Category Archives: Discipleship

Humility Month Day 14: Faith Like a Child

What does it mean to have faith like a child? Why is it so serioius if we cause a child to sin? How serious is it when we sin? This are humbling questions to sit with. Come Holy Spirit, and show us what you want us to see today. Continue reading

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Humility Month Day 12: Learning to Love Enemies

Through the dark night pride becomes humility, greed becomes simplicity, wrath becomes contentment, luxury becomes peace, gluttony becomes moderation, envy becomes joy, and sloth becomes strength. Continue reading

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Humility Month Day 11: The Be Attitudes

“When God was merciful to us, we learned to be merciful with our brethren. When we received forgiveness instead of judgment, we, too, were made ready to forgive our brethren. What God did to us, we then owed to others. ” Bonhoeffer Continue reading

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Humility Month Day 10: The Baptism of Jesus

For we do not progress in the Christian life by becoming more competent, more knowledgeable, more virtuous or more energetic. We do not advance in the Chirstian life by acquiring expertise. Each day, and many times each day, we need more of God. Back to square one.
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Humility Month Day 9: The Humble Birth of the King

Let us go to find the Savior!
Let us go with the wise ones:
Let us go to find God’s promise, born for us!
Let us go with the poor and humble:
Let us go to find our King, born in a lowly manger. Continue reading

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