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Prayer and Fasting
Most of us only want to imitate Christ in ways that fit our taste.
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Variety in Worship
Sometimes a weird church service can turn out to be what you need.
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Sabbath Rest
Taking a day off to unwind and uncork is a gift to yourself and your family.
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Ancient Worldviews and the Sacraments
Would an ancient Christian say you had a Christian worldview or a pagan worldview?
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Are You Going to Wash My Feet?
It is the experience of Jesus who washed feet, that reveals to us how much our God indeed loves us and who is able to touch the most vulnerable parts of ourselves and make us whole.
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Roadside Crosses
Who places crosses along U.S. roadsides and why? Such memorials appear all over the country but are especially common in the Southwest.
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Mass in Mexico takes African twist
With Catholicism losing ground to other churches, priests from abroad become more common. They bring with them vibrant styles and street savvy, honed in their native countries.
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The Role of Christian Media
A recent report by the Barna Group suggests that many Christians are choosing Christian media over church attendance. Faith-related Internet sites as well as religious magazines, newspapers and books are becoming a primary source of spiritual input.
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House churches
Christians are gathering regularly or spontaneously in a home or other setting instead of a building dedicated to the purpose. Do a search on the term “house church” or “simple church,” and you might be surprised to see how widespread this movement is.
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Undocumented Virgin
Increasingly, Christians are finding meaning in the Virgin of Guadalupe's story. While not all Mexican Anglicans share the same views about the Virgin, she is a symbol of religious significance that reaches beyond Catholic origins.
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Joels Dream Team Seeks to Integrate Children, Youth Ministry into Mainstream
Pastors are asking how to incorporate children in to aspects of church like the Lord's Supper. Article appeared in the Spring 2004 edition of CRC Source.
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Friday Afternoon
Don't let your Sabbath preparations rob you of the joy and anticipation of rest and worship.
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United in the Fellowship of Christ
The center of our Christian fellowship, of that which we all have and share in common, is our Savior. It is what he has done, is doing, and will do for us that creates fellowship within the community of believers. The closer each member of the community gets to that majestic center, the stronger are the ties that unite them to one another, thus facilitating the mission of the church.
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Variety in Worship
The Holy Spirit has spread out a wonderful buffet. It’s okay to like the cocktail wieners on a stick, or the crackers with cheese; but try to sample as much as you can, including the things you’re sure you won’t like.
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Resource: The Power of Anointing
On September 11 this year at St. Paul’s Chapel, the Rev. Dr. Stuart Hoke and the Rev. James G. Callaway Jr conducted the Church’s Rite of Healing, a service in which people are prayed for and anointed with oil individually. Roughly 300 waited patiently in line – some for as long as forty minutes. Nathan Brockman asked Fr. Hoke for his thoughts on the ritual.
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Great Pilgrimages
This program takes viewers to many places where people of faith have made pilgrimages over the years.
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Rediscovering the Rosary
The Rosary is being "rediscovered” as a tool for contemplative prayer.
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30 Good Minutes: Thomas Long - Amazing and Uncomfortable Grace
 The Rev. Dr. Thomas Long says that when we use the word grace, we tend to downsize it. But when the New Testament uses the word grace, "it, uses it in a very powerful way - so powerful that sometimes grace can be quite uncomfortable."
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