Thorns, burdens, and a back ache
I was talking with a friend recently whom I pray for regularly. He too is involved in ministry and impacts a lot of people. Yet he is scourged by a physical burden that he has had for some time. Whenever he has asked me to pray for him I always pray for this physical pain to leave him so that he would not be distracted. In a recent conversation I realized that perhaps it was not God’s desire for this burden to leave him. Perhaps …
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Learn how to trust God in all things. From personal testimony to practical advice on trusting God in specific situations. If we are to seek union with God – we must be willing to learn to rely on God in all things.
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A digest of different blogs and news articles interesting enough to share here or that I want your thoughts on. Sometimes it will just be links to other stories and other times it will be my own thoughts or questions on the topic with links to the further story.
We are definitely in a new age when it comes to evangelization. This section will feature articles and links to articles on utilizing the media in the new evangelization. It will also have articles specific to youth and young adult ministry and ideas on how to spread the Gospel using the new media.
As you may remember, last summer I was asked to go to Germany to minister at the European Catholic Youth Conference which was a conference for Catholic youth who live on U.S. military bases around Europe. It was an incredible weekend and opened my heart to military youth ministry.
These teens have been living all over the world for many years. Many of them not living in the same place for more than 2 years at a time. Many of them have one or more parent away on deployment. They need …
Announcing iGrace – daily messages for Lenten encouragement and inspiration:
Just in time for LENT – I’m excited to start a new service of LivingGracefully.net – It is a daily inspirational text message delivered right to your phone. The messages will be 160 characters long and contain a quick insight or prayer to help you continue focusing on Christ this Lent.
I am constantly praying for those of you who read this blog and praying for what words God would desire me to share with you. I’m excited to offer these prayers in the …
So, 20.10 is already in full steam. We are 1/12th of the way through and I’m once again amazed at how fast life moves. I wanted to stop and give a few updates to you all about the site, about the ministry, and maybe a little about my own life. Hope you don’t mind the self-focus for a moment – but the blogging experts say that updates are important – so here we go.
Two new regular posts a week: In addition to my regular blog posts each week you may …
Each week I post a note on Facebook asking for prayer intentions of our readers. I would ask that you consider taking these intentions to prayer and adding them to your list. Together let us seek the grace of God’s loving care for our needs.
Our first intention of course should be for those affected by the catastrophic earthquake in Haiti.
We of course pray for those who lost their lives, “Saints of God receive their souls, receive their souls and present them to God.”
We also pray for those who are trapped …
