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by David Alexander on February 19, 2010
Yesterday, in my post about my plans for Lent this year, I mentioned that I was going to be using a book called Eastertide which is a prayer book put together by Phyllis Tickle. I promised to write more today about what is called The Daily Office, a pattern of praying at certain hours of [...]
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by David Alexander on February 18, 2010
The season of Lent was originally designed as a time of preparation for individuals preparing to make a commitment to faith in Christ. Potential converts were to dedicate themselves to prayer and acts of self-denial during these 40 days leading up to the celebration of Easter and their baptism into their new family of faith.
Today, [...]
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by David Alexander on February 17, 2010
Today is Ash Wednesday.
According to the Christian calendar, Ash Wednesday is the first day of a 40 day journey [excluding Sundays] we call Lent. We set aside these days each year in the life of the Church to focus our hearts and minds again on the road that Jesus walked towards the cross, the sacrifice [...]
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by David Alexander on February 16, 2010
This weekend we begin the season of Lent, and we will be kicking off our “24 Hours that Changed the World” message series. I am really excited about sharing with you over the next six weeks an in depth look at the last 24 Hours of Jesus life… 24 Hours that Changed the World.
Here’s a [...]
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by David Alexander on February 3, 2010
This last weekend during the second message of our sync series we talked about why “kneeling” is an image we have for prayer. Prayer always involves, “kneeling” before God, submitting our hopes and dreams in order to take up God’s hopes and dreams for our lives. It is always, “not my will, but yours.”
John Wesley, [...]
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by David Alexander on January 26, 2010
Last weekend we kicked off our SYNC message series. The heart of this series is really about investing in our prayer life… the time we give to listening to God’s heart and sharing our heart with God.
At the end of the message, I shared the prayer below. Wherever we find ourselves on our journey, I [...]
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by David Alexander on January 25, 2010
I got a response from a great friend about my message last weekend. If you missed it, I talked a little bit about my love for Apple. If you’d like to listen to the message, you can click here. If after listening you feel inclined to purchase any Apple products click here.
Here’s the response I [...]
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by David Alexander on January 22, 2010
This weekend, we are kicking off our second series of 2010 entitled SYNC. This is one that I’ve really been looking forward to sharing. It’s been stewing in my mind since last July and I think it’s going to be a great setup for us as we move into the season of Lent when this [...]
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