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Galatians 5:1
1Stand firm therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and don`t be entangled again with a yoke of bondage.
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Sengbe Pieh was born free. A rice farmer from Mende country in Sierra Leone, he was seized by slave traders in early 1839, shipped across...
Between 1850 and 1860, Harriet Tubman made thirteen rescue missions from St. Catharines, Ontario, back into the slave-holding territory of Maryland's Eastern Shore. She had...
On January 31, 1865, the floor of the United States House of Representatives erupted. After months of intense lobbying by President Abraham Lincoln and his...
In the monastery of Avila, Teresa once described the soul as clay on a wheel. The Potter shapes us not through our frantic spinning but...
When Sarah Mitchell adopted a greyhound named Duke from a racing rescue in Abilene, Texas, she expected him to bolt through her backyard the moment...
In his journal, Thomas Merton once described watching a brother at Gethsemani Abbey carry water to the guest house. The monk moved with such unhurried...
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In a small town outside Atlanta, a progressive faith community noticed something troubling: families were going hungry just blocks from their church, yet traditional food...
In *Braveheart*, the iconic cry of William Wallace—“Freedom!”—resonates deeply not just because of its power, but because the film painstakingly illustrates the profound cost of that freedom. Imagine the chill of the Scottish highlands as Wallace, portrayed with fierce determination,...
Notice Paul's language: "fruit" of the Spirit, not "works" of the Spirit. Just before this, he lists "works of the flesh"—things we DO. Fruit is different: it's what GROWS from who we are. Luther emphasized: we don't produce righteousness by...
Galatians 5:16 introduces the fruit passage: "Walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh." Walking implies movement, sensitivity, responsiveness. Charismatics emphasize: the Spirit-filled life is dynamic, not static.
Teaching on Confession and Self-Examination from John Cassian: Cassian on the Eight Principal Faults
Teaching on Service and Hospitality from Francis of Assisi: Francis of Assisi: Serving the Lepers
Teaching on Fasting from Gregory of Nyssa: Gregory of Nyssa on Fasting and Freedom
God of freedom, this battle feels too hard to fight alone. The cravings are strong. The patterns are deep. The shame is crushing. But You are the God who sets captives free, who breaks chains, who makes all things new.
Teaching on Service and Hospitality from John Cassian: John Cassian on Serving with Right Intention