009 by Howard Baker | 0 Comments

Frank Laubach (1884-1970) was an evangelical missionary and mystic known as the "Apostle to the Illiterates."  His commitment to live in constant conscious communion with the Father not only transformed him personally but also enabled him to develop a simple method of instruction which is ... [More]

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