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Lawrence Taylor
May 15, 20241 min read
Goodness and Mercy
God is never coercive, but God can be quite persuasive. Goodness and mercy are the tools God uses to persuade us onward to wholeness....
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Lawrence Taylor
May 9, 20243 min read
Where's Heaven?
Heaven is not “up there.” There is no “up there.” If by “heaven” we mean the locality of God’s throne and/or where people go when they...
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Lawrence Taylor
Apr 27, 20243 min read
After her night shift
After the night shift, She was, I believe, walking home along a country road just at dawn, Listening to a chorus of birdsongs, watching...
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Lawrence Taylor
Apr 22, 20242 min read
What if?
One of my biggest temptations is materialism – not in the common vernacular sense – I care very little about stuff. I refer to...
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Lawrence Taylor
Apr 22, 20242 min read
Blessing & Birthright
In Genesis, God transfers the divine blessing and the divine birthright to Abraham. Abraham passes them on to Isaac, and Isaac winds up...
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Lawrence Taylor
Apr 12, 20244 min read
Learning to Receive
The Gift of Weakness … but [God] said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for power is made perfect in weakness.” So I will boast all...
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Lawrence Taylor
Mar 13, 20242 min read
God is the Best Parent
Divine Reparenting It’s easy to find stuff online about reparenting your inner child. Basically, that means revisiting childhood...
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Lawrence Taylor
Feb 22, 20243 min read
The Hero: You
You are the hero in the Hero Story The Iliad and The Odyssey, Wizard of Oz, Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, Idylls of the King. The hero...
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Lawrence Taylor
Feb 14, 20242 min read
Mixed Emotions on Valentine's Day
Wednesday, February 14, 2024 Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent. Valentine’s Day. The anniversary of the day we buried my oldest son....
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Lawrence Taylor
Dec 6, 20232 min read
Awe & Wonder
Wonder. Awe. Perhaps having a sense of wonder and awe is what Jesus meant when he said we must become as children to enter the Kingdom of...
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Lawrence Taylor
Dec 5, 20235 min read
Being Consistently Inconsistent
Consistently Inconsistent With the empowering aid of God’s Spirit, we aim to be consistent in prayer, to consistently love, be...
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Lawrence Taylor
Nov 29, 20233 min read
Original Blessing
Manichaeanism was a Gnostic-like religion in the third century of the common era. It was based on the teachings of Mani (216-274 AD) and...
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Lawrence Taylor
Nov 26, 20232 min read
Finding the Authentic me
I came to faith in Christ when I was by myself. God revealed himself to me in a profound mystical experience. I knew God was love and...
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Lawrence Taylor
Nov 25, 20232 min read
The Kiss
I once worked with a guy who, in response to anyone’s morning greeting, replied, “Same old routine.” Like gentle sleeping Rosamond,[1] we...
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Lawrence Taylor
Nov 23, 20236 min read
Connectedness
Connect. Know. Love. Cherish. We long for connectedness. We long to love and be loved. We were created by love to love and be loved. We...
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Lawrence Taylor
Nov 8, 20233 min read
One Authentic Self
The three of us work in a nondescript suburban department store. Manager, stock-boy, and human resource guy. I’m the HR dude. The manager...
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Lawrence Taylor
Oct 28, 20236 min read
SEX
Our sexuality is an expression of the innate desire, the longing we all have to connect with God, others, our deepest selves, and...
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Lawrence Taylor
Oct 28, 20234 min read
Dragons & Monsters
“This is the end–for me the beginning of life.” (Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s last words before he was hanged in the Nazi concentration camp of...
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Lawrence Taylor
Oct 13, 20236 min read
Spiritual and Psychological Wholeness
Trivia bubbles to the surface in the senile. For all of us, that which was too difficult to understand at the time it happened stays...
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Lawrence Taylor
Sep 26, 20234 min read
Men Over 65 Are at High Risk for Suicide
Men over 65 have the highest rate of suicide in America.[1] Why? Lack of purpose in retirement, loneliness, lack of independence, worry...
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