“The Christian says, 'Creatures are not born with desires unless satisfaction for those desires exists. A baby feels hunger: well, there is such a thing as food. A duckling wants to swim: well, there is such a thing as water. Men feel sexual desire: well,...
Here's a link to the file I reference in the sermon this past Sunday: Rule of Life Worksheet. For more Rule of Life resources visit Steve Macchia's Rule of Life website....
Here is the Suscipe Prayer quoted in this past Sunday's sermon. It is from Ignatius of Loyola: Take, Lord, and receive all my liberty, my memory, my understanding, and my entire will, All I have and call my own. You have given all to me. To you, Lord, I return it. Everything...
BOOKS, ARTICLES, AND PAPERS WORTH READING: MARY MAGDALENE https://www.biblegateway.com/resources/all-women-bible/Mary-Magdalene WOMEN PREACHERS? WHERE’S THAT IN THE BIBLE? https://escapetoreality.org/2017/10/10/women-preachers-in-the-bible/ THE NEGLECTED HISTORY OF WOMEN IN THE EARLY CHURCH A number of prominent leaders, scholars, and benefactors of the early church were women and—despite neglect by many modern historians—the diligent researcher can still uncover...
For further reading from this past Sunday's sermon on "Men and Women in the Bible," see Sarah Sumner's book, "Men and Women in the Church."...
For further reading about the nature of Jesus's temptation in the wilderness, see Henri Nouwen's book, In the Name of Jesus. Quotes from this week's sermon: “suddenly began to weep, to tear his hair and lament. His disciples said to him ‘Why are you weeping, Father?’ and the...
Only one quote from this past Sunday's sermon, and it's from Herman Melville's classic work, Moby Dick. Here it is: “To insure the greatest efficiency in the dart, the harpooners of this world must start to their feet out of idleness, and not out of toil.”...
“Addiction is any compulsive, habitual behavior that limits the freedom of human desire. It is caused by the attachment, or nailing, of desire to specific objects.” ~Gerald May, Addiction and Grace “Spiritually, addiction is a deep-seated form of idolatry. The objects of our addictions become our false...
Here are some quotes from this past Sunday's sermon: “Anthony the Great, called ‘The Father of Monks’ was born in central Egypt about A.D. 251, the son of peasant farmers who were Christian. In c. 269 he heard the Gospel read in church and applied to...