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Prayer from Psalm 53: Your Neighbor and Your God

by Chris on 06. Sep, 2011 in Blog, Growth

This entry is part 53 of 158 in the series Prayers from the Psalms

  When we stop seeking you, God, we start serving ourselves. I’ve seen it again and again.  Person after person marginalizes you.  And before long, they marginalize those around them. We simply do not love neighbor when we do not first love you. When we write you out of our Story everyone suffers. Especially you. [image]

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Fixing Broken Windows

by Chris on 23. Aug, 2011 in Blog

This entry is part 2 of 26 in the series ShortPostsFrom10MinuteMystic

  Malcolm Gladwell writes about the 75th precinct in New York.[i]  He describes it as “an economically desperate community destined, by most accounts, to get more desperate in the years ahead.”  The precinct was especially infamous for its high crime rate.  Yet, during a two period, the 75th experienced a miraculous decrease in crime.  In [...]

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Prayer from Psalm 35: Revenge

by Chris on 14. Jul, 2011 in Blog, Growth

This entry is part 35 of 158 in the series Prayers from the Psalms

   Lord, I’m angry. These people want me to fail. They complain constantly about me. They stab me in the back again and again. And now I’m about to return the favor.  I’m going to plunge the knife in their backs. But… I won’t. I won’t because you see all they’ve done.  You hear all they’ve said. Lord, let vengeance [...]

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