Tag Archives: God

The Sunday Morning Tune-up ~ Tradition and the “Uncommon Spirit”

A life with presence—that is, an uncommon spirit—redeems any situation from the commonplace…Adaptability is the power to make a suitable environment for oneself out of any set of circumstances. Most of us are all right if we can live in … Continue reading

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The Sunday Morning Tune-up ~ The Providence of Pain

“Every strand of sentimental satisfaction is an indication of how much farther we have to go before we understand the life of God, it is the satisfaction of a smug self-interest which God by circumstances and pain shocks out of … Continue reading

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The Sunday Tune-up ~ Entire Physical World a Symptom of the Supernatural War

Act bravely, my Brethren; take courage, and trust in the Lord. The time is fast approaching in which there will be great trials and afflictions; perplexities and dissensions, both spiritual and temporal, will abound; the charity of many will grow … Continue reading

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The Sunday Morning Tune-up ~ The Déjà vu of Me & You

1 but Jesus went to the Mount of Olives. 2 At dawn he appeared again in the temple courts, where all the people gathered around him, and he sat down to teach them. 3 The teachers of the law and the Pharisees brought … Continue reading

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The Easter Sunday Tune-up ~ I Believe

I can’t think of a worse nature of personality than cynicism to be perfectly honest. I’m not a huge Camille Paglia fan, but she nails the essence of our cynical dark side by shining a light on people like Richard … Continue reading

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Why We Call It “Good” Friday

I usually confine my musings to Sundays, but today this Good Friday of all Good Fridays beckons to me as never before. There is an immediacy and intensity that is hard to describe. As good a job as Spielberg did … Continue reading

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The Sunday Morning Tune-up ~ “Back to the Garden”…of Gethsemane

Well, I came upon a child of God He was walking along the road And I asked him, tell where are you going? This he told me Said, I’m going down to Yasgur’s Farm Gonna join in a rock and … Continue reading

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The Sunday Morning Tune-up ~ Epilogue

There is something very physiological and real that happens to us when we experience Truth, regardless of whether or not we accept it. You see, it registers within us exactly as any good medicine would. It becomes active within us … Continue reading

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The Sunday Morning Tune-up ~ If I Should Die Before I Wake

Death also will individualize and personalize us, who are today brought together in crowds and groups. Death separates the soul from the body; in doing so, each and every person is searched. Then shall be revealed my true self—not the self … Continue reading

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The Sunday Tune-up ~ A Day Without Dilemma is a Day Without Sunshine

The moral law never alters, either for the noblest or for the weakest, it is eternally and abidingly the same. The moral law ordained by God does not make itself weak to the weak, it does not palliate our shortcomings, … Continue reading

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