A recent study in Europe revealed to the Royal Economic Society that people who have at least some religious ties, or even religious upbringing, tend to have more contented (or even happy) daily lives. The European Centre for Social Welfare Policy and Research found that of the Christians (Catholic and Protestant) surveyed, most found their faith to act as a sort of buffer, protecting them from life’s disappointments. Of course the National Secular Society (atheists and agnostics) thinks it’s a bunch of rubbish. In this digital age, we can easily see that many affluent people or celebrities, who have all of their physical needs ...
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It is funny how we sometimes fail to pray for the things we need most thinking that God will take car of us anyway. He will, but sometimes we can be disappointed when things don't turn out the way we expect. If we had prayed, we may have received a different response. God does provide, but it is according to the faith that we have in us. I had received a call from my mother one hot day last july 2007. I had just returned from working in a soup kitchen and I had not worked there in one year, having worked there on ...
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The Spirit of God has made me; the breath of the Almighty gives me life.- Job 33:4 Breathe into me, Holy Spirit, that my thoughts may all be holy. Move in me, Holy Spirit, that my work, too, may be holy. Attract my heart, Holy Spirit, that I may love only what is holy. Strengthen me, Holy Spirit, that I may defend all that is holy. Protect me, Holy Spirit, that I may always be holy. -Prayer of St. Augustine
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Been going through an interesting phase recently where I'm constantly feeling challenged about my attitudes and motives and stuff. I have so many thoughts going round my head I hardly know where to begin to make sense of it all. I've been thinking about church, about what it is and about what it should be, wondering how much of what we do is following Jesus and how much is following man made tradition and ritual. I've been thinking about what it means to follow Jesus and whether I'm really doing such a good job of it. As I read about Jesus I see a ...
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