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A mustard Seed
I was meeting with a new pastor today about STEPUP and whether or not it may have benefit for his parish. Prior to the meeting, I had spent time reflecting on today’s gospel passage. Jesus was talking about the kingdom of God being like a mustard seed. How it starts out very small but grows…
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Laborers for the harvest
A couple of years ago, I was given an assignment to meditate on scripture each day and then make a journal entry. In today’s Gospel, Jesus instructs us to pray that the Lord sends out laborers for the harvest, because the harvest is great but the laborers are few. As I reflected on this passage…
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3 percent Per Year
Years ago, I heard a talk by Dr. Brant Pitre. In the talk, he shared that the early church grew by about 40 percent per decade. In spite of war, persecution, plague and no modern medicine, the early church grew by 40% per decade. Given compounding, this is about 3% per year. If this were…
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He said, “Go make Disciples”
It is really easy to look at the work we are doing in our church or ministry and pat oneself on the back, thinking I’m doing my part. But if you look at the trends of the last few decades it is really obvious that whatever we are doing really isn’t working. We get involved…
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30, 60 or 100 Fold
In the parable of the sower, Jesus talks about good soil and how it should yield 30, 60 or 100 fold. I was cut to the quick when I began to reflect on this passage. In all the effort that I had put in, I couldn’t look at my life and see that I was…
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Three Questions
Several years ago a short passage of scripture came to mind and it really has played a major impact in my life. The passage is Mk 1:17, “Come follow me and I will make you fishers of men.” The reason this passage has been so meaningful is that I learned that if we are real…
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