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This is the twenty-first in a series written by Malcolm Marler and Mary Bea Sullivan, husband and wife, about their journey as Mary, an author, goes to Virginia Theological Seminary to get her Master of Divinity degree and eventually become an Episcopal priest. Malcolm is a director of pastoral care at a hospital in Alabama. Read more of One Down, Two to Go The Rev. Joel Atong As people of faith, I wonder how many things we miss out on in our lives when we discount a dream set before us? What if we embraced the not knowing how things would work out for a little longer? What might happen? This means trusting beyond our own capabilities. This Read more of Daring to Believe This is a guest post by my wife, Mary Bea Sullivan who is a seminarian at Virginia Theological Seminary, Alexandria, VA. “I have a direct influence on the world around me, and I choose whether that influence is positive or negative.” My then 15 year-old daughter Kiki wrote upon returning from a mission trip to Kenya. Kiki has inspired Read more of The Ten Dollar Difference As I write this post on my iPad before going to bed, I hear the words I have been saying to our chaplains on my team at the hospital. (By the way, my paragraph formatting is a bit off in this blog post at the end regardless how many times I hit the Return key, Read more of Life is More than Work Daisy and I went for a hike today in the woods of sweet home Alabama. Our twelve year old lab never turns down the opportunity to go for a walk in the woods. We didn’t have a final destination in mind when we started to drive. We ended up near Double Springs, AL at Read more of Remember the Stones I recently watched a video on TED. I love this website. It has some of the most inspiring videos of special talks that I have ever heard. This is one of them. TED is a nonprofit devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading. It started out (in 1984) as a conference bringing together people from three worlds: Technology, Read more of The Power of Vulnerability OT Reading: Amos 5:6-15, NT Reading: Hebrews 12:1-14, Gospel Reading: Luke 18:9-14 If you prefer to listen to this blog post, click on the arrow below. “Jesus told this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous and despised others.” I wonder if you are like me in some of the following ways. Read more of The Well Worn Path (If you prefer to listen, click on the arrow below.) Believe it or not, I grew up in a home where I never heard my father or my mother cuss. That’s pretty remarkable in and of itself. But I believe Jesus cussed a few times to get his point across when he walked the Read more of When Jesus Cussed This is the tenth in a series on My Faith Journey. (If you prefer to listen, click on the arrow below.) Chaplain Mark Allen Johnston and wife, Lisa Compton Johnston “I was going to ask God ‘as there is so much suffering in the world and you are able to do something about it, Read more of God Questions This is the ninth in a series on My Faith Journey. (If you prefer to listen, click on the arrow below.) Nine years ago on January 16, 2003, I wrote the following words in my journal late one evening when I was alone: Tonight, I got on my knees by my couch at home after Read more of Freedom Prayer |
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