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And So The Story Goes, Part 2
Three years earlier I had gone through a time of intense prayer and fasting to determine what future God had for me. I felt God speak to me very clearly that I was to go to seminary because He was … Continue reading
Filed under Spiritual Life
Vacation
I went on vacation this week (sort of). As an alumnus of Regent University School of Divinity I am eligible to take up to four masters-level classes for $100 each. It’s a little complicated, but basically I can take … Continue reading
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Life Has Snuck Up on Me…
Life has snuck up on me recently and prevented me from writing, As the church’s Community Groups Minister, I was asked to launch small groups church-wide and given very little time to do it. I also planned a Ministry Fair … Continue reading
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Girl Meets God – Book Review
The book is about her personal spiritual journey toward God. She’s the daughter of a Jewish father and a “lapsed Southern Baptist” mother who divorced when she was young. She was raised to be Jewish, but she had to officially “convert” to Judaism since her mother isn’t Jewish. She became an Orthodox Jew – a strict and traditional form of Judaism – wearing long skirts, keeping the Sabbath laws, and learning Hebrew. Nearly all her closest friends were Jewish. She dated Jewish guys – although those guys wouldn’t marry her because she was a convert and for various reasons they wanted to marry a girl from a traditional Jewish home. She ate Jewish food. Her Judaism engulfed every aspect of her life. Continue reading
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