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I Find Your Lack of Faith Disturbing

As we get older, we find it easier to understand the world around us. However, there are still many things that we can’t fully understand and explain. Understanding God, His kingdom, and His plan for us requires faith. While we may understand some aspects of reality and much of what Jesus teaches, we need to […]

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Spreading Seeds of Faith

As a father, I want my two boys to grow up to be good, holy men. I would like them to be successful in their careers and live happy and healthy lives, but my top priority is to help them reach Heaven. I tell them that I will be happy with whatever career they choose […]

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They Abandoned Their Nets and Followed Him

Jesus called his Apostles to follow Him and they left everything behind to follow Him. Jesus also calls us to follow Him as well and the path He leads us down requires us to abandon certain things in our life. We can’t just change a little and expect to get where Jesus is leading us. […]

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Rejoicing in God Our Savior

As we enter into the third week of Advent, let’s embrace the theme of the week, which is joy. We should also work to rekindle the special joy that God brings us. Lots of things bring us joy, but the biggest joy we receive should be from God. Joy is defined as a feeling of […]

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Keep Christ in our Christmas List

It’s a busy world out there. We all have a long list of things that we need to get done every week and we often have trouble finding time to accomplish everything on our list. Task management needs to be used in order to prioritize accomplishing the most important tasks. My tasks usually are broken […]

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Unleash Your Talents

God blesses the world with a diverse multitude of talented people. When everyone contributes their talent, the world becomes a better place. Not only should we each contribute to society through our profession, we should also use our various talents to bring people to a closer relationship with God. We not only have the ability […]

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If You Just Believe

Peter is walking on the water towards Jesus and suddenly he begins to sink. Jesus admonishes him by saying, “O you of little faith.” This admonishment seems a little harsh. After all, Peter was probably the apostle who was closest to Jesus and he most likely had the deepest faith in Jesus at the time. […]