The holy month of Ramadan begins for Muslims around the world. This year’s celebration runs the evening of Wed, Mar 22, 2023 – evening of Thu, Apr 20, 2023. Be blessed in observance and the time of drawing closer to the important things in life. Ramadan Mubarak and Ramadan Kareem.
This post might be narrow blogging to the team Jesus squad. I hope it doesn’t offend anyone. These are some thoughts and I don’t want to start a debate.
Church and Christianity for that matter should be places of comfort for those who have hearts and souls that need mending after being damaged by various things. Dealing with the reality of life and its ugly stuff is hard work and the church should be a place where you can do that. I want less praise and worship and more blues and gangster rap.
Life is hard enough and Christians should be about helping people on the journey. People of faith are human beings. God is god and when that is realized freedom can be found. It is my hope that my church can be a safe haven for imperfect people. I hope this makes sense.
This says so much. Don’t use your morals and faith to make laws to harm people. It’s bullying and that is evil.
I work for a blood bank and it’s the season of Lent. So I am donating blood for Lent as a practice of helping others as I work my way through the 40 days until Easter.
Remember that you are dust, and dust you shall return. 40 days of spiritual practices, examination and reflection have begun this day.
My church hosted a seminar on the environment and faith; the two should be closely linked. Being a good steward of the gifts of mother Earth is the right thing to do.
It requires using our hearts, minds, and spirit to do something for this creation of nature we have been given. It’s essential to do things such as recycling, conserving energy (yes I am not always good at that), and extending the life of the things I use to make life easier.
As a believer, I am glad to do these things because it’s a way of showing how much I want this planet to be there for future generations. Love your neighbor as yourself extends to being concerned for the environment. Caring for creation is a statement of faith.
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