Today is Ash Wednesday, which marks the first day of Lent. This is traditionally commemorated by a service where the attendees are marked on the forehead with a cross of ashes. Per custom, the ashes used are from the burning of the palm leaves from the previous year's palms from Palm Sunday. On ... Read More
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Whole volumes of books have been written about prayer, so many that most Christians feel unsure of how to pray. We hear some people pray with thee's and thou's, others with deep, theologically rich and arcane language, others that repeat the same mantra over and over and still others with ... Read More
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This Wednesday marks the beginning of the Lenten Season, which is the third season in the Christian Liturgical Calendar, followed by Advent and Ephiphany. Lent is a period of about 40 days that precedes Easter, commemorating three pillars of celebration. These three pillars are often referred to ... Read More
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Fasting is a funny thing—we all know that we must eat to survive, but almost every major culture and religion has some form of fasting. People have fasted throughout history for religious, political, health, and many other reasons--all of whom chose to abstain from food and placed ... Read More
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Fasting from food to draw near to God is an ancient practice with deep roots in the scriptures. The scriptures make the overwhelming point that the fast is to be from food. Why? Dependence As created beings we depend on God for our life and our sustenance. Food is our primary ... Read More
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I would like to walk-through with you, a fairly accessible guide for fasting. Like any good citizen of the Google-age, I set about trying to find as many online resources as possible about how to fast. The first thing I learned was this: there is a lot of garbage on the internet. ... Read More
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There are a good number of you that have either been Christians or had knowledge of Christ for quite sometime in your lives that will be reading this; because of this, there are quite a few of us that know Christian answers, but have a difficulty transitioning those to our actions, and even worse ... Read More
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Let me start by saying that there should be humility in all things we do for Christ, those of you that know me, probably know that this is something with which I admittedly struggle. With that in mind, I am going to refer often in this post to much more humble and wise men than I. In ... Read More
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“God can't give us happiness & peace apart from Himself because it is not there. There is no such thing.” - C.S.Lewis I encourage you all to keep this in mind daily, and specifically as you prepare for the season of Lent. All happiness we experience is from God, and as we ... Read More
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Soma will be participating with Operation: F.A.S.T during the season of Lent, in an effort to draw our attention away from temptations and towards both God and the poor. Recognizing, that we've asked a lot of our members lately, we are not asking for money, but rather a return to the spiritual ... Read More
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