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Who’s Your Coach?

Who’s your coach? Who is your spiritual coach or director? In the secular world, organizations provide mentors or coaches to help people on their way

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Prayers of Petition

I have written about all but one of the basic prayers over the last several months.  In this article I cover the final type of

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Prayers Of Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving is something we do. Gratitude is something we feel. This can be important to someone with a limited emotional range. It is useful when

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Prayers Of Adoration And Praise

When I was young and in Confirmation class, we were taught there are five types of prayers: Adoration, Praise, Thanksgiving, Intercession, and Petition.  That I

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The Mystery of Marriage

At the dawn of Christianity when new converts, mainly Jews, asked about the Messiah whom they had not met in person, they were introduced to

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Target Hardening for Your Soul

The term “target hardening” generally refers to strengthening the security of a site against attack. It’s something we may hear or read about after terrorist

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Beginning a Journey

Dean Swift, the author of Gulliver’s Travels said that we have just enough religion to make us hate, but not enough to make us love

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