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Step Seven: The Posture of Grace

Step 7. Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings. Forget religion. Forget world religions. Forget atheists in foxholes. Forget what’s fair. This is the key to the 12-step program; everything builds upon this. There are really only two kinds of … Continue reading

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Step Three: Giving up the whoopee

Step 3. Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him. It’s all about control. So far I have been in control of my own life and I have already … Continue reading

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Step Two: A Power greater than ourselves

Step 2: Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity. There is an oral tradition in AA that is a play on the first three words of this step: “Came to believe.…” It turns … Continue reading

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December the 24th

It’s Christmas Eve. In spite of so many Christmas songs that celebrate how this is the “most wonderful time of the year,” it is, for many people in fact, one of the most terrible times of the year. Good feelings … Continue reading

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Why are so many Christians so Cruel?

by David French Opinion Columnist: The New York Times I am republishing this article as a Catch because I believe we all should read it and take it to heart. If I were to re-title this article, I would name it … Continue reading

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On a cold winter’s night

It was three o’clock in the morning and a bitter, January wind was blowing hard off a frozen Lake Michigan. No one should have been out at this time in this weather, but I was. I was bundled up against … Continue reading

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What the heart knows

As the saying goes, There is a method to our madness. We skipped over Catches last week because we have been working on a subject neither of us have dealt with before. We hope it will be worth the wait … Continue reading

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Around your table

I wanted something to talk on for Thanksgiving and ran into the following verses when I was looking for the one verse about giving thanks, “for this is the will of God for you.” I saw the other verses leading … Continue reading

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Why the Jesus Movement must live on through us

There was a time, not so long ago, when a generation on the edge of disillusionment and despair encountered a spark that ignited their hearts and set them ablaze for Christ. Those of us who lived through or were influenced … Continue reading

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From Failure to Faith

Behold, he whose soul is not upright in him shall fail, but the righteous shall live by his faith. Habakkuk 2:4 Have you ever known anyone whose soul doesn’t stand up straight within him/her? How about you? Has your soul ever … Continue reading

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