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10 illustrations for sermon preparation
In deep winter, a river does not cease flowing simply because ice has sealed its surface. Beneath the frozen crust, water moves — dark, unseen,...
In 2018, Rachel Held Evans wrote about sitting with a friend who had just been told by her church that her questions made her dangerous....
When the assayer tests gold for purity, he does not guess at its composition. He subjects the metal to precise, measurable heat — 1,064 degrees...
In the writings of Teresa of Avila, the soul journeys through interior rooms toward union with God. But what she describes in the sixth mansion...
Rachel Held Evans once wrote that the Bible is not a book about people who got it right — it is a book about God...
In the sixteenth century, John of the Cross sat in a tiny prison cell in Toledo, barely six feet by ten, where his own Carmelite...
There is a moment in centering prayer when every distraction has been released, every thought gently set aside, and what remains is not peace but...
When a surgeon operates, every cut serves a purpose. No incision is random, no wound without design. The patient, lying on the table, cannot see...
In 1989, a 6.9-magnitude earthquake struck San Francisco during the World Series. Buildings pancaked, highways collapsed, and the ground itself became unreliable. Yet engineers later...
In centering prayer, there comes a moment practitioners call "the cloud of unknowing" — when words dissolve, thoughts scatter, and you sit in what feels...
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