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Don’t Give In – Let Yourself Rest
Read more: Don’t Give In – Let Yourself RestIf there’s anything I’ve been habitually bad at, it’s resting. This has always seemed full of irony to me, given that I’m a Biblical Studies student. All over Scripture is talking of rest, not violating the Sabbath, looking forward to the true Sabbath, and basically a whole lot about learning that the world doesn’t depend…
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Retreating from Women’s Retreats
Read more: Retreating from Women’s RetreatsThis past weekend I went on a women’s retreat to Lake Arrowhead with my church, Redeemer Church in La Mirada. I have to admit, that I was a bit wary about writing this post on a women’s retreat, since my past few posts have been a series on Ruth, my last post was about Hello…
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Mind-Blowing Monks at a Benedictine Monastery
Read more: Mind-Blowing Monks at a Benedictine MonasteryGrowing up in a Filipino-American conservative Protestant church, and having parents who converted from Roman Catholicism (the prevalent religion in the Philippines) to “born-again” Christianity, I was well aware of the ways we disagreed with Roman Catholics – how our faith was about grace, and how their faith was about works. It was an “us”…
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Keep’n Up with the Jones’ vs. Keeping satisfied with Jesus
Read more: Keep’n Up with the Jones’ vs. Keeping satisfied with JesusNext week begins a new opportunity for me. After several months of networking new connections, broadcasting my interest, data mining essential research, the Lord has truly provided an opportunity for advancement in my work that is beyond what I could have even crafted for myself. Looking forward to this opportunity, I can’t help but think…
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Resolved 2012: A Confession and Commission
Read more: Resolved 2012: A Confession and Commission2012, Day 4- Resolved to: Revel in Your Rest, and for my soul to be Pacified in Your peace…[1] This last week, I had my first experience with the popular stretching-exercise phenomenon we refer to as Yoga. For the last month and a half, I have been detained from my usual workout routine due to…