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Formations: May 31
Compassion
My friend’s three-year-old son looks upon the world with an overwhelming sense of compassion. If his family drives past a dead squirrel in the road, he cries over its loss. Recently, they were riding in their golf cart when they came across a snake that had been run over. The little boy wailed in agony, worried about the snake’s family. His sense of empathy and compassion is powerful.
Connections: May 31
Work and Rest
When I was in college, we took a popular personality inventory in Spiritual Formation class, and I will never forget reading that one characteristic of my “type” is that we tend to take the attitude that “work is work, and play is work.” Not everything in every personality test is true for everybody, but “work is work, and play is work” was (and is) accurate for me.
Intersection: May 31
What's in a Name? Everything
When Bad Bunny performed at the Super Bowl halftime show in February, millions of people watched a performer step into the biggest spotlight in American entertainment and essentially say, You need to know who I am. Love him or not, the moment was about identity. About name. About what that name means and what it demands of you when you hear it.
FaithSteps Family Devotions
Sharing Jesus with Others
As a young teenager, I remember telling one of my best friends about Jesus while we were at a slumber party. She was having a hard time and she was crying. Her parents argued a lot and she was worried about what was going to happen. Everyone else was already asleep, and I was doing my best to make her feel better. Finally, I told her about Jesus.
Reflections Devotional
Fill Me with Life Anew
Throughout the Scripture story, God’s relationship to life is a dominant theme. God lives, and God is the source of life. God creates all life, and the breath of God gives a distinctive existence to humans. God who gives life sustains it. When we feel depleted and defeated, the God of the living renews life in us. As believers, we can confidently pray, “Breathe on me, Breath of God. . ."
Honesty: Believing There Are No Ifs, Ands, or Buts
by Edwin Ray Frazier
The religious authorities of Jesus’ day had some confusing guidelines about truthfulness. If they swore by God’s name, then they were bound to tell the truth. If it was any other name, then they were free not to tell the truth.
Jesus said that’s ridiculous.
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