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God’s Great Gift: Redeeming Missed Opportunities

Posted on February 24, 2015 by NACSW

I have had the honor and privilege of serving on the praise team at my church for many years now. As I was ministering one week ago, my eyes looked out, and I saw a man who I knew; for some reason, I focused on him, realizing I had not had a conversation with him in quite a while. He was serving as ...
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Gloriously Ordinary: Christ-like Presence in the World

Posted on February 19, 2015September 25, 2015 by NACSW

Posted:Thu, 08 Jan 2015 10:48:16 +0000 As a practice of spiritual formation in the courses I teach, I will sometimes facilitate an exercise with the gospel stories. I invite students to close their eyes and imagine that a story in the book of Matthew, Mark, Luke or John is a silent film (you k...
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God’s Handiwork

Posted on February 19, 2015September 25, 2015 by NACSW

My hands were weak, but I reached them out to feebler ones than mine, and over the shadow of my life, stole the light of a peace divine. Frances Harper This past year I worked in a nursing home providing psychotherapeutic support for the residents. My residents varied in capacity to process and art...
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