Post tagged with Holy Spirit

  • The Problem with "Bonnie" and Me

    June 18th, 200911:32 PM ET
    By David Sanford
    I've recently learned how to use my new GPS unit. But it will never make me a saint. When I started working with my GPS unit, I tried all of the computerized voices and arbitrarily selected "Bonnie." I checked off several other preferences, keyed in our home address, and loaded several addresses I knew I'd need in coming days. But using a GPS...

  • Humor and Storytelling Can Point Others to God

    June 18th, 200912:08 PM ET
    By David Sanford
    I remember when one of my older kids hit 18 and went off to university. Their vocabulary stretched by a word or two. I winced, but I didn't offer a rebuke. Instead, I cheated and simply prayed. The Holy Spirit convicted them a while later, and even later during a visit they told me about it. My decision not to say such words had become their own pe...

  • Anointed

    June 13th, 200911:30 PM ET
    By Kimberlee Conway Ireton
    One of the many things I love about the reading the lectionary (a group of Bible readings consisting of a passage from the Old Testament, a psalm, an epistle excerpt, and a Gospel reading) is the way it juxtaposes familiar texts and makes me think about them in new ways. The readings for this Sunday (June 14) begin with Samuel's anointing of David...

  • Tilling, Sowing, and Fertilizing Scripture

    March 19th, 200911:23 PM ET
    By Ed Cyzewski
    The fields in my southern Vermont valley are still damp from the March snow melt. Streams running down the sides of mountains remain swollen, and the Battenkill River licks over its banks as it rushes toward New York state. As the ground thaws over the coming month it will soon become possible to turn the earth. With a few consecutive days of suns...
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