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Dalai Lama Quote for Thursday, February 26, 2009
By
Jana Melpolder
In general, I always state that I have three commitments in life. On the level of a religious practitioner, my second commitment is the promotion of religious harmony and understanding amongst different religious traditions. Insight From the Dalai Lama: 2007 Calendar,” Copyright © 2006, Andrews McMeel Publishing.
Thursday: Praying the Name
By
Jana Melpolder
Welcome back to “Praying the Names of Jesus.” If you missed the explanation for the name of Jesus we’re studying this week, click here or scroll down to Monday’s entry. When he had finished washing their feet, he put on his clothes and returned to his place. “Do you understand what I have done for…
Facing Despair With Joy
By
Jana Melpolder
[To the Syrophoenician woman, Jesus said], “Let the children be fed first, for it is not fair to take the children’s food and throw it to the dogs” (Mark 7:28). This woman has just asked that her daughter be healed, but Jesus’ response seems rude and insensitive. However, the woman’s response — “Even the dogs…
Bill Hybels Day 8: Spotting Potential
By
Jana Melpolder
Welcome back to Beliefnet’s exclusive Bill Hybels devotional, “Living with Grander Vision.” This feed will appear in your profile every day for three full weeks. Did you miss any entries? Just stay subscribed, and the feed will begin again at the end of its cycle. Better than anyone in history, Jesus saw possibility in the…
John 1:29-34
By
Jana Melpolder
[29] The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world. [30] This is he of whom I said, After me cometh a man which is preferred before me: for he was before me. [31] And I knew him not: but…
The Inner Wisdom of the Journey Itself
By
Jana Melpolder
Women who entered the ministry more than 20 years ago, when I was ordained, endured the mocks and jeers of family, friends and male ministers in order to be ordained and had nothing to look forward to but assignments to a string of some of the smallest, poorest and most difficult charges in the Methodist…
Gospel Reading for Thursday, February 26, 2009
By
Jana Melpolder
John 1:29-34 29 The next day he saw Jesus coming toward him and declared, “Here is the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world! 30 This is he of whom I said, ‘After me comes a man who ranks ahead of me because he was before me.’ 31 I myself did…
Dalai Lama Quote for Wednesday, February 25, 2009
By
Jana Melpolder
The essential feature of true compassion is that it is universal and not discriminatory. Insight From the Dalai Lama: 2007 Calendar,” Copyright © 2006, Andrews McMeel Publishing.
Wednesday: Praying the Name
By
Jana Melpolder
Welcome back to “Praying the Names of Jesus.” If you missed the explanation for the name of Jesus we’re studying this week, click here or scroll down to Monday’s entry. Now before the festival of the Passover, Jesus knew that his hour had come to depart from this world and go to the Father. Having…
Pray for a Sick Little Girl
By
Jana Melpolder
“Emma, who will be 3 in April 2009, has an extremely rare form of Aplastic Anemia. She undergoes daily treatments, results are slow, and she has almost no immune system.” –pjslade Add your prayers now
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